David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.
Mary Fleming
Mary Fleming( 1542 – fl. 1581), was a Scottish noblewoman and childhood companion and cousin of Mary, Queen of Scots.
She and three other ladies- in- waiting( Mary Livingston, Mary Beaton and Mary Seton) were collectively known as" The Four Marys".
A granddaughter of James IV of Scotland, she married the queen's renowned secretary, Sir William Maitland of Lethington.
Jonathan Maitland
Jonathan Maitland is a British playwright and broadcaster.
Harry Northup
Harry Northup( born September 2, 1940) is an American actor and poet.
As an actor, he would make frequent appearances in the films of Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Demme.
William Fellowes Morgan Jr.
William Fellowes Morgan Jr.( March 13, 1889 – December 23, 1977) was the President of the Middle Atlantic Oyster Fisheries in 1925, and was the Commissioner of Public Markets for New York City around 1934 through 1942, for at least eight years.
He oversaw the opening of The Bronx Terminal Market in 1935.
His father was William Fellowes Morgan Sr.( 1861–1943) a refrigerated storage business tycoon; his mother was tennis player Emma Leavitt- Morgan( 1865 – 1956).
His sisters were Pauline Morgan Dodge and Beatrice Morgan Pruyn Goodrich.
John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane
John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane( 1537 – 3 October 1595), of Lethington, Knight( 1581), was Lord Chancellor of Scotland.
Richard Maitland
Sir Richard Maitland of Lethington and Thirlstane( 1496 – 1 August 1586) was a Senator of the College of Justice, an Ordinary Lord of Session from 1561 until 1584, and notable Scottish poet.
He was served heir to his father, Sir William Maitland of Lethington, East Lothian, and Thirlestane, Berwickshire, on 15 October 1515, his father being one of the casualties at the Battle of Flodden.
He held the political office of Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland and was also the Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland, from 1563 to 1567, and was succeeded in this post by his son Sir John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane.
In his later years he was blind, and occupied himself by writing a history of" The House and Surname of Seaton", and by writing poems, e.g.," On the New YearOn the Queene's Maryage", etc.
He held various offices, chiefly legal, but appears to have kept as far as possible out of the fierce political struggles of his time, and to have been a genially satirical humorist.
He married Mariotta( or Margaret)( d. March 1586), daughter of Sir Thomas Cranstoun of Corsbie, in Berwickshire.
They had three sons and four daughters, including
William Maitland of Lethington
William Maitland of Lethington( 1525 – 9 June 1573) was a Scottish politician and reformer, and the eldest son of poet Richard Maitland.
William was the renowned' Secretary Lethington' to Mary, Queen of Scots.
As Secretary of State, he played a prominent part in the various movements of his time, but did not gain the confidence of any party.
He adhered to the party of James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, illegitimate half- brother of the Queen, against the extreme measures of John Knox.
Maitland proved a highly astute ambassador at Elizabeth I of England's court.
He was involved in the conspiracy to murder David Rizzio( the private secretary and rumoured lover of Queen Mary) by her King consort Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley and his supporters, but he managed to regain the Queen's favour.
After Mary was captured by her enemies at the battle of Carberry Hill, on 25 July 1567 Maitland came to see the English ambassador in Edinburgh, Nicholas Throckmorton.
As instructed by Elizabeth, Throckmorton asked Maitland if the plan was to restore Mary to the throne.
If so, Elizabeth promised to help prosecute Darnley's murder and preserve Prince James.
Throckmorton recorded Maitland's personal answer, which outlined that English interference was not welcome at this time, and might even be counterproductive, and Throckmorton would not be allowed to see Mary;" Being in place to knowe more than you can knowe, I saye unto yowe ..., in case you doe on the Quenes majesties behalf your mestris, presse this company to enlarge the Quene my soveraigne, and to suffer you to goe unto her( at Lochleven Castle), or doe use any thretnynge speache in those matters, the rather to compasse them(" rather than achieve them"), I assure you, you wyll put the Quene my soveraigne in greate jeopardye of her lyffe: and therefore there is none other waye for the present to do her good but to give place and use mildness."
When Mary fled to the Kingdom of England in 1568 Maitland joined with the new government, but acted in her interest and formed a party to restore her to power.
In 1573 Sir William Kirkaldy of Grange, noted for his military talents and the forthright adherent of Mary, Queen of Scots, held Edinburgh Castle for her party, along with his brother, Sir James, and Sir William Maitland of Lethington.
The Regent called on the military assistance of Queen Elizabeth I of England, who dispatched Sir William Drury from Berwick- upon- Tweed with a formidable train of artillery to assist in reducing the castle.
Kirkaldy resisted with firmness worthy of his high military reputation, until the walls were breached and shattered, his provisions expended, the wells choked with ruins and inaccessible, and the artillery silenced.
He surrendered to Sir William Drury on a general promise of favourable terms; but in this, the English commander had undertaken more than he could make good.
By Elizabeth's orders, Sir William Drury saw himself obliged to surrender his prisoners to the vindictive regent, and the gallant Kirkaldy and his brother were executed at the Market Cross in Edinburgh.
Maitland of Lethington, already ill, was removed to Leith prison, where he either died from his disease or, according to some accounts, killed himself.
Maitland married
Mary Fleming, one of the" Four Marys" who accompanied Mary, Queen of Scots, to France in 1548 as her principal attendants.
" The Great Seal"( charter number 1519, confirmed at Holyroodhouse on 8 April 1588), gives James Maitland of Lethington( born 1568) as" son and heir of William Maitland of Lethington, Royal Secretary".
William Maitland's daughter, Margaret, married Robert Ker, 1st Earl of Roxburghe.
William Maitland, according to The University of St Andrews: A Short History, by Ronald Gordon Cant, was educated at the University of St Andrews.
Toos Beumer
Catharina Johanna" Toos" Beumer( born 5 July 1947 in Koog aan de Zaan) is a Dutch swimmer.
She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Her teammates in that race, clocked in 4:12.0, were Pauline van der Wildt, Erica Terpstra and Winnie van Weerdenburg.
Four years later, Beumer also participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, in the 100 m freestyle, but she did n't qualify for the semi-finals.
Pauline Quirke
Pauline Perpetua Quirke is an English actress who has played Sharon Theodopolopodous in the long-running comedy series "Birds of a Feather" from 1989 to 1998, and again since 2014.
For this role, she won the 1990 British Comedy Award for Best Newcomer.
She was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1996 BBC miniseries "The Sculptress".
Her other television credits include "Maisie Raine" (1998–99), "Down to Earth" (2000–03), "Emmerdale" (2010–12) and "Broadchurch" (2013–15).

Question: Were Pauline Quirke and Jonathan Maitland of the same nationality?
Answer: yes