Partridge (disambiguation)
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Plants

  • Partridge Berry, Mitchella repens
    Mitchella repens
    Mitchella repens , or Partridge Berry, or Squaw Vine, is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella.It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub, occurring in North America and Japan, and belonging to the madder family ....

    , a wildflower growing in the eastern United States

People

  • Alex Partridge
    Alex Partridge
    Alex Partridge is a British rower, and an Olympic silver medallist- Education :Partridge started rowing at Monkton Combe School, Bath, and attended Oxford Brookes University to study Technology Management...

    , (born 1981) British Olympic silver medal winning rower
  • Andy Partridge
    Andy Partridge
    Andrew John "Andy" Partridge is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He has been known as Sir John Johns and Melchior and rose to fame as a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the pop/new wave band, XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, where he was raised.Partridge also...

     (born 1953), British guitarist and songwriter
  • Don Partridge
    Don Partridge
    Donald Eric Partridge was an English singer and songwriter, known as the "king of the buskers". He performed from the early 1960s as a busker and one-man band, and achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK in the late 1960s with the songs "Rosie" and "Blue Eyes".-Life and musical career:Don...

     (born 1944), English busker, one-man band and singer-songwriter
  • Eric Partridge
    Eric Partridge
    Eric Honeywood Partridge was a New Zealand/British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II...

    , lexicographer, particularly of slang
  • Frances Partridge
    Frances Partridge
    Frances Catherine Partridge CBE was a long-lived member of the Bloomsbury Group and a writer, probably best known for the publication of her diaries...

     (née Marshall) (1900-2004), writer
  • Frank Partridge (disambiguation):
    • Frank C. Partridge
      Frank C. Partridge
      Frank Charles Partridge was a United States Senator from Vermont.- Biography :Frank Charles Partridge was in East Middlebury, Vermont to Charles Frank Partridge and Sarah Ann Partridge. He graduated from Amherst College in 1882 and from the Columbia University Law School in 1884, earning an LL.B...

       (1861–1943), United States Senator from Vermont
    • Frank John Partridge
      Frank John Partridge
      Frank John Partridge VC was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, a farmer and a television quiz champion.-Early life:Partridge was born at Grafton, New South Wales...

       (1924–1964), Australian soldier and television quiz champion
    • Frank Partridge (bishop)
      Frank Partridge (bishop)
      Frank Partridge was the second Anglican Bishop of Portsmouth.-Early life:Partridge was born, the son of a Canadian, on the 31st of December 1877. He was educated privately before taking Holy Orders at Cuddesdon College, his first curacy being at Hawarden...

      , bishop of Portsmouth, 1937–1942
    • Frank Partridge, a news presenter for Sky News
      Sky News reporters and presenters
      -Monday - Thursday:-Friday:-Saturday:-Sunday:-Relief news presenters:-Business:*Dharshini David *Joel Hills*Tadhg Enright*Alistair Bunkall *Samantha Washington-Sport:*Jacquie Beltrao...

  • Ian Partridge
    Ian Partridge
    Ian Partridge CBE is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten, and on to contemporary works. He formed a renowned vocal-piano duo with his sister...

     (born 1938), English tenor
  • John Partridge (disambiguation):
    • John Partridge (artist)
      John Partridge (artist)
      John Partridge was a British artist and portrait painter. Named 'portrait painter-extraordinary' to Queen Victoria, his pictures depict many of the notable figures of his time....

       (1790–1872), British portrait painter
    • John Partridge (astrologer)
      John Partridge (astrologer)
      John Partridge was an English astrologer. He was also the author and publisher of a number of astrological almanacs and books.-Partridge's life:...

       (1644 - ca. 1714), English astrologer
    • John Partridge (performer)
      John Partridge (performer)
      John Partridge is an English actor, singer, dancer, panelist and television presenter, who is probably best known for the role of Christian Clarke in the long-running BBC television soap opera EastEnders, having joined the cast in January 2008...

       (born 1971), English actor, singer and dancer
    • John Bernard Partridge
      John Bernard Partridge
      John Bernard Partridge was an English illustrator. Born in London, he was the son of Professor Richard Partridge, F.R.S., president of the Royal College of Surgeons, and nephew of John Partridge, portrait-painter extraordinary to Queen Victoria.Partridge was educated at Stonyhurst College, and...

       (1861–1945), British illustrator, nephew of John Partridge (artist)
    • John Slater Partridge
      John Slater Partridge
      John Slater Partridge was a United States federal judge.Born in Susanville, California, Partridge received an A.B. from the University of California in 1892 and an A.M. from the University of California in 1894. He read law to enter the bar in 1897, and was in private practice in San Francisco,...

       (1870–1926), U.S. federal judge
  • Richard Partridge
    Richard Partridge
    Richard Partridge FRS, FRCS was a British surgeon. Although he became President of both the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, he is best known for his part in apprehending the London Burkers gang and for failing to spot a bullet lodged in Giuseppe Garibaldi's...

     (1805–1873), British surgeon
  • Roi George Partridge
    Roi George Partridge
    Roi George Partridge was an American printmaker and teacher. He was born in Centralia in the territory of Washington on October 14, 1888...

     (1888–1984), American printmaker
  • William Ordway Partridge
    William Ordway Partridge
    William Ordway Partridge was an American sculptor whose public commissions can be found in New York City and other locations....

     (1861–1930), American sculptor

Places

  • Partridge, Kansas
    Partridge, Kansas
    Partridge is a city in Reno County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 248.-History:In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Herington through Partridge to Pratt. In 1888, this line was extended to Liberal. Later, it was extended...

    , United States
  • Partridge Island (disambiguation):
    • Partridge Island, New Brunswick
      Partridge Island, New Brunswick
      Partridge Island is a Canadian island located in the Bay of Fundy off the coast of New Brunswick on the west side of the mouth of the Saint John River and Saint John Harbour.The island is designated as both a national and provincial historic site...

    • Partridge Island (Nova Scotia)
    • Partridge Island (Tasmania)
      Partridge Island (Tasmania)
      Partridge Island is an island with an area of 103 ha in south-eastern Australia. It is part of the Partridge Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel between Bruny Island and the mainland. It is part of the South Bruny National Park.-Flora...

  • John Partridge House
    John Partridge House
    John Partridge House is a historic house at 315 Exchange Street in Millis, Massachusetts.The house was built in 1659 and added to the National Historic Register in 1974....

    , a historic house in Millis, Massachusetts

Entertainment

  • Alan Partridge
    Alan Partridge
    Alan Gordon Partridge is a fictional radio and television presenter portrayed by English comedian Steve Coogan and invented by Coogan, Armando Iannucci, Stewart Lee and Richard Herring for the BBC Radio 4 programme On The Hour...

    , fictional television and radio presenter
  • The Partridge Family
    The Partridge Family
    The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career. The series originally ran from September 25, 1970 until August 31, 1974, the last new episode airing on March 23, 1974, on the ABC network, as part of a Friday-night lineup...

    , a television show
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