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John Henry Ryan II (born August 19, 1987), also known as John the Blind and JRY, is an American songwriter, singer and record producer from Rochester, New York. He is best known for co-writing and co-producing One Direction's last four albums and many of their singles. He has written songs for many acclaimed artists.
The Crown is a historical drama web television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.
Baptised at Ashbourne, on 18 March 1711, he was son of Thomas Taylor (1671–1730?) of Ashbourne and his wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Wood. [2] His father was a wealthy country attorney. [3] He was educated with Samuel Johnson by the Rev. John Hunter at Lichfield grammar school; he and Edmund Hector were the last survivors of Johnson's school ...
Ryan was born on May 25, 1869, in Vermillion, Minnesota, to William Ryan and Maria[h] Luby.Raised in the Populist tradition on a farm homesteaded by his Irish Catholic parents alongside his ten younger siblings, Ryan's childhood experience with the challenges faced by farmers informed his early investment in economic justice and the role of the Catholic Church in promoting social change.
The Cockayne (or Cokayne) family settled at Ashbourne in the twelfth century. Ancestors of the baronet included Sir John Cockayne, steward to John of Gaunt, Sir Edmund Cockayne, slain at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. [1] and Sir John Cokayne, a turbulent Lancastrian knight who represented Derbyshire nine times in Parliament.
Born about 1360, he was the younger son of John Cokayne (died 1372), of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, Chief Steward for the northern half of the Duchy of Lancaster, and his wife Cecily, daughter of Sir William Vernon, of Haddon and Harlaston, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Stopford. [1] After 1372 she married Robert Ireton, of Kirk ...
In May John Cokayn, probably the uncle, obtained a pardon for a man involved in a rampage of housebreaking and murder at Ashbourne. [28] Although there is no suggestion in the text that Sir John himself was present on this occasion, the list of those involved [ 29 ] overlaps substantially with that of his cronies who had terrorised the area in ...
Mrs Varley (played by Lorraine Ashbourne) is the Featheringtons' housekeeper and Portia's confidant. Mrs Wilson (played by Geraldine Alexander) is the Bridgertons' housekeeper. Humboldt (played by Simon Ludders) is the Bridgertons' butler. John (played by Oli Higginson) is a Bridgerton footman who is friends with Eloise.