John Temple

John Temple may refer to:

  • John Temple (MP for Northampton), MP for Northampton (UK Parliament constituency) 1407
  • John Temple (MP for Ripon) (1518–1558), MP for Ripon 1554 and Great Bedwyn 1558
  • Sir John Temple (judge) (1600–1677) Master of the Rolls in Ireland
  • Sir John Temple (politician) (1632–1705), Attorney General of Ireland
  • John Temple (diplomat) (1731–1798), self-styled Sir John Temple, 8th Baronet; first British consul-general to the United States
  • John Meredith Temple (1910–1994), British Conservative Party Member of Parliament
  • Jonathan Temple, (1796–1866) early Los Angeles pioneer
  • Johnny Temple, baseball player
  • Johnny Temple (musician), musician

Famous quotes containing the words john and/or temple:

    “Whither goest thou?”
    —Bible: New Testament Peter, in John, 13:36.

    The words, which are repeated in John 16:5, are best known in the Latin form in which they appear in the Vulgate: Quo vadis? Jesus replies, “Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.”

    “If you are ambitious of climbing up to the difficult, and in a manner inaccessible, summit of the Temple of Fame, your surest way is to leave on one hand the narrow path of Poetry, and follow the narrower track of Knight-Errantry, which in a trice may raise you to an imperial throne.”
    —Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)