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unusual facts about John Y. Mason


John Y. Mason

In this capacity he attracted attention by wearing at the court of Napoleon III a simple diplomatic uniform (for this he was rebuked by U.S. Secretary of State William L. Marcy, who had ordered American ministers to wear a plain civilian costume), and by joining with James Buchanan and Pierre Soulé, ministers to Great Britain and Spain respectively, in drawing up (October 1854) the famous Ostend Manifesto.


1977–78 Boston Celtics season

While the Braves were struggling on the court, their owner John Y. Brown brokered a deal to take over the legendary Celtics franchise.

Andrew C. Thornton II

James Purdy Lambert, owner of Lexington's Library Lounge night club and friend and business associate of Governor John Y. Brown, Jr.

Charles H. Mason

:For the founder of the Church of God in Christ, see Charles Harrison Mason.

Chicago Relief and Aid Society

Though it was one of many relief and charitable organizations in Chicago during the mid-19th century, the Chicago Relief and Aid Society came to prominence when Mayor Roswell B. Mason appointed the Society as the primary relief organization for the city in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire.

Clive Christian No. 1

It is available in London Piccadilly's premier department store Fortnum & Mason for £415 for a 50ml bottle.

David H. Mason

In the House he was a leading proponent of the leveling of Boston's Fort Hill, the merger of the Western Railroad and the Boston and Worcester Railroad, and the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Frank A. Mason (1862–1940), an attorney and the first full-time football coach at Harvard University.

Fauchon

Main competitors of Fauchon on the worldwide gourmet and luxury food products scene include Harrods and Fortnum & Mason in London and Mariage Frères, Le Palais des Thés, Dammann Frères, Kusmi Tea, Lenôtre, Pavillon Ledoyen, and Hédiard in Paris.

Frank A. Mason

Mason was the son of David H. Mason, an attorney and politician who served on the Massachusetts Board of Education, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and later as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts.

This was the first time in school history that the football team had a full-time head coach (Lucius Littauer coached on several occasions in 1881, but did not coach the team full-time).

Frank Mason

Frank A. Mason (1862–1940), American attorney who also served as the first full-time football coach at Harvard University

Gary H. Mason

Mason co-produced the Vina Del Mar Festival beginning in 1979 for 10 years.

Gary Mason

Gary H. Mason, music producer, promoter and music video director

H. Stuart Menzies

Menzies initially worked for Fortnum and Mason running their Invalid Delicasies Food Department before becoming a copywriter and producing the Commentaries for Fortnum & Mason - a new style of direct mail booklets illustrated by W Hendy, Menzies and Edward Bawden.

History of the Boston Celtics

The other important story of the Celtics' 1978–79 season was the ongoing dispute between Auerbach and new owner John Y. Brown.

Jagriti Chadha

In 1999, Chadha, with her mother Tito Metge, set up Flying Fig Corp in New York and established the brand as a “made in India” couture label that showcased original designs, revived Indian embroideries and competed with couture European labels in luxury home and women’s accessories stores such as Neiman Marcus and Fortnum & Mason.

James Dandridge Halyburton

On June 15, 1844, Halyburton was nominated by President John Tyler to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia vacated by John Y. Mason.

John B. Mason

He later appeared in every original Gilbert and Sullivan opera production in America and created the leading roles in the plays Hands Across the Sea, The English Rose and as Kerchival West in Bronson Howard's Civil War play, Shenandoah.

John Noguez

In the November 2010 general election, Noguez was elected as the Los Angeles County Assessor, winning a majority of 999,393 (59.59% of votes) and defeating John Y. Wong.

John S. Mason

One of his sons, Captain John S. Mason, Jr., perished at the army post at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation from exposure in the line of duty, and is also buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

John Y. Hill

In approximately 1825, he built the Hill House (later known as Brown Pusey House), a Federal-style building in Elizabethtown.

John Y. T. Smith

Following his discharge in December 1865, Smith became assistant wagonmaster on a supply train heading toward Fort McDowell, Arizona Territory.

Kenny Rogers Roasters

It was founded in 1991 by country musician Kenny Rogers and John Y. Brown, Jr., who was former governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Kentucky Colonels

In April 1969 the Colonels were bought by a group of Louisville investors that included H. Wendell Cherry, Bill DeWitt, J. David Grissom, Stuart P. Jay, David A. Jones, John Y. Brown, Jr. and Mike Storen.

Leslie S. Hiscott

During the 1930s he became best known for his mystery films, also working on portrayals of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and A. E. W. Mason's Inspector Hanaud.

Light Townsend Cummins

Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown, Jr. commissioned Cummins a Kentucky Colonel in honor of his publications dealing with the history of the Mississippi Valley.

Linda A. Mason

Mason was one of five corporate recipients of the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership presented by President Bill Clinton.

Mike Storen

In April 1969, Storen and others including future Governor of Kentucky John Y. Brown, Jr., bought the American Basketball Association's Kentucky Colonels franchise.

Noah M. Mason

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 for the Eighty-eighth Congress.

Oscar G. Mason

In France, Dr. Montméja (1841-?) at Hôpital Saint-Louis was photographing for Dr. Alfred Hardy's (1811–1893) atlas of skin diseases but it was not until

Pacific Robin

It is similar in plumage to the Scarlet Robin of Australia, and until recently the two were considered conspecific until split in 1999 by Schodde and Mason.

Pamela Ashley Brown

She is also the granddaughter of politician John Y. Brown, Sr. and the half-sister of former Kentucky Secretary of State John Y. Brown, III.

Brown was born in Lexington, Kentucky and is the daughter of businessman and politician John Y. Brown, Jr. and former Miss America and businesswoman Phyllis George.

Sam Sheppard

Cuyahoga County prosecutor William D. Mason led the State of Ohio's trial team, which included assistant prosecutors Steve Dever, Kathleen Martin, and Dean M. Boland.

Skirmish of Todos Santos

Meanwhile the Military Governor of Alta California Richard B. Mason sent 114 recruits detached from Companies C and D of the 1st Regiment of New York Volunteers under the command of Captain Henry ("Black Jack") Naglee from Montery, California to La Paz.

St Briavels

Today the Pavilions hold a very popular and well established monthly 'Local Produce and Suppliers Market', a local farmers' market offering a fine selection of organic vegetables, rare breed pedigree pork, award winning local cheeses, cider, wine, honey and a range of delicacies otherwise usual to London's specialists, Fortnum & Mason.

Steven Mason

Stevens T. Mason (1811–1843), acting Territorial Governor of Michigan Territory; first Governor of State of Michigan.

Stevens Thompson Norvell

He was named after his father’s friend and political ally, Stevens T. Mason, the so-called “Boy Governor of Michigan.” He was the grandson of Lt. Lipscomb Norvell, a Revolutionary War officer and an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati, buried in the Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.

Strategic assumption surfacing and testing

The method originated through the collaboration between Richard O. Mason and Ian Mitroff, as an extension of the philosophy on the design of inquiring systems originating from C. West Churchman.

The American Home

In 1975 Charter Company President and Chairman Raymond K. Mason installed Leda Sanford as president, publisher and editor-in-chief with a mandate to re-position the magazine and stem losses by attracting new readership.

The Free Life

Pamela Brown was the actress daughter of Kentucky politician and attorney John Y. Brown, Sr. and the sister of Kentucky Fried Chicken entrepreneur and future Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr.

Thomas B. Mason

Thomas Boyd Mason (January 12, 1919 – March 9, 2007) was an American United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia (1961–1969), and an actor.

Mason was appointed United States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia by John F. Kennedy in 1961.

Walt Simon

After retiring from Basketball, he went on to work for John Y. Brown, Jr. (who had owned the Kentucky Colonels with his wife, Ellie Brown) at Kentucky Fried Chicken.

William D. Mason

The first project he is spearheading is the Great Lakes Wind Energy Center, a pilot project of several offshore wind turbines on Lake Erie.


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