Thomas Walker (1698–1744) was an English actor and dramatist.
25-459: Thomas or Tom Walker may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Thomas Walker (actor) (1698–1744), English actor and dramatist Thomas Walker (author) (1784–1836), English barrister, police magistrate and writer of a one-man periodical, The Original Thomas Bond Walker (1861–1933), Irish painter Tom Walker (singer) (born 1991), Scottish singer-songwriter Tom Walker (Homeland) ,
50-2600: A character in the TV series Homeland Tom Walker, British actor and comedian known for his character Jonathan Pie , a fictional British news reporter Tom Walker (comedian) , Australian comedian, mime and Twitch streamer Law [ edit ] Thomas Joseph Walker (1877–1945), Judge for the United States Customs Court Thomas Glynn Walker (1899–1993), United States federal judge Thomas Walker (attorney) (born 1964), U.S. attorney Politics [ edit ] Thomas Walker (died 1748) (1660s–1748), Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle, 1735–1741 Thomas Walker (merchant) (1749–1817), English political radical in Manchester Thomas Eades Walker (1843–1899), British Member of Parliament for East Worcestershire, 1874–1880 Thomas Gordon Walker (1849–1917), British Indian civil servant Thomas Walker (Australian politician) (1858–1932), member of two different state parliaments Thomas Walker (Canadian politician) (died 1812), Canadian lawyer and politician Thomas J. Walker (1927–1998), provincial MLA from Alberta, Canada Thomas Walker (American politician) (1850–1935), Alabama state legislator Albert Thomas Walker , Canadian politician from Ontario Sports [ edit ] Tom Walker (cricketer) (1762–1831), English cricketer Thomas Walker (Yorkshire cricketer) (1854–1925), English cricketer Tom Walker (1900s pitcher) (1881–1944), baseball player Tom Walker (1970s pitcher) (1948–2023), American baseball player Tommy Walker (footballer, born 1915) (1915–1993), Scottish footballer and manager Tom Walker (footballer) (born 1995), English footballer Other [ edit ] Thomas Walker (academic) (died 1665), English academic at Oxford University Thomas Walker (explorer) (1715–1794), American explorer Thomas Walker (slave trader) (1758–1797), British slave trader Thomas Walker (died 1805), Irish publisher of Walker's Hibernian Magazine Thomas Walker (philanthropist) (1804–1886), Australian politician and banker Thomas Larkins Walker (c.1811–1860), Scottish architect Thomas Walker (journalist) (1822–1898), English editor of The Daily News Thomas A. Walker (1828–1889), English civil engineering contractor T. B. Walker (1840–1928), Minneapolis businessman who founded
75-670: A revival of The Relapse ( John Vanburgh ). On 23 September 1721 he appeared at Lincoln's Inn Fields as Edmund in King Lear , and he remained there until 1733. On 29 January 1728 Walker took on his major original part, Captain Macheath in the Beggar's Opera , and his reputation was established. On 10 February 1733, at the new Covent Garden Theatre , Walker was the first Periphas in John Gay 's Achilles . The last part in which he
100-490: Is mentioned at Covent Garden is Ambrosio in Don Quixote , which he played on 17 May 1739. In 1739–40 he seems to have been resting, but he played, 17 May 1740, Macheath for his benefit at Drury Lane. In 1740–41 he was seen in many of his major parts at Goodman's Fields Theatre . But after David Garrick 's arrival at Goodman's Fields in 1741, Walker's name was taken from the bills and did not reappear until 27 May 1742, when
125-926: The Beggar's Opera and the Virgin Unmasked ( Henry Fielding ) were given for his benefit. He seems to have played in Dublin in 1742 as Kite in The Recruiting Officer , with Garrick as Plume. Walker's best serious parts were thought to be Bajazet, Hotspur, Edmund, and Falconbridge; in comedy he was best received as Worthy in the Recruiting Officer , Bellmour in the Old Bachelor , and Harcourt in The Country Girl (Garrick, after Wycherley). Walker's first dramatic effort
150-703: The Buenos Aires Harbour Works (with John Hawkshaw , resident engineer James Murray Dobson and Joseph Talbot engineer); and the Manchester Ship Canal. Walker`s tender (of 456,600 pounds 11s. 2d.) to construct new docks at Preston for the Preston Corporation was accepted on 3 September 1884 and the first sod was turned on 11 October 1884. Increases in the dimensions of the projected docks plus various unanticipated engineering difficulties meant that by September 1887
175-687: The Fate of Villainy , which was acted there under the title of Love and Loyalty . The second night was to have been for his benefit. Not being able to furnish security for the expenses of the house, he could not induce the managers to reproduce it. He died three days later, 5 June 1744. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Lee, Sidney , ed. (1899). " Walker, Thomas (1698-1744) ". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 59. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Thomas A. Walker Thomas Andrew Walker (15 October 1828 – 25 November 1889)
200-511: The Thomas J. Walker House in Knoxville, Tennessee Thomas Walker & Son , manufacturers of nautical instruments, Birmingham, England See also [ edit ] Tommy Walker (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
225-530: The Barry Dock and Railway company on 28 October 1884 after he had revised it downwards from 600,000 pounds to 563,907 pounds 10s. In January 1886 the company`s board approved significant variations to the scope of the works under the dock contract, which added some 150,000 pounds to the projected cost and a delay in the prescribed completion date. The dock was completed in 1889, with a ceremonial opening being held on 18 July 1889. Walker`s contract to construct
250-688: The Buenos Aires Harbour Works was entered into in September 1885. After the preparation of the various detailed plans the works were started in 1887. Construction was completed in 1897, the work having been continued after Walker`s death by his executors under powers obtained through a series of three private Acts of the British parliament. These were the Walker Estate Acts of 1891, 1894, and 1898. His final undertaking
275-722: The Governments of the Lower Provinces" (p.7 of Walker, 1888). Returning to Britain, he worked on extensive surveys in Russia, Egypt and Sudan. In 1865 he was offered, and accepted, the management of the construction of the Metropolitan District Railway in London on behalf of the three firms of contractors jointly responsible for that work. He then returned to being a public works contractor himself. He
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#1732802629717300-550: The Walker Art Center Thomas William Walker (1916–2010), soil scientist Thomas Walker (naval officer) (1919–2003), United States Navy officer Thomas B. Walker Jr. (1923–2016), American investment banker, corporate director and philanthropist Tom Walker (priest) (1933–2016), Anglican priest and author Thomas Walker (musicologist) (1936–1995), American professor of music at Princeton University Thomas J. Walker, namesake of
325-514: The authorized borrowing powers of the Preston Corporation for the project were substantially below the estimated total cost figure for the project. Delays in the granting of Parliamentary approval for increased borrowing powers meant that construction work was halted in July 1888. Walker`s executors completed this project in 1892. Walker`s tender to construct the Barry dock was accepted by the board of
350-655: The completion of this project. Management of work on the project then passed into the hands of the three executors of Walker`s will: Charles Hay Walker, Louis Philip Nott, and Thomas James Reeves, supported by Walker`s erstwhile legal and financial advisor Robert William Perks . On 6 January 1852, he married Fanny Beetlestone at Shiffnal in Shropshire. The couple had two sons, both of whom died in infancy, and four daughters. Walker died of Bright's disease at Mount Ballan House in Caerwent , Monmouthshire, on 25 November 1889,
375-530: The dangers from floods above and floods below, has been sufficient for me. One sub-aqueous tunnel is quite enough for a lifetime.' The tunnel was completed in 1887, having a length of 4 miles 628 yards (7,012 m). During the last five years of his life, Walker undertook four further large and complex projects. These were the Preston Dock; the Barry Dock and Railway ; the contract for
400-487: The home he had bought while undertaking work on the Severn Tunnel. He was buried at St Stephen's Church in the village. Walker was known to be an excellent employer, looking after the needs of his workforce as best as he could and provided accommodation, meeting halls and hospital facilities. Upon his death, he left nearly £1 million. His nephew, and son-in-law Charles Hay Walker, of Falkland Park , South Norwood
425-449: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Walker&oldid=1255402961 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thomas Walker (actor) He was the son of Francis Walker of Soho, London . At around
450-641: The year 1714, he joined the Shepherd's company (perhaps the Shepherd who was at William Pinkethman 's theatre in Greenwich in 1710). Barton Booth saw Walker in a droll , The Siege of Troy , and recommended him to the management of the Drury Lane Theatre . In November 1715 Walker seems to have played Tyrrel in Colley Cibber 's Richard III ; on 12 December 1715 he was Young Fashion in
475-492: Was also a civil engineer and public works contractor. It was he who managed the contract for the Buenos Aires Harbour Works, during which time he established a home at Conchillas in Uruguay . After Thomas Andrew Walker's death, his contracts were continued by his Executors and subsequently the limited liability company C. H. Walker & Co Ltd. was formed to take over the various business assets. Thomas's nephew Charles Hay Walker
500-817: Was an English civil engineering contractor. He worked on major infrastructure projects in the latter half of the 19th century, including the Severn Tunnel , the Manchester Ship canal, and the London District Railway . Thomas Andrew Walker was born at Brewood in Staffordshire , the eldest of the three children of Robert Walker and his third wife Ann Hay. His younger sister was Annie Louisa Walker . He had four half-sisters from his father`s first marriage, and one half-brother and one half-sister from his father`s second marriage. He
525-622: Was educated at Brewood Grammar School (1838-43) and then at King's College London until 1845. In 1852 he and his younger brother Charles sailed to Canada with their father where the three had been offered work by Thomas Brassey on the construction of the Grand Trunk Railway. After working on the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada for two years, Walker remained in Canada for a further seven years "constructing railways for
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#1732802629717550-459: Was engaged for seven years in the construction of this tunnel. When he began work on the project he had already accumulated considerable experience in railway survey and construction throughout Canada, Russia, Egypt and England. In writing his memoirs of his work on the Severn Tunnel he states: 'Sub-aqueous tunnels have recently become quite the fashion. One such experience as the Severn Tunnel, with its ever-varying and strangely contorted strata, and
575-592: Was in partnership with his younger brother until the latter`s death in 1874, and from then onwards operated without partners. The work of T. & C. Walker on the tunnel below the London Docks for East London Railway project (1871-74) greatly impressed the Engineer-in-chief Sir John Hawkshaw. In 1879 Walker was entrusted with the still more difficult work of completing the Severn Tunnel at the request of Sir John Hawkshaw . Walker
600-615: Was the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal which has been described as the greatest engineering achievement of Victorian times. It is certainly an immense achievement and transformed an inland city into a major port. Walker was engaged as the sole contractor in charge of the construction in 1887, with the cutting of the first sod ceremony conducted on 11 November 1887. Walker divided the thirty-six-mile route into nine (soon consolidated to eight) sections and appointed an engineer to take charge of each. However, he died before
625-549: Was to compressing into one play the two parts of Thomas D'Urfey 's Massaniello . This work was produced at Lincoln's Inn Fields, 31 July 1724, with Walker as Massaniello. The Quaker's Opera , 1728, an imitation by Walker of the Beggar's Opera , was acted at Lee and Harper's booth in Bartholomew Fair . The Fate of Villainy , 1730, was given at Goodman's Fields Theatre on 24 February 1730 by Henry Giffard and Mrs. Giffard. In 1744 Walker went to Dublin, taking with him
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