Ruxton
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Ruxton can refer to
- Places
- Ruxton, Herefordshire, England (Map sources )
- Ruxton, Maryland, United States of America
- Ruxton IslandRuxton IslandRuxton Island is one of the seven islands in the De Courcy Islands group. It is one of the southern Gulf Islands in British Columbia. Located south of Gabriola Island, it is home to approximately five year round cabins and 100 seasonally occupied cabins....
near Vancouver, Canada
- People
- Bruce RuxtonBruce RuxtonBruce Caryle Ruxton AM, OBE is an Australian ex-serviceman and former President of the Victorian Returned and Services League.-Early life:Ruxton grew up in Kew, Victoria...
(born 1926), Australian veteran - Dr. Buck RuxtonBuck RuxtonDr Buck Ruxton , also known as Buktyar Rustomji Ratanji Hakim, was a Parsi doctor and murderer, involved in one of the United Kingdom's most publicised murder cases of the 1930s, which gripped the nation at the time...
(hanged 1936), notorious murderer - Graeme RuxtonGraeme RuxtonGraeme Ruxton is Professor of theoretical ecology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. His studies focus on the evolutionary pressures on aggregation by animals, and predator-prey aspects of sensory ecology...
, an ecologist - John Ruxton (1721–1785)John Ruxton (1721–1785)John William Ruxton was an Irish landowner and Member of Parliament.The son of William Ruxton of Ardee in County Louth, he married Laetitia Fitzherbert, eventual heiress of Shercock in County Cavan and Blackcastle in County Meath....
, landowner and eldest son of William Ruxton of ArdeeArdeeArdee is a town and townland in County Louth, Ireland. It is located at the intersection of the N2, N52, and N33 roads. Ardee is on the banks of the River Dee and is approximately 20 km from Dundalk, Drogheda, Slane and Carrickmacross...
. - Ruxton HaywardRuxton HaywardRuxton Hayward is a British eccentric. In the early 1950s, as a scoutmaster in London, he attempted to recruit acts for a stage show. He approached Michael Bentine, and then, at Bentine's recommendation, Peter Sellers...
, a British eccentric said to have inspired the character Bluebottle in the Goon Show - William Ruxton (1697–1751)William Ruxton (1697–1751)William Ruxton was an Irish landowner and MP from Ardee in County Louth.He sat in the Irish House of Commons as Member for Ardee from 1748 to his death; the other representative of the borough was Robert Parkinson....
of Ardee, Ireland. Landowner and Member of Parliament.
- Bruce Ruxton
- Other
- The Ruxton automobile, produced 1929-31 in the United States