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Oldfield was privately a great admirer of the Littlejohn brothers and admitted that he reluctantly agreed to their sacrifice when a swap was arranged with the government of Jack Lynch in the Republic of Ireland for another agent John Wymann and an Irish Special Branch officer Patrick Crinnion.
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This occurred when Oldfield mis-hit a hook, which flew from the top edge off a traditional non-bodyline ball ; Oldfield later admitted it was his fault.
In 1909, automobile race pioneer Barney Oldfield was the first celebrity to endorse Pepsi-Cola, describing it as " A bully drink ... refreshing, invigorating, a fine bracer before a race.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation was formed in 1997 by Pauline Hanson, David Oldfield and David Ettridge.
Oldfield, a councillor on Manly Council in suburban Sydney and at one time an employee of Liberal minister Tony Abbott, was the organisational architect of the new party.
At the 1999 New South Wales election, David Oldfield was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council.
The suits alleged that the party was undemocratically constituted in order to concentrate all power in the hands of three rulers — Hanson, Ettridge and Oldfield ( in particular Oldfield )— and that it technically had only two members: Ettridge and Hanson.
He leased out studio time to fledgling artists, including multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, whose debut album Tubular Bells ( 1973 ) was Virgin Records ' first release and a chart-topping best-seller.
On this ground was built the Oldfield Tavern public house, which became a popular venue for a rock group called the Detours, who met a drummer there called Keith Moon.
So former Mike Oldfield and Fish keyboardist Mickey Simmonds joined Latimer, Bass and Burgess for the 1992 " comeback " world tour from which in 1993 a double live CD, recorded in Holland, Never Let Go, was released.
Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, a progressive rock album released in 1973, was all instrumental ( save for some brief spoken words ) and is one of the best-selling instrumental albums ever, with 16 millions copies sold.
The Oldfield family of Leftwich, near Northwich, bought the estate at the end of the 17th century, and in 1704 it was sold again, to John Stock, a trustee of Cross Street Chapel.
Hyde was born at Longford House in Castlerea in County Roscommon, while his mother, Elizabeth née Oldfield ( 1834 – 1886 ) was on a short visit there.
The long-tailed planigale was described in 1906 by Oldfield Thomas, who placed it in the genus Phascogale.
The swimmer, Trenton Oldfield, was later charged under the Public Order Act.
In 1996 Oldfield was employed as a staff member by federal Liberal MP Tony Abbott.
Oldfield won a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Council at the March 1999 state elections, but he was expelled from One Nation by Hanson in 2000 and founded the separate One Nation NSW Political Party.
In 2010, Oldfield was fired by 2GB.
After three days, Oldfield was suspended by the station for making inflammatory remarks with respect to asylum seekers.
Oldfield was the last remaining unsuccessful candidate.
Robert Michael Oldfield Havers, Baron Havers PC, QC ( 10 March 1923 – 1 April 1992 ) was a British barrister and Conservative politician.
Berna Eli " Barney " Oldfield ( June 3, 1878 – October 4, 1946 ) was an American automobile racer and pioneer.
Although Oldfield came in second in the race, it was a turning point in his life and he was hired as a parts sales representative for the Stearns bicycle factory, where he met his future wife, Beatrice Lovetta Oatis, whom he married in 1896.
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It was a great victory for Ford and led both Barney Oldfield and Ford to become household names.
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Oldfield personally liaised with Lord Carrington at the time of the Littlejohn Affair in 1972 and mounted the black propaganda campaign against the Littlejohn Brothers, Kenneth and Keith, in the world media.
Pamela, Countess of Onslow, who was a close friend of Oldfield, and of Keith Littlejohn, confused the previously known account of the Littlejohn Affair by stating shortly before her death that the two were known to each other for two years before the events in Ireland took place.
She described a typical Oldfield machiavellian manoeuvre in which the information Keith Littlejohn had passed to her about Kenneth's discovery of Russian arms in the Republic of Ireland, was firstly given to Oldfield who requested that she passed it to Lord Carrington.
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In the notorious third Test at Adelaide, the English Bodyline tactic of bowling fast balls directed at the Australian batsmen's bodies reached its most dramatic moment when fast bowler Harold Larwood hit Oldfield in the head, fracturing his skull ( although this was from a top edge off a traditional non-Bodyline ball and Oldfield admitted it was his fault ).
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Oldfield agreed and traveled to Michigan for the trial, but neither car would start.
Oldfield agreed to drive against the current champion Alexander Winton.
Winton hired Oldfield and agreed to supply free cars in addition to his salary.
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John Wilkinson, who designed an air-cooled engine for Franklin Automobile Company and was their chief engineer, raced against Barney Oldfield in 1902, winning the state championship in the record time of 6: 54: 6 in a Franklin.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Oldfield and her siblings were raised in the Roman Catholic faith of their mother, Maureen.
The duo recorded their first and only album at the recommendation of Pentangle band guitarist, John Renbourn, whom Oldfield met at the Troubadour Folk Club in Bristol.
In addition to their own albums, the group also performed with Mike Oldfield for his albums Amarok, Incantations, and Ommadawn.
Artists such as Mike Oldfield have also used Vocaloids within their work for back up singer vocals and sound samples.
Oldfield, writing early in the 19th century, stated that at that time the Marquess of Bath nominated one member and John Palmer the other ; both were former MPs for the City ( the Marquess having sat under the title Viscount Weymouth ), but neither was still in the Commons — each had a family member sitting in their stead as MP for Bath.
However, their concern to retain these rights may not have been entirely rooted in their desire to help choose the borough's MPs ; a vote in Great Grimsby was a valuable commodity in a more mercenary sense, and the contemporary polemicist Oldfield considered that " This borough stands second to none in the history of corruption.
Born in Palmers Green, North London, Oldfield and his siblings were raised in the Roman Catholic faith of their mother, Maureen.
In 1861, Herbert Oldfield, a glass eye maker, occupied the same address with his wife and their eight children.
From this he learns of the present whereabouts of two servants of the Oldfields who left their employ after Mrs Oldfield died ; Nurse Harrison, who tended to the patient, and Beatrice, the family maid.
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Although the sponsorship deal ended when Marriott sold the park to Six Flags in 1985, the Standard logo can still be seen on all of the Barney Oldfield Speedway ( now Great America Raceway ) cars.
His musical career started to take off in the 1960s, when he played the folk scene in London alongside contemporaries such as Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Mike Oldfield.
One such event occurred in 1902 when Barney Oldfield set a one-mile ( 1. 6 km ) record in an automobile at Empire City Race Track.
In spite of the fact that Oldfield had still never driven an automobile, he and fellow racing cyclist Tom Cooper purchased both test vehicles when Ford offered to sell them for $ 800.
Sweet Jayne split up in 1983 when Chris Scheri ( flute and vocals ) and Cris Bonacci ( guitar ) were invited to the U. K. to work for Mike Oldfield.
Oldfield was forty-seven when she died on 23 October 1730 at 60 Grosvenor Street, London.
Mrs Oldfield was buried in Westminster Abbey, beneath the monument to Congreve, but when Churchill applied for permission to erect a monument there to her memory the dean of Westminster refused it.
* In 1932 – 33, the Bodyline affair reached its lowest point at the ground when Bill Woodfull and Bert Oldfield were struck, and on the third day mounted police patrolled to keep the 50, 962 spectators in order ( a record crowd for cricket at the ground ).
There was further anger later in the innings when Bert Oldfield suffered a fractured skull.
Le Carré denied the rumours, citing the fact that Oldfield and he were not contemporaries, although he and Alec Guinness lunched with Oldfield when Guinness was researching the role of Smiley, and several of Oldfield's mannerisms of dress and behaviour were adopted by the actor for his performance.
Oldfield himself believed that, although Green probably inspired le Carré, the character of Smiley was primarily based on John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris, who had been le Carré's boss when he originally joined MI5, prior to his career in MI6.
Always an easy-going personality, Oldfield immediately forgave Larwood for the incident, and the two eventually became firm friends when Larwood later emigrated to Australia.
Oldfield's musical career started in early 1968, when she recorded some demo recordings with Mike Oldfield.
In 1912 and again in 1914, DePalma won the Elgin National Trophy at Elgin, Illinois and in 1914 he scored what he called his greatest victory when he beat Barney Oldfield to capture the Vanderbilt Cup on the roads of Santa Monica, California.
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