23-655: William Cox , Will Cox , Bill Cox , or Billy Cox may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Bill Cox (1897–1968), American country and folk musician Billy Cox (born 1941), American bassist best known for playing with guitarist Jimi Hendrix Will Cox (actor) , Australian actor associated with Independent Theatre, an Adelaide theatre company William R. Cox (1901–1988), writer of short stories and Western and mystery novels William Trevor (1928–2016), Irish novelist Military [ edit ] William Cox (British general) (1776–1864), British general of
46-408: A 100-acre (40 ha) farm and made Holt its manager. Further land was purchased but in 1803 large liabilities led to Cox's estate being placed into the hands of trustees. He was suspended from office due to allegations that regimental accounts were involved. Cox returned to England in 1807 to answer allegations that he had misused army funds. The Dictionary of Australian Biography records that Cox
69-627: A constable who knew the area, and a 'friendly native' as a guide, were to be posted at the Grose River , Windsor and downriver at Portland Head respectively. Young native-born men were also involved in these parties. Cox wanted the Aboriginal people to understand that, until the wanted men were captured or dead, 'no peace will be given them.' Cox's raids were eventually effective. On November 1 1816, Macquarie published another grand proclamation announcing that hostilities had ceased. Silence then descended upon
92-488: A grim manifesto for a final showdown on the Hawkesbury-Nepean. Whatever 'Friendship or good faith' existed between Aboriginal people and settlers, he declared, it did not protect settlers from 'Revenge and Murder whenever the former are Insulted or think themselves aggrieved by any White people.' Five punitive parties were to comb the country repeatedly - the period was unspecified. Three detachments of soldiers, each with
115-508: Is also recommended that all the women and children be shot. That is the most certain way of getting rid of this pestilent race" Rebecca Cox died in 1819, having borne five sons. In 1821, Cox married Anna Blachford, by whom he had another three sons and a daughter. Their son Alfred Cox was a large landholder in New Zealand and a member of the House of Representatives . Another son, Edward Cox ,
138-476: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bill Cox (folk musician) William Jennings Cox (August 4, 1897 – December 10, 1968) was an American folk singer known as the "Dixie Songbird", active from 1927 to 1940. Born in Eagle, West Virginia , the son of a railroad worker, he began playing guitar and singing at parties around Charleston, West Virginia in
161-559: The Minerva , with his wife and four sons. Aboard the ship were around 160 convicts, including Joseph Holt and Henry Fulton who were among many political prisoners. Cox used his influence so that the prisoners were often allowed up on deck for fresh air, and Holt in his memoirs states that as a result "the ship was the healthiest and best regulated which had ever reached the colony". The Minerva arrived in Sydney on 11 January 1800. Cox purchased
184-540: The 117th Regiment of Foot on 11 July 1795, transferring on 23 January 1796 to the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot . He was promoted to lieutenant in the 68th Foot on 21 February 1797. He transferred to the New South Wales Corps on 30 September 1797, having changed places with a certain Lieutenant Beckwith, and was made paymaster on 23 June 1798. Cox sailed for New South Wales on 24 August 1799 on
207-481: The 1920s. From 1928, he had his own radio program on station WOBU , and won a recording contract with Gennett Records . He recorded over forty songs between 1929 and 1931, including many cover versions of Jimmie Rodgers ' songs, which the station played whenever Cox was unavailable. He moved to the American Record Corporation in 1933, under producer Art Satherley , and often recorded duets with
230-494: The Canadian Bar Association William Harold Cox (1901–1988), U.S. federal judge William John Cox (born 1941), American public interest lawyer, prosecutor, author and political activist Politicians [ edit ] William Cox (British politician) (1817–1889), Member of Parliament for Finsbury 1857–1859, 1861–1865 William Cox (governor) (born 1936), known as Bill Cox, Governor of
253-841: The Cariboo and Boundary Districts in the Colony of British Columbia, Canada William M. Cox (1942–2017), American highways administrator William Sands Cox (1802–1875), surgeon in Birmingham, England William T. L. Cox (born 1984), American social psychologist See also [ edit ] William Cox Ellis (1787–1871), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania George William Cox (1827–1902), British historian William Coxe (disambiguation) William Cocks (disambiguation) William Cocke (1748–1828), American lawyer [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
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#1732858066328276-767: The Cox Plate Others [ edit ] William Cox (pioneer) (1764–1837), constructor of the road across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia William Cox (1848-1907), Engineer, British Subject , Inventor of the Duplex Slide Rule, US patent issued Oct, 1891. See Slide Rule . Also, neologan who coined the term Computer in the sense that it is a device and not a human. William Denton Cox (1883–1912), heroic steward aboard RMS Titanic William George Cox (c. 1821–1878), Gold Commissioner for
299-573: The Hawkesbury, effectively ending its frontier war. At a public meeting in Bathurst in 1824 in response to frontier hostility on the other side of the Great Dividing Range where Cox had been given further large land grants by Macquarie, Cox is recorded as saying: "The best thing that can be done is to shoot all the blacks and manure the ground with their carcasses. That is all they are fit for. It
322-923: The Socialist Labor Party Sports [ edit ] Bill Cox (American football) (1929–2017), former American football end Bill Cox (baseball) (1913–1988), American Major League Baseball pitcher and Illinois state legislator Bill Cox (golfer) (1910–1985), author and professional golfer at Fulwell Golf Club from 1946 to 1975 Bill Cox (footballer) (1880–1915), English football centre forward Bill Cox (runner) (1904–1996), United States Olympic medallist Bill Cox (speed skater) (born 1947), American Olympic speed skater Billy Cox (baseball) (1919–1978), American Major League Baseball middle infielder William Cox (wrestler) , British Olympic wrestler William D. Cox (1909–1989), American businessman and sports executive William Samuel Cox (1831–1895), Australian racecourse owner, namesake of
345-622: The Windsor Garrison, William Cox organised punitive & dispersive expeditions from July 1816 along the Nepean–Hawkesbury River in which he 'reported' the killings of four Aboriginal men. Unlike the military offensive of April of that year that resulted in the Appin Massacre , the events of these raids and killings were barely recorded. In response to ongoing Aboriginal resistance to settlers, Cox had sent Governor Lachlan Macquarie
368-480: The finished road in April 1815 by driving his carriage along it from Sydney to Bathurst. He commended Cox and stated that the project would have taken three years if it had been done under a contract. As a reward Cox was awarded 2,000 acres (810 ha) of land near Bathurst. The road became known as Cox's Road and over time much of it has been bypassed in favour of easier grades. As landowner, magistrate and commander of
391-456: The much younger singer Cliff Hobbs (1916–1961). They recorded some sixty songs together during the 1930s, including "Filipino Baby" and " Sparkling Brown Eyes ". After retiring in 1940, Cox ended up falling on hard times. He was rediscovered in 1966 living in poverty in a converted chicken coop , but died before he was able to make further public appearances. William Cox (pioneer) William Cox (19 December 1764 – 15 March 1837)
414-727: The peninsular war, in Siege of Almeida William Ruffin Cox (1832–1919), Confederate general in the United States Civil War, later Secretary of the United States William Reginald Cox (1905–1988), British Army officer William Sitgreaves Cox (1790–1874), court-martialled acting third lieutenant of the USS Chesapeake Law [ edit ] William Cox (Nova Scotia lawyer) (1921–2008), past president of
437-405: 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 the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Cox&oldid=1246802273 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
460-427: The state of Tasmania, Australia William E. Cox (1861–1942), U.S. Representative from Indiana William H. Cox Jr. (born 1942), American politician from Maryland William Hopkinson Cox (1856–1950), American politician; Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky William Thomas Cox (1808–1877), British politician William Wesley Cox (1865–1948), presidential, vice presidential, and perennial U.S. Senate candidate of
483-572: Was also responsible for erecting many government buildings. In 1814, Governor Lachlan Macquarie approved Cox's 'voluntary offer of your superintending and directing the working party' that would build a road crossing the Blue Mountains , between Sydney and Bathurst . The completed dirt track was 12 feet (3.7 m) wide by 101 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (163.3 km) long, built between 18 July 1814 to 14 January 1815 using five free men, 30 convict labourers and eight soldiers. Macquarie surveyed
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#1732858066328506-532: Was an English soldier, known as an explorer, road builder and pioneer in the early period of British settlement of Australia . Cox was born in Wimborne Minster , Dorset , son of William Cox and Jane Harvey, and was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in the town. He married Rebecca Upjohn in 1789. Cox had served in the Wiltshire militia before being commissioned as ensign (without purchase ) in
529-570: Was cleared in 1808, and was promoted to Captain of 102nd Regiment of Foot, and placed in charge of Irish political prisoners . However, the London Gazette of 19 April 1808 records, "Paymaster William Cox, of the New South Wales Corps, is dismissed the Service." In 1811 Cox returned to Australia. Once back there, he resigned his commission and became principal magistrate at Hawkesbury . He
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