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4 unusual facts about Risley


HM Prison Risley

HM Prison Risley is a Category C men's prison, located in the Risley area of Warrington, Cheshire, England.

Risley

John Risley Hall at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Risley Park Lanx

The Risley Park Lanx is a large Roman silver dish (or lanx) that was discovered in 1729 in Risley Park, Derbyshire.

Risley, Warrington

The institution opened as a Remand Centre in 1964, but is now a Category C prison for adult males.


CCGS Samuel Risley

Based in the Great Lakes, CCGS Samuel Risley is responsible for keeping an ice-free passage between Port Colborne, Ontario and Thunder Bay, Ontario.

Elijah Risley

Risley was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress on March 4, 1849, and served until March 3, 1851.

Risley was the sheriff of Chautauqua County, New York from 1825 to 1828, and later became supervisor of the town of Pomfret in 1835.

HM Prison Risley

In September 2003, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons criticised Risley Prison for its policy of mixing sex offenders with other inmates.

John Risley

Risley is a shareholder in Columbus Communications, a Caribbean cable television and Internet provider which he co-founded in 2004.

Mark Risley

Between 2006 and 2009 Risley directed the Nickelodeon TV series Tak & the Power of Juju and two seasons of Cartoon Network's The Mr. Men Show.

Michealene Risley

Risley is noted for her recent work as the writer, producer and director for the film Tapestries of Hope, which follows social activist Betty Makoni in her efforts to help sexually abused young women in Zimbabwe through her foundation the Girl Child Network.

Olive Risley Seward

Olive Risley Seward (July 15, 1844 – November 27, 1908) was the adopted daughter of William Henry Seward, United States Secretary of State under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson.

Philip H. Gilbert

Philip H. Gilbert’s great-granddaughter, Jane M. Triche-Milazzo, daughter of Risley "Pappy" Triche, is a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Robert Squires

Vice Admiral Robert Risley Squires DL (born 1927) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton

Southampton is a character in Hilary Mantel's novels on Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, (nicknamed Call-Me Risley for the pronunciation of the family name), and in Margaret George's novel, The Autobiography of Henry VIII

Venia Bechrakis

She won the Onassis Foundation Scholarship in 2000 and continued her studies at the New York University (MFA-Master in Fine Arts) in photography and video art with professors Peter Campus, Jack Risley, Sigrid Haackenberg et al. She received the Gerondelis Foundation Grant in 2001 and the Jack Goodman Award for Art & Technology, in 2002.


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