Charles Carleton Coffin was an American journalist. He was born in 1823 at Massachusetts and died in 1896.Under the name of 'Carleton' he was war correspondent of the Boston Journal during the whole of the American Civil War and the Prusso-Austrian War of 1866. Research Charles Coffin
Sir Guy Carleton Carleton was a British soldier. He was born in 1724 and died in 1808. He distinguished himself at the sieges of Louisbourg and Quebec. He was Governor of Quebec from 1766 to 1770 and from 1775 to 1778, and defended it against the Americans under Montgomery in 1775. He commanded the army that invaded New York in 1776, and fought a severe battle with Arnold on LakeChamplain. In 1782 he superseded Sir Henry Clinton as commander-in-chief. From 1786 to 1796, as LordDorchester, he was Governor of Canada. He became a lieutenant-general in 1777. Research Guy Carleton
Mary Carleton was an English confidence trickster, bigamist, robber, playwright and actress. She was born in 1626 and died in 1663. Married, with two children, and living in Canterbury she became bored with her domestic life and went to Dover where she married a rich German surgeon. Charged with bigamy she fled to Germany and assumed the identity of a German princess. She subsequently tricked many men out of money and valuables, worked as an actress with a German travelling stage company, performing in plays she had written about her own criminal exploits. After returning to England she continued to cheat, trick and rob men of money and valuables until l she was some time later tried for bigamy at the Old Bailey and hanged at Tyburn in 1663. Research Mary Carleton
William Carleton was an Irish novelist. He was born in 1794 at Prillisk and died in 1869. His education commenced at a hedge-school, and terminated with two years' training in an academy kept by a relation, a priest, at Glasslough. Thence he went to Dublin to try his fortune in the walks of literature. There, in 1830 to 1832, were published his Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. Among his other publications are: Fardorougha, the Miser; The Misfortunes of Barney Branagan; Valentine M'Clutchy; The Black Prophet; The TitheProctor; WilleyReilly; and the Evil Eye; this last novel appearing in 1860. He enjoyed a government allowance of 200 pounds per annum several years before his death. Research William Carleton
Dan Aykroyd (real name Daniel Agraluscarsacra) is a Canadian actor. He was born in 1952 at Ottawa. While studying sociology at Carleton University he started writing comedy skeyches and left university to go to Toronto where he performed with the Second City improvization comedy troupe where he was seen by John Belushi who introduced him to television. Research Dan Aykroyd
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