William Nightingale (MP)

Last updated

William Nightingale was an English politician.

Nightingale was a Member of the Parliament of England for Bletchingley a rather small town borough in the occasional royal Parliaments of 1382, 1388 and 1390. [1]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Common nightingale</span> Species of bird

The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale, is a small passerine bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea</span> British statesman

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, PC was a British statesman and a close ally and confidant of Florence Nightingale.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pie chart</span> Circular statistical graph that illustrates numerical proportion

A pie chart is a circular statistical graphic which is divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportion. In a pie chart, the arc length of each slice is proportional to the quantity it represents. While it is named for its resemblance to a pie which has been sliced, there are variations on the way it can be presented. The earliest known pie chart is generally credited to William Playfair's Statistical Breviary of 1801.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tooting (UK Parliament constituency)</span> Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1974 onwards

Tooting is a constituency created in 1974 in Greater London. It is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2016 by Dr. Rosena Allin-Khan, a member of the Labour Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lynn McDonald</span> Canadian politician

Lynn McDonald is a Canadian academic, climate activist and former Member of Parliament. She is a former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women and was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament for Broadview—Greenwood from 1982 until 1988. McDonald is professor emerita of Sociology at the University of Guelph.

Robert Lloyd may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Smith (abolitionist)</span>

William Smith was a leading independent British politician, sitting as Member of Parliament (MP) for more than one constituency. He was an English Dissenter and was instrumental in bringing political rights to that religious minority. He was a friend and close associate of William Wilberforce and a member of the Clapham Sect of social reformers, and was in the forefront of many of their campaigns for social justice, prison reform and philanthropic endeavour, most notably the abolition of slavery. He was the grandfather of pioneer nurse and statistician Florence Nightingale and educationalist Barbara Bodichon, a founder of Girton College, Cambridge.

Battersea South was a parliamentary constituency, originally in the County of London and later in Greater London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Bonham-Carter (1817–1884)</span> English politician

John Bonham-Carter DL JP was an English Liberal politician.

<i>Tristeza on Piano</i> 2005 studio album by Oscar Peterson

Tristeza on Piano is a 1970 album by Oscar Peterson. This album is also heard on the Ontario Parliament Network as well as the Canadiana Suite album from 1964.

William Edward Nightingale was a noted English Unitarian and the father of Florence Nightingale, "the lady with the lamp".

HMS <i>Nightingale</i> (1805) Brig-sloop of the Royal Navy

HMS Nightingale was a 16-gun brig-sloop of the Seagull class of the British Royal Navy, launched in July 1805. She served during the Napoleonic Wars, primarily in the North Sea, where she captured a number of merchant vessels. The Navy sold her in 1815. She then became a merchantman, trading across the Atlantic, particularly between Liverpool and South America. She was last listed in 1829.

<i>The Nightingale</i> (2018 film) 2018 Australian drama film directed by Jennifer Kent

The Nightingale is a 2018 Australian historical psychological thriller film written and directed by Jennifer Kent. Set in 1825 in Van Diemen's Land, the film follows a young convict seeking revenge for terrible acts of violence committed against her and her family. It stars Aisling Franciosi, Sam Claflin, and Baykali Ganambarr, with Damon Herriman, Harry Greenwood, Ewen Leslie, Charlie Shotwell, and Michael Sheasby in supporting roles. In addition to being filmed in English and Irish, it is the first motion picture to be filmed in palawa kani.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Gascoigne Nightingale</span> British politician

Joseph Gascoigne Nightingale (1695–1752), of Enfield, Middlesex, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1727 to 1734.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NHS Nightingale Hospital London</span> Temporary NHS COVID-19 hospital set up in ExCeL London

The NHS Nightingale Hospital London was the first of the NHS Nightingale Hospitals, temporary hospitals set up by NHS England for the COVID-19 pandemic. It was housed in the ExCeL London convention centre in East London. The hospital was rapidly planned and constructed, being formally opened on 3 April and receiving its first patients on 7 April 2020. It served 54 patients during the first wave of the pandemic, and was used to serve non-COVID patients and provide vaccinations during the second wave. It was closed in April 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham</span> Temporary NHS COVID-19 hospital set up in NEC Birmingham

The NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham was the second of the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals set up by NHS England to help to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. It was constructed inside the National Exhibition Centre, Solihull, and opened on 16 April 2020. It cost £66.4 million to set up and was the most expensive of all the Nightingale temporary hospitals. On 1 April 2021 the hospital closed without ever treating a patient.

COVID-19 hospitalsin the United Kingdom are temporary hospitals set up in the United Kingdom and overseas territories as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber</span> Temporary NHS COVID-19 hospital set up in Harrogate Convention Centre

The NHS Nightingale Hospital Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals set up by NHS England in 2020 to help to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital was constructed inside the Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate, and from 4 June 2020 was repurposed as a radiology diagnostic clinic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NHS Nightingale Hospital North East</span> Temporary NHS COVID-19 hospital set up in Washington

The NHS Nightingale Hospital North East was one of the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals set up by NHS England to help to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. It was constructed inside the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing, Washington.

Jabulile Cynthia Nightingale Mkhwanazi is a South African African National Congress politician serving as a Member of the National Assembly of South Africa from KwaZulu-Natal since 2019.

References