John Percival

John Percival known as Mad Jack Percival (3 April 1779 – 7 September 1862) was a celebrated officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812, the campaign against West Indies pirates, and the Mexican-American War.

Biography

Born in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, Percival left home at thirteen to work as a cabin boy on a Boston coaster. He moved to the merchant service, became a second mate, and while at Lisbon, he was impressed by the Royal Navy. First sent to the HMS Victory under Lord Jervis, he soon received an assignment to a prize crew on a captured Spanish merchantman. Benefiting from lax discipline, Percival led an uprising and escaped to the American merchant ship Washington. His homeward journey was interrupted by impressment again - this time by the Dutch Navy. Managing to escape a second time, he decided to enter the U.S. Navy in 1799. Subsequently, he served in the Quasi-War with France as a master’s mate and midshipman. He was discharged in the demobilization of 1801 and went back to the merchant service

John Percival (cricketer)

John Douglas Percival (5 August 1902 – 5 March 1983) was an English cricketer who featured as a right-hand batsman in three first class cricket matches between 1922 and 1923; one match saw him represent Gloucestershire, in the other two he batted for Oxford University. Outside of first class cricket, he represented numerous clubs and teams including Radley College and Westminster School while a student there, and played for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1930. During the Second World War he played for the Royal Army Service Corps. Born in Kensington, he died in Roehampton.

Playing career

Early matches

Percival's earliest recorded matches took place in June 1918, where he batted for Radley College. He played twice for the college that month, scoring four in the first game against Westminster School but remaining unbeaten on 63 in the second against Bradfield College. A year later, in May 1919, he was playing for Westminster School against various other schools in England. He scored 62 against the Household Brigade that month, and over the next year played against various schools across England. In June 1919 he scored 78 against Tonbridge School, and in July 1920 he hit 56 while opening the batting against Charterhouse School.

John Percival (disambiguation)

John Percival (1779–1862) was a United States Navy officer.

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John Percival (politician)

John Whitehead Percival (27 September 1870 – 1 February 1942) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in Huddersfield in Yorkshire to brass moulder William Percival and Hannah Whitehead. He worked as a newspaper manager, arriving in New South Wales around 1894. On 18 October 1905 he married Emily Amelia Cartrell, with whom he had four children. He was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1921 as a Labor member. After 1931 he supported the United Australia Party. He left the Council in 1934 when it became indirectly elected. Percival died at Randwick in 1942.

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John Percival (bishop)

John Percival (27 September 1834 – 3 December 1918) was the first Headmaster of Clifton College, where he made his reputation as a great educator. In his 17 years at Clifton numbers rose from 62 to 680. He accepted the Presidency of Trinity College, Oxford to recover from his years at Clifton. It was from Trinity that he went to Rugby to become Headmaster of Rugby School before becoming Bishop of Hereford.

Early life

Percival was born in Brough Sowerby, near Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland, England, and was brought up on his uncle's farm after the death of his mother when he was very young. He was educated at Appleby grammar school, before winning a scholarship to The Queen's College, Oxford in 1854. He obtained first-class degrees in classics and mathematics and was elected to a fellowship by the college in 1858. Recuperating from overwork in Pau, France in the following winter, he met Louisa Holland, whom he married in 1862. Together they had eight children, six of whom survived to adulthood. The most notable of their children was Launcelot Jefferson Percival who was an international rugby player, and later Deputy Clerk of the Closet to King George VI.

John Percival (rugby league)

John Percival was a New Zealand rugby league referee. An international referee, in 1995 Percival was one of the New Zealand Rugby League's inaugural inductions into the "Legends of League".

Domestic career

Percival was from the Point Chevalier Pirates club and played for the 1947 Schoolboy Kiwi side.

He took up refereeing in 1956 and controlled matches in the Auckland Rugby League competition. By 1960 he was receiving provincial appointments. He earned a reputation for being a dominant and "eagle-eyed" referee.

Percival is credited with innovating the penalty for backchat as he regularly used to march teams for the offence before it was added to the official rulebook.

The Auckland Rugby League's Referee of the Year award is named the "John Percival Memorial Premiership Referee of the Year" in recognition of Percival's service to the game.

International career

His first Test match was in 1964 when the French toured New Zealand. Percival controlled 27 internationals between 1964 and 1980, the most for a New Zealand official. This included nine matches in the 1968 and 1975 World Cups. In 1995 Percival was one of the inaugural inductees onto the NZRL's Legends of League. He is an Auckland Rugby League Immortal.