Ironside
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Entertainment and literature
- Ironside (TV series)Ironside (TV series)Ironside is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as the wheelchair-using Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967. The original title of the show in the...
, an American television series starring Raymond Burr - Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale, an urban fantasy novel by Holly Black
People
- Ironside (cavalry)Ironside (cavalry)The Ironsides were troopers in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War. The name came from "Old Ironsides", one of Cromwell's nicknames...
, a cavalry trooper in the army formed by Oliver Cromwell - Sir Ironside, a character in the Arthurian legend
- Björn IronsideBjörn IronsideBjörn Ironside was a semi-legendary king of Sweden who would have lived sometime in the 9th century. Björn Ironside is said to have been the first ruler of a new dynasty...
, a legendary Viking - Christopher Evans-Ironside, English/German composer and musician
- Christopher IronsideChristopher IronsideChristopher Ironside FSIA 1970, OBE 1971, FRBS 1977 was an English painter and coin designer, particularly known for the reverse sides of the new British coins issued on decimalisation in 1971....
, British artist and designer - Edmund IronsideEdmund IronsideEdmund Ironside or Edmund II was king of England from 23 April to 30 November 1016. His cognomen "Ironside" is not recorded until 1057, but may have been contemporary. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, it was given to him "because of his valour" in resisting the Danish invasion led by Cnut...
, King of England during 1016 - Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron IronsideEdmund Ironside, 1st Baron IronsideField Marshal William Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside GCB, CMG, CBE, DSO, was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff during the first year of the Second World War....
, British general after the Russian Revolution as well as in the Second World War - Gilbert Ironside the elderGilbert Ironside the elderGilbert Ironside was bishop of Bristol. He is referred to as the elder to distinguish himfrom his son, Gilbert Ironside the younger.-Life:...
, 1588–1671, Bishop of Bristol - Harry A. IronsideHarry A. IronsideHenry Allen "Harry" Ironside was a Canadian-American Bible teacher, preacher, theologian, pastor, and author.-Biography:...
, a Bible teacher, preacher, and pastor - Isaac IronsideIsaac IronsideIsaac Ironside was a British Chartist and socialist politician.-Early years:Born near Masbrough, Rotherham, Ironside grew up in Sheffield, the son of Samuel Ironside, a Wesleyan lay preacher, and Mary Bradbury...
(1808–1870), British Chartist - Michael IronsideMichael IronsideMichael Ironside is a Canadian-born actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American productions. He is best known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed...
, Canadian character actor - Robert IronsideRobert IronsideRobert Ironside is a former association football player who represented New Zealand internationally in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Club career:...
, New Zealand international footballer - Robert Ironside (businessman)Robert Ironside (businessman)Robert Ironside, was a Canadian from Upper Canada whose parents had immigrated from Scotland. His pursuitss, beyond businessman, involved cattle breeding and politics....
, Canadian businessman - Virginia IronsideVirginia IronsideVirginia Ironside is a British journalist and author. She is the daughter of painter and coin designer Christopher Ironside and fashion designer and professor of fashion design at the Royal College of Art Janey Acheson. Ironside writes a column, "Dilemmas", for The Independent and a monthly column...
, British journalist
Places
In the United States:- Ironsides, MarylandIronsides, MarylandIronsides is an unincorporated community or "post village" in Charles County, Maryland, United States with zip code 20643. The Post Office was established in 1897 and remained open until at least 1976. Today Ironsides area residents have Indian Head or Nanjemoy addresses...
, an unincorporated community - Ironsides IslandIronsides IslandIronsides Island is a rocky island in the Saint Lawrence River, and part of the Thousand Islands region near Alexandria Bay, New York. It is in both Jefferson and St. Lawrence counties. It was donated by William Browning to the Nature Conservancy in the 1960s to serve as a rookery for Great blue...
, New York, a natural preserve in the Saint Lawrence River
Other uses
- Ironsides, a West Cornwall RailwayWest Cornwall RailwayThe West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, formed in 1846 to operate the existing Hayle Railway between Hayle and Redruth and extend the railway to Penzance and Truro....
steam locomotive - Edmund Ironside (play)Edmund Ironside (play)Edmund Ironside, or War Hath Made All Friends is an anonymous Elizabethan play that depicts the life of Edmund II of England. At least three critics have suggested that it is an early work by William Shakespeare.-Text:...
, a piece of Shakespeare Apocrypha - an icelandic lawbook, see JárnsíðaJárnsíðaJárnsíða was a law-code which Magnus VI of Norway had composed for Iceland, which came formally under Norwegian control during 1262-64. Járnsíða was introduced over 1271-74, superseding the previous law-code Grágás. Amongst other things, Járnsíða formally put all legislative powers in the hands of...
- In Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
, a term used by Professor Edwin Bracewell for his DalekDalekThe Daleks are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Within the series, Daleks are cyborgs from the planet Skaro, created by the scientist Davros during the final years of a thousand-year war against the Thals...
s in Victory of the DaleksVictory of the Daleks"Victory of the Daleks" is the third episode in the fifth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is written by Mark Gatiss and first broadcast on BBC One on 17 April 2010....
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