Cyril Northcote Parkinson ( 30 July 1909 – 9 March 1993 ) was a British naval historian and author of some sixty books, the most famous of which was his bestseller Parkinson's Law, which led him to be also considered as an important scholar within the field of public administration.

Lord Northcote was Governor of Bombay.

James Northcote, William Godwin, oil on canvas, 1802, the National Portrait Gallery ( London ) | National Portrait Gallery, William Godwin, a radical liberalism | liberal and utilitarian was one of the first to espouse what became known as individualist anarchism.

Botham played 4 matches, the first of which was against Northcote in a one-day game on 8 January 1977.

The clothing of the sitters in Reynolds ' portraits was usually painted either by one his pupils, his studio assistant Giuseppe Marchi, or the specialist drapery painter Peter Toms James Northcote, his pupil, wrote of this arrangement that " the imitation of particular stuffs is not the work of genius, but is to be acquired easily by practice, and this was what his pupils could do by care and time more than he himself chose to bestow ; but his own slight and masterly work was still the best.

On 18 February 1890, the Northcote tramway was opened by the Clifton Hill to Northcote & Preston Tramway Company.

The MMTB was formed on 1 November 1919, taking over the MTB cable tram network, with the Northcote tramway and the tramway trusts transferred to the MMTB on 20 February 1920.

He was educated at Bell Primary School, Northcote High School, Scotch College, Melbourne and at the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in law.

Northcote was named for Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, an English Statesman and financier who had financial interests in James J. Hill's projects.

James Northcote RA ( 22 October 1746 – 13 July 1831 ) was an English painter.

The " Death of Wat Tyler ", now in the Guildhall, London, was exhibited in 1787 ; and shortly afterwards Northcote began a set of ten subjects, entitled " The Modest Girl and the Wanton ", which were completed and engraved in 1796.

Among the productions of Northcote's later years are the " Entombment " and the " Agony in the Garden ," besides many portraits, and several animal subjects, such as " Leopards ", " Dog and Heron ", and " Lion "; these were more successful than the artist's efforts in the higher departments of art, as was indicated by Fuseli's caustic remark on examining the " Angel opposing Balaam " --" Northcote, you are an angel at an ass, but an ass at an angel.

Salisbury and Northcote agreed that any Reform Bill would be supported only if a parallel redistributionary measure was introduced as well.

Though life during the Depression was difficult with his mother having to work to provide for the family, and with himself having to make a three-hour daily commute by train, he was a good student, making his name at Northcote High School due to entering the school's broad jump championship and winning it easily with a jump of twenty feet and two inches, his competitors producing jumps of sixteen to seventeen feet.

Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB, PC ( 27 October 1818 – 12 January 1887 ), known as Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt, from 1851 to 1885, was a British Conservative politician.

Northcote ( pronounced " Northcut ") was born in London, the eldest son of Henry Stafford Northcote ( 1792 – 1850 ), eldest son of Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 7th Baronet.

* Jack Regan-Collingwood footballer, born and recruited from Northcote, who became known as the " Prince of Full-backs ".

Northcote was born in London, the son of Reverend the Hon.

Donald Leslie Chipp was born in Melbourne and educated at Northcote High School and Melbourne University, where he graduated in commerce.

Forester's fictional naval hero Horatio Hornblower was born in the village of Worth, according to Hornblower's biographer Cyril Northcote Parkinson The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower ( 1970 ), on 4 July 1776.

In 1907 Northcote and Deakin had a falling out when the Governor-General, on instructions from London, declined to give his assent to a bill restricting appeals from the Australian courts to the Privy Council in London.

* Northcote Lodge, Wandsworth, London

A portrait of Bourgeois by William Beechey may be seen at the National Portrait Gallery, London, and another by James Northcote at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London.

This is the second time this has occurred ; Stafford Northcote lived in Number 10 at one point, while Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli occupied Number 11.

His second son, Henry, 1st Baron Northcote, was Governor-General of Australia.

Henry Northcote, second son of the first Earl, was created Baron Northcote in 1899 and served as Governor-General of Australia from 1904 to 1908.

Currently, Northcote has a residual population of first and second generation Greek and Italian migrants, and a ( declining ) population of students.

It was purchased by the Northcote Council in 1907, and is recognised for its historical significance as the second oldest park in Northcote.

* Northcote City SC who compete in the Victorian Premier League, second tier behind the A-League.

John Stafford Northcote, third son of the first Earl.

Sir Geoffrey Northcote, Governor of Hong Kong from 1937 to 1941, was the son of Reverend the Hon.

Arthur Francis Northcote, fourth son of the first Earl.

The heir apparent is the present holder's only son Thomas Stafford Northcote, Viscount St Cyres ( b. 1985 )

Arthur Francis Northcote, fourth son of Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh.

He sent his son to Northcote High School and later Scotch College, Melbourne, an unusual choice for a Labor politician at that time.

Prominent street art precincts include ; Fitzroy, Collingwood, Northcote, Brunswick, St. Kilda and the CBD, where stencil and sticker art is prominent.

This quartet became known as the " Fourth Party " and gained notoriety for leader Lord Randolph Churchill's free criticism of Sir Stafford Northcote, Lord Cross and other prominent members of the " old gang ".

After the Conservatives lost the 1880 election and Disraeli's death the year after, Salisbury emerged as Conservative leader in the House of Lords, with Sir Stafford Northcote leading the party in the Commons.

Sir Stafford Northcote, the Conservative leader in the Lower House, was forced to take a strong line on this difficult question by the energy of the fourth party.

As the price of entry he demanded that Sir Stafford Northcote be removed from the Commons, despite being the Conservative leader there.

The Conservative leader Sir Stafford Northcote successfully moved a motion that Bradlaugh be required to withdraw ( agreed on a division by 326 to 38, Liberal MPs being unwilling to challenge a motion which sustained the House's legal authority ) but Bradlaugh " postively refused to obey ".

Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote GCMG, GCIE, CB, PC ( 18 November 1846 – 29 September 1911 ), known as Sir Henry Northcote, Bt, between 1887 and 1900, was a Conservative politician and colonial administrator.

Hardy had expected to become Conservative leader in the House of Commons, but was overlooked in favour of Sir Stafford Northcote.

It was created in 1885 for the Conservative politician Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet.

The name Northcote is thought to be derived from the leader of the English Conservative Party, Stafford Henry Northcote.

The name is thought to be derived from the leader of the English Conservative Party, Stafford Henry Northcote.

After the Tories ' fall from power in 1880, Stanhope supported Commons leader Sir Stafford Northcote against younger Tories led by Lord Randolph Churchill in internal Conservative party squabbling.

However this was not always the case — for example in 1881 it was widely expected that the Commons leader Sir Stafford Northcote would be the next Conservative Prime Minister, but by the time the party had returned to government in 1885 political developments had resulted in the Lords leader Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury having the stronger claim for the premiership.