Carleton
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Education establishments
- Carleton CollegeCarleton CollegeCarleton College is an independent non-sectarian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA. The college enrolls 1,958 undergraduate students, and employs 198 full-time faculty members. In 2012 U.S...
, a liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, USA - Carleton School for BoysCarleton School for BoysCarleton School for Boys was a boarding school for boys in Bradford, Massachusetts. It was founded by Isaac N. Carleton in 1884 after his term as principal at the State Normal School in New Britain, Connecticut. The school continued teaching until about 1901...
in Bradford, Massachusetts - Carleton UniversityCarleton UniversityCarleton University is a comprehensive university located in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. The enabling legislation is The Carleton University Act, 1952, S.O. 1952. Founded as a small college in 1942, Carleton now offers over 65 programs in a diverse range of disciplines. Carleton has...
, a university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Ottawa-Carleton District School BoardOttawa-Carleton District School BoardThe Ottawa-Carleton District School Board refers to both the institution responsible for the operation of all English public schools in the city of Ottawa, Ontario and its governing body. Like most school boards, the OCDSB is administered by a group of elected trustees and one director selected...
People
- the Barons CarletonBaron CarletonBaron Carleton is a title that has been created three times in British history, once in the Peerage of Ireland and twice in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1626 when Sir Dudley Carleton was made Baron Carleton, of Imbercourt in the County of...
- Billie CarletonBillie CarletonBillie Carleton was an English musical comedy actress. She began her professional stage career at age 15 and was playing roles in the West End by age 18. She appeared in the hit musical The Boy , which led to a starring role in The Freedom of the Seas in 1918...
(1896 - 1918), British actress - Christopher CarletonChristopher CarletonChristopher Carleton was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England into a military family. Christopher's parents died at sea when he was only four years old and his uncles Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester the future Governor General of Canada and Commander-in-Chief, North America along with Sir...
(1749 - 1787), British Army officer - Dudley Carleton, Viscount DorchesterDudley Carleton, 1st Viscount DorchesterDudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester was an English art collector, diplomat and Secretary of State.-Early life:He was the second son of Antony Carleton of Brightwell Baldwin, Oxfordshire, and of Jocosa, daughter of John Goodwin of Winchendon, Buckinghamshire...
(1573–1632), English statesman and diplomat - Dudley Carleton (diplomat)Dudley Carleton (diplomat)Sir Dudley Carleton was a minor diplomat and Clerk of the Council. He was the younger son of George and Catharine Carleton née Harrison of Huntercombe Oxfordshire and lived at Clerkenwell and Holcombe, Oxfordshire.-Career:...
(1599–1654), nephew of the above, diplomat and Clerk of the Privy Council - Ezra C. CarletonEzra C. CarletonEzra Child Carleton was a U.S. Representative from the 7th district of Michigan.Carleton was born in St. Clair, Michigan where he attended the common schools and graduated from the Port Huron High School in 1859...
(1838 - 1911), U.U. Representative from Michigan - George CarletonGeorge CarletonGeorge Carleton was an English churchman, Bishop of Llandaff . He was a delegate to the Synod of Dort, in the Netherlands. From 1619 to 1628 he was Bishop of Chichester.-Life:...
(1559 - 1628), Bishop of Llandaff - George W. Carleton, publisher, New York, (died Oct.11, 1901), published the books of Miriam Coles HarrisMiriam Coles HarrisMiriam Coles Harris was an American novelist. She wrote several novels, a book of children's stories and two devotional books...
. - Guy Carleton (bishop)Guy Carleton (bishop)Guy Carleton was an Anglican clergyman. He was Dean of Carlisle from 1660 to 1661, Bishop of Bristol from 1672 to 1679 and Bishop of Chichester from 1678 to 1685.-Life:...
(1605 - 1685), Anglican clergyman - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron DorchesterGuy Carleton, 1st Baron DorchesterGuy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB , known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Irish-British soldier and administrator...
(1724 - 1808), governor of Quebec and a general of British troops during the American War of Independence - Henry Boyle, 1st Baron CarletonHenry Boyle, 1st Baron CarletonHenry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, PC , was an Anglo-Irish politician of the early eighteenth century.-Biography:...
(1669 - 1725), English politician - Hugh CarletonHugh CarletonHugh Francis Carleton was New Zealand's first ever Member of Parliament.-New Zealand:He was a member of New Zealand's first, second, third, and fourth Parliaments, representing the Bay of Islands electorate from 1853 to 1870...
(1810 - 1890), New Zealand politician - Isaac Newton CarletonIsaac Newton CarletonIsaac N. Carleton was an educator. He taught at Phillips Academy and was the principal of State Normal School in New Britain, Connecticut for twelve years. He was the founder of Carleton School for Boys in Bradford, Massachusetts...
(1832 - 1902), founder of Carleton School for Boys in Bradford, Massachusetts - James Henry CarletonJames Henry CarletonJames Henry Carleton was an officer in the Union army during the American Civil War. Carleton is most well known as an Indian fighter in the southwestern United States.-Biography:...
(1814 - 1873), American Major General - Jesse CarletonJesse CarletonJesse L. Carleton was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.In 1904 he was part of the American team which won the bronze medal. He finished twelfth in this competition....
(1862 - 1921), American golfer - John CarletonJohn CarletonJohn Carleton is a former international rugby union player. He toured twice with the British and Irish Lions, to South Africa in 1980 and New Zealand in 1983 and played club rugby for Orrell R.U.F.C.....
(born 1955), former England international rugby union player - Marie-Helene CarletonMarie-Helene CarletonMarie-Hélène Carleton is a writer, photographer and filmmaker, based out of New York City, though she has lived in upstate New York, New Hampshire and Wyoming, and has worked extensively overseas in conflict and post-conflict regions including Pakistan, Lebanon, southeastern Turkey and Iraq.She is...
, American writer, photographer and filmmaker - Mark A. Carleton (1866–1925), American botanist and plant pathologist
- Mark T. CarletonMark T. CarletonMark Thomas Carleton , was an historian who specialized in political studies of his native Louisiana. From 1964 until his death at the age of sixty, he was a professor at Louisiana State University in his native Baton Rouge.Carleton received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1957 from Yale University...
(1935-1995), Louisiana historian - Mary CarletonMary CarletonMary Carleton was an Englishwoman who used false identities, such as a German princess, to marry and defraud a number of men.-Early life:...
(1642 - 1673), Englishwoman who used false identities to marry and defraud a number of men - Peter CarletonPeter CarletonPeter Carleton was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. He attended the public schools and engaged in agricultural pursuits. During the American Revolutionary War, he served in a Massachusetts regiment...
(1755 - 1828), U.S. Representative from New Hampshire - Richard CarletonRichard CarletonRichard George Carleton was a multi-Logie Award winning Australian television journalist.-Education:Carleton was born in Bowral, New South Wales...
(1943 - 2006), Australian journalist - Robert Louis CarletonRobert Louis CarletonRobert Louis Carleton was an American pianist and composer of popular music. He composed over 500 songs, including the World War I hit, "Ja-Da" in 1918...
(1896-1956), American composer who wrote "Ja-Da!" - Thomas CarletonThomas CarletonThomas Carleton was a British army officer who was promoted to Colonel during the American Revolutionary War after relieving the siege of Quebec in 1776. After the war, he was appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, and supervised the resettlement of Loyalists from the United States in...
(c. 1735 - 1817), first Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick - Walter Tenney CarletonWalter Tenney CarletonWalter Tenney Carleton was an early international businessman. He was one of the three founding directors of NEC Corporation, the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.- Youth and education :...
(1867 - 1900), one of the three founding directors of NEC Corporation - Wayne CarletonWayne CarletonKenneth Wayne "Swoop" Carleton is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.Carleton started his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He would also play with the Boston Bruins and California Golden Seals. His career would last from 1966 to 1972...
(born 1946), retired Canadian ice hockey player - William McKendree "Will" CarletonWill CarletonWilliam McKendree Carleton was an American poet. Carleton's poems were most often about his rural life.-Early years:...
(1845 - 1912), American poet, who wrote mostly about rural life - William CarletonWilliam CarletonWilliam Carleton was an Irish novelist.Carleton's father was a Roman Catholic tenant farmer, who supported fourteen children on as many acres, and young Carleton passed his early life among scenes similar to those he later described in his books...
(1794 - 1869), Irish novelist - William Carleton (Massachusetts)William Carleton (Massachusetts)William Carleton was a prosperous manufacturer of brassware from Charlestown, Massachusetts.In December 1870, Carleton was introduced to Reverend James W. Strong, the young president of Minnesota's fledgling Northfield College. Shortly thereafter, Strong was seriously, but not fatally, injured...
(1797 - 1876), American businessman - Carleton S. CoonCarleton S. CoonCarleton Stevens Coon, was an American physical anthropologist, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, lecturer and professor at Harvard, and president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.-Biography:Carleton Coon was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a...
(1904 - 1981), an American physical anthropologist
Canada
- Carleton County, New BrunswickCarleton County, New BrunswickCarleton County is located in west-central New Brunswick, Canada.The county is located in western New Brunswick, it borders on the west, the State of Maine; on the south, York County; on the north, Victoria County and is bisected by the Saint John River. Potato farming is a major industry...
- Carleton (New Brunswick federal electoral district) (1867–1914)
- Carleton (New Brunswick provincial electoral district) (1995–present)
- Carleton (Ontario electoral district)Carleton (Ontario electoral district)Carleton was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1987...
(1867–1966) - Mount CarletonMount CarletonMount Carleton, in Mount Carleton Provincial Park, is the highest elevation in the Canadian province of New Brunswick, and is also the highest peak in the Canadian Maritime Provinces. It is one of the highlights of the Canadian portion of the International Appalachian Trail...
, New Brunswick- Mount Carleton Provincial ParkMount Carleton Provincial ParkMount Carleton Provincial Park, established in 1970, is the largest provincial park in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. Encompassing 174 km² in the remote highlands of north-central New Brunswick, the park's dominant natural features include the highest peak in the Maritimes, Mount...
- Mount Carleton Provincial Park
- Carleton, New BrunswickCarleton, New BrunswickCarleton is a former community in New Brunswick.It was located in Saint John West. It was probably named for Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron of Dorchester and Commander in Chief of the British forces in North America...
- Carleton, Nova ScotiaCarleton, Nova ScotiaCarleton is a small community located in the Municipal District of Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located approximately 26 kilometers northeast of the town of Yarmouth....
- Carleton County, OntarioCarleton County, OntarioCarleton County is the name of a historic county in Ontario, Canada. In 1969 it was superseded by the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton. In 2001 the Regional Municipality and the eleven local municipalities within it were replaced by the current City of Ottawa.-History:Carleton County was...
(historic) - Carleton Place, OntarioCarleton Place, OntarioCarleton Place is a town in the eastern portion of Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about west of downtown Ottawa. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7, halfway between the towns of Perth, Almonte, Smiths Falls, and the nation's capital, Ottawa...
- West Carleton Township, OntarioWest Carleton Township, OntarioWest Carleton is a historic township in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is located in the rural parts of the new City of Ottawa, west of Kanata. Its northern boundary is the Ottawa River....
- Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward IslandBorden-Carleton, Prince Edward IslandBorden-Carleton is a Canadian village located on the south shore of Prince Edward Island, fronting on the Northumberland Strait.The village was created through a merger on April 12, 1995 of the original port town of Borden and the farming community of Carleton...
- Carleton-sur-Mer, QuebecCarleton-sur-Mer, QuebecCarleton-sur-Mer is the fifth largest town of the Gaspésie's south shore, in southeastern Quebec, located on route 132, along Baie des Chaleurs.- Culture :* attracts over 20,000 spectators to see local and international artists...
5th largest town of the Gaspésie's Baie des Chaleurs
United Kingdom
- Carleton, North YorkshireCarleton, North YorkshireCarleton-in-Craven is a small village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, situated less than three miles from the market town of Skipton...
near Skipton - Carleton, in Copeland, Cumbria
- Carleton, Eden, a village in Eden, Cumbria, on the edge of Penrith
- Carleton, CarlisleCarleton, CarlisleCarleton is a hamlet on the A6 road, in the City of Carlisle district, in the English county of Cumbria.- Location :It is a few miles to the south-east of the city centre of Carlisle and is near the River Petteril.- Nearby settlements :...
, a hamlet near Carlisle, England - Carleton, LancashireCarleton, LancashireCarleton is a village on the coastal plain of the Fylde in Lancashire, England. It consists of Great Carleton, Little Carleton and Norcross and is situated close to the market town of Poulton-le-Fylde. Nearby settlements include Thornton, Bispham and Blackpool...
, near Blackpool - Carleton, West Yorkshire, near Wakefield