Bruton (disambiguation)
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Bruton
is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England
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Bruton
Bruton is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Brue seven miles south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, ten miles north-west of Gillingham and twelve miles south-west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The town has a...
is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England
Bruton may refer to:
People
- John BrutonJohn BrutonJohn Gerard Bruton is an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 1994 to 1997. A minister under two taoisigh, Liam Cosgrave and Garret FitzGerald, Bruton held a number of the top posts in Irish government, including Minister for Finance , and Minister for Industry, Trade,...
, former Irish Taoiseach, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States of America. - Richard BrutonRichard BrutonRichard Bruton is an Irish Fine Gael politician and has been a Teachta Dála for the Dublin North Central constituency since 1982. He was appointed as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on 9 March 2011...
, former Deputy Leader of Fine Gael and Opposition Spokesperson on Finance in Ireland. - Bill BrutonBill BrutonWilliam Havon Bruton was a Major League Baseball center fielder who played for the Milwaukee Braves in 1953 through 1960, and for the Detroit Tigers in 1961 through 64. Bruton batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
, center fielder for the Milwaukee Braves. - Cal BrutonCal BrutonCalvin Bruton is a former player and coach in the Australian National Basketball League. Originally an American import, but later becoming a naturalised Australian, Bruton has been an integral part of the league since its inception...
, head coach of the West Sydney Razorbacks. - C. J. Bruton, Basketball player with the New Zealand Breakers.
- Jack BrutonJack BrutonJack Bruton was a professional footballer and manager who spent the major part of his career in both capacities with Blackburn Rovers.-Playing career:...
, English footballer, born as John Bruton. - Kris BrutonKris BrutonKris Marcus Bruton is an American professional basketball player. Drafted by the Chicago Bulls in the 1994 NBA Draft, he played two years before a serious thigh injury ended his career. After recuperating, he was recruited by the Harlem Globetrotters, the sports entertainment legend...
- Niall BrutonNiall BrutonNiall Bruton is a former Irish runner who specialized in the 1500 metres, retiring around 2000.Bruton ran collegiately in the US for the University of Arkansas where he won the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 1992 and 1993...
, athletics - middle distance track runner (retired) - Ogden BrutonOgden BrutonOgden Carr Bruton was a pediatrician and chief of pediatrics at Walter Reed Army Hospital, where he organized the first pediatric residency at this hospital...
- Bruton SmithBruton SmithOllen Bruton Smith is a promoter and owner/CEO of NASCAR track owner Speedway Motorsports, Inc. He was ranked #207 on the Forbes 400 list with an estimated worth of $1.5 billion in 2005, and fell to #278 in 2006. He is divorced with four children...
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- Bruton AbbeyBruton AbbeyBruton Abbey in Bruton, Somerset was originally founded as a Benedictine priory by Algar, Earl of Cornwall in about 1005. It was subsequently refounded as a house of Augustinian canons in 1135, by William de Mohun, who later became the Earl of Somerset. The village used the north aisle of the...
- Bruton Parish ChurchBruton Parish ChurchBruton Parish Church is located in the restored area of Colonial Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. It was established in 1674 in the Virginia Colony, and remains an active Episcopal parish.-History of Bruton Parish Church:...
- Bruton High School
- Bruton School for GirlsBruton School for GirlsBruton School for Girls is an independent day and boarding school for girls aged 2 to 18 located near Pitcombe in Bruton in south east Somerset, England....
- King's School, BrutonKing's School, BrutonKing's Bruton is an independent fully co-educational secondary day and boarding school based in Bruton, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1519 by Richard FitzJames, and received royal foundation status around 30 years later in the reign of Edward VI...
- Bruton's tyrosine kinaseBruton's tyrosine kinaseBruton's tyrosine kinase is a type of kinase enzyme implicated in the primary immunodeficiency disease X-linked agammaglobulinemia . Its exact mechanism of action remains unknown, but it plays a crucial role in B cell maturation as well as mast cell activation through the high-affinity IgE receptor...
- Bruton railway stationBruton railway stationBruton railway station serves a largely rural area of the county of Somerset in England. The station is situated in the small town of Bruton....
- Bruton Railway CuttingBruton Railway CuttingBruton Railway Cutting is a 1.7 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Bruton in Somerset, notified in 1971.The geology exposed in the area near Bruton station is from the Bathonian epoch of the Middle Jurassic...
- Cole (for Bruton) railway stationCole (for Bruton) railway stationCole railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Railway in South Somerset, serving the village of Cole, which is now virtually joined to the village of Pitcombe and the small town of Bruton....
- Bruton and Pineora RailwayBruton and Pineora RailwayIncorporated on June 27, 1897, the Bruton and Pineora Railway was controlled by the Central of Georgia Railway and took over the former Atlantic Short Line Railway which had gone bankrupt. The B&P ran from Brewton to Register, Georgia, by 1900. The Central of Georgia fully purchased the B&P in...