Thwaites
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Thwaites may refer to:
- Thwaites BreweryThwaites BreweryThwaites Brewery is a regional brewery founded in 1807 by Daniel Thwaites in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The firm still operates from its original town centre site. A variety of cask ales, draught beers, lagers and ciders are produced in Blackburn or imported from Europe by Thwaites. In 1999,...
- Thwaites & ReedThwaites & ReedThwaites & Reed has been in continuous manufacture since its foundation and claims to be the oldest clock manufacturing company in the world. Geoffrey Buggins MBE, the last of the original family clockmakers saw drawings of Thwaites clocks dating back to 1610...
, oldest clockmakers in the world
Surnames
- Brenton ThwaitesBrenton ThwaitesBrenton Thwaites is an Australian actor, best known for portraying Luke Gallagher in the Fox8 teen drama series, SLiDE, and Stu Henderson in the soap opera Home and Away.-Early and personal life:...
(born 1989), Australian actor - Caitlin ThwaitesCaitlin ThwaitesCaitlin Thwaites is an Australian netball and volleyball player. In 2011 Thwaites made the move across the Tasman to join the Central Pulse in the ANZ Championship, and plays in her known position of GS. . Thwaites has also represented Australia in women's volleyball. In 2009, Thwaites played her...
(born 1986), Australian netball and volleyball player - Daniel ThwaitesDaniel ThwaitesDaniel Thwaites was an English brewer and a Liberal Party politician from Blackburn in Lancashire. He owned what is now Thwaites Brewery, and sat in the House of Commons from 1875 to 1880....
(1817–1888), English brewer and Liberal Party politician - David ThwaitesDavid ThwaitesDavid Barry Thwaites is a British actor and producer. He is most notable for his television appearances as a teenager.In 1989, aged 13, he appeared as Eustace Scrubb in the BBC's adaptation of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. A year later he reprised this role in The Silver Chair ...
(born 1976), British actor - Dennis ThwaitesDennis ThwaitesDennis Thwaites is a former English professional footballer who played as an outside left.Born in Stockton-on-Tees, Thwaites first appeared in Birmingham City's first team as a 16-year-old in September 1961. He turned professional in May 1962 and played several games in the First Division at the...
(born 1944), English professional footballer who plays outside left - Edward ThwaitesEdward ThwaitesEdward Thwaites was an English scholar of the Anglo-Saxon language. According to David C. Douglas he was "one of the most inspiring teachers which Oxford has ever produced".-Life:...
(1667–1711), English scholar of the Anglo-Saxon language - George Henry Kendrick ThwaitesGeorge Henry Kendrick ThwaitesGeorge Henry Kendrick Thwaites was an English botanist and entomologist.Thwaites was initially an accountant and studied botany during his spare time. He was interested particularly in the lower plants such as the algae and the cryptogams...
(1812–1882), British botanist and entomologist - John Barrass (Jack) ThwaitesJack ThwaitesJohn Barrass Thwaites was a British Australian pioneer Tasmanian bushwalker and conservationist. He made lifelong contributions to the community through his work with the National Fitness Council, Hobart Walking Club, Youth Hostels of Australia and his service on several National Parks Boards...
(1902–1986), Tasmanian bushwalker and conservationist - John Anthony ThwaitesJohn Anthony ThwaitesJohn Anthony Thwaites was a British art critic and author, who lived and worked in West Germany from 1946.- Biography :Thwaites studied history at the universities of Lausanne and Cambridge. From 1931 he was a member of the British Foreign Service, and worked until 1943 as a British vice-consul in...
(1909–1981), British art critic and author - John Thwaites (Australian politician)John Thwaites (Australian politician)Johnstone William "John" Thwaites , Australian politician, was Deputy Premier of the state of Victoria from 1999 to 2007.-Early life :...
(born 1955) - John Thwaites (British politician)John Thwaites (British politician)Sir John Thwaites was a British politician who was the first Chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works and therefore the first Leader of local government in London.-Background:...
(1815–1870) - Michael ThwaitesMichael ThwaitesMichael Rayner Thwaites, AO was an Australian academic, poet, intelligence officer, and activist for Moral Rearmament.-Early life and education:...
(1915–2005), Australian academic, poet, intelligence officer, and activist - Reuben Gold ThwaitesReuben Gold ThwaitesReuben Gold Thwaites was an American historical writer.-Biography:Thwaites was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He moved to Wisconsin in 1866 where, from 1876 to 1886, he was managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, at Madison...
(1853–1913), American historical writer - Robinson ThwaitesRobinson ThwaitesRobinson Thwaites was a nineteenth century mechanical engineer and mill-owner in Bradford, Yorkshire. His father, Thomas Thwaites, was a master plumber...
(1807-1884), English mechanical engineer and mill-owner - William ThwaitesWilliam ThwaitesGeneral Sir William Thwaites KCB KCMG is a former Commander of the British Army of the Rhine.-Military career:Thwaites was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1887. He served in the Second Boer War as an Adjutant in 33rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery. He served in World War I in France and...
(1868–1947), former Commander of the British Army of the Rhine
Places
- Thwaites, Bradford, England
- Thwaites, CumbriaThwaites, CumbriaThwaites is a small village near Duddon Valley and on the edge of the Duddon Estuary in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The River Duddon flows through the valley, rising in the mountains between Eskdale and Langdale, before flowing into the Irish Sea near Broughton in Furness...
, England - Thwaites, Ontario, Canadia