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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 17, 2023) U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen give a presentation to Fabien Cousteau, executor and founder of Proteus Ocean Group (POG), and members of his team on their capstone project. The midshipmen are working with Proteus as part of their final capstone project. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 17, 2023) U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen give a presentation to Fabien Cousteau, executor and founder of Proteus Ocean Group (POG), and members of his team on their capstone project. The midshipmen are working with Proteus as part of their final capstone project. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede)
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 17, 2023) Fabien Cousteau, executor and founder of the Proteus Ocean Group (POG), and members of his team take a tour of various departments during a visit to the U.S. Naval Academy. Proteus is the world’s most advanced underwater research station, a collaborative global platform for researchers, academics, government agencies, and corporations to advance ocean science. U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen are working with Proteus as part of their final capstone project.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede)
The "Mission Executor" coming in at 106 Studs and around 2800 pieces. An updated version of the great classic set "Mission Commander," 6986.
Margaret Brent (c. 1601 – c. 1671), an English immigrant to the Colony of Maryland, was the first woman in the English North American colonies to appear before a court of the Common Law. She was a significant founding settler in the early histories of the colonies of Maryland and Virginia. Lord Calvert, Governor of the Maryland Colony, appointed her as the executor of his estate in 1647, at a time of political turmoil and risk to the future of the settlement. She helped ensure soldiers were paid and given food to keep their loyalty to the colony.
With Anne Hutchinson, Brent ranks among the most prominent women figures in early Colonial American history. Hailed as a feminist by some in modern times in advancing rights of women under the laws, her insistent advocacy of her legal prerogatives as an unmarried gentlewoman of property, while notable in its exceptional energy, was consistent with English law.
Draft Conveyance Josiah Adams of Ramsgate, Clerk to A & K Daniel, Solicitors of Ramsgate, Miss Helen Bear, Minnie, Bear and Henry Bear, Grocer’s Assistant all of 7, Lorne Road, St Lawrence to Thomas Robert Tucker, Smacker Owner, of 26 La Belle Alliance Square, Ramsgate Land at Southwood, Ramsgate dated 26th July 1901.
Elizabeth Saxby’s Will of 26th November 1879 her niece Catharine Bear and Josiah Adams as Executors which included her house, Alpha Villa near Southwood and two cottages nearby also land that was formerly a Brickfield. Also held in Trust for her nephew John Bear, who died on 1st February 1881 and the the inheritance passed to his 3 children, Helen, Minnie and Henry Bear. Catherine Bear became the wife of Isaac Fenwick and died 19th January 1891.
Referência Elogiosa consignada ao deixar o Comando da AD5.
Por ter sido designado para frequenta a escola superior de guerra deixa o Comando da AD/5 o Exmo Gen Bda IGNÁCIO JÓSE VERISSIMO. A permanência dês te ilustre e digno camarada nesta Região Militar, durante mais de um ano, serviu para pôr em evidência mais uma vêz suas comprovadas qualidades de chefe, dedicado desde cedo a todos os problemas da segurança nacional e da instrução do exército e que, por sua cultura, por atitudes retas e por notável “savoir favore” , impor-se à admiração de seus camaradas e da sociedade civil.
Independente de sua atuação privativa de comandante de arma, o Gen VERISSIMO foi, como já se assinalou, eficiente e consciencioso Cooperador deste Comando, que nele sempre teve um amigo, um conselheiro um executor vigilante da orientação adotada no quadro geral da vida da 5ª Região Militar.
Este Comando com os seus louvores e agradecimentos pela maneira por que o Gen VERISSIMO desempenhou sua função augura-lhe o melhor êxito no curso que vai empreender, consolidando os pontos de vista com que tem encarrado os problemas da segurança e da sobrevivências da Nação
Victorian terraced house, likely to have been built under a lease from the executors of W. K. Jenkins to William or Henry Cullingford, builders, 1854–8 [source: British History on-line]. Part of the Pembridge Conservation Area. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, London.
(CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)
Candid photos of people in Prague.
Rough translation - Help, Czech state stole my home. Wrong executor of court sold the stolen house.
August 2014.
10221 Super Star Destroyer (Star Wars)
Ages 16+. 3,152 pieces.
US $399.99 CA $499.99 DE 399.99 € UK 349.99 £
The Super Star Destroyer Executor has arrived! This jaw-dropping vessel served as command ship at the Battle of Endor and as the personal flagship of Darth Vader in the classic Star Wars movies. With its classic dagger-shaped design, the Executor is among the largest and most powerful vessels in the Star Wars galaxy. With over 3,000 pieces, measuring nearly 50" (124.5 cm) long and weighing nearly 8 pounds (3.5 kg), every aspect of this fantastic LEGO® Star Wars™ model impresses. Includes 4 minifigures: Darth Vader, Admiral Piett, Dengar, Bossk and IG-88.
Includes 4 minifigures: Darth Vader, Admiral Piett, Dengar and Bossk!
Also includes IG-88 figure!
Features over 3,000 pieces!
Measures nearly 50 inches (124.5 cm) long and weighs nearly 8 pounds (3.5kg)!
Includes display stand and data sheet label!
Center section lifts off to reveal command center!
The Super Star Destroyer is on sale from September 1, 2011
John William Stableford, Coalville, Leics
Kelly's Leicestershire Directory 1891 -1900
THE LONDON GAZETTE, 31 JANUARY, 1928.
JOHN WILLIAM STABLEFORD, Deceased.
Pursuant to the Trustee Act, 1925.
NOTICE is hereby given, that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demand for against the estate of John William Stableford, late of The Poplars, London-road, Coalville, in the county of Leicester, who died on the 25th day of July, 1915, and whose will was proved in the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice, at the Principal Registry, on the 29th day of April, 1916, by Hannah Stableford and Harry James Taylor, the executors named in the said will, are hereby required to send the particulars, in writing, of their claims or demands to us, the undersigned, on or before the 3rd day of April, 1928, after which date the said estate will be distributed, having regard only to the claims of which the executors shall then have had notice.—Dated this 28th day of January, 1928.
BROWN, WILLATT and MARRIOTT, Eldon Chambers, Wheeler Gate, Nottingham, Solicitors to the Executors.
Letter from Charles Emerson, 40 Prince of Wales Road, Norwich re settlement (Elizabeth) Betts v (Elizabeth) Mears heirs of William Burton & James Knights, Norfolk 4th March 1899. He writes that the Plaintiff had refused to settle because Mr. Mears wished to deduct Land Tax from the payment.
Charles Emerson was a Solicitor and engaged by Pomeroy and Son to represent Elizabeth Mears.
The Will of William Burton who had died 30th March 1891 was proven by Thomas Betts of Fritton and Edward Betts of Moulton. Thomas Betts had married William Burton’s daughter Elizabeth Burton. He had died in 1897. Edward Betts had married William Burton’s daughter Ellen Bourton. He died in 1910 and Ellen in 1913. Another brother, John Betts had married another daughter of William Burton, Catharine Ann Burton. He had died in 1882.
Horace Mears had married Elizabeth Knights born 1856 at Carleton Rode, Norfolk the daughter of James Knights and Susannah Palmer. James Knights had died in 1898 and was bankrupt but the farm was made over to his daughter Elizabeth. The Executors of William Burton’s Will were seeking to have this overturned. A deal was eventually reached.
Laísa Santos Sampaio, irmã da vítima Maria dos Espírito Santo. Laísa continua recebendo ameaças de morte frequentes.
Julgamento do assassinato dos ativistas José Cláudio e Maria dos Espírito Santo, que foram mortos em março de 2011 em Nova Ipixuna. O resultado do júri, que aconteceu nos dias 03 e 04 de abril, foi a condenação dos executores Alberto Lopes e Lindonjonson Silva, e absolvição de José Rodrigues, acusado de ser o mandante do crime. A ação provocou revolta nos familiares e movimentos agrários que acompanhavam o caso em vigília no Fórum de Marabá (PA).
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Berry Belyeu of the Talbot Co., Georgia Belyeus. I'm not a direct descendant of him, but of his brother Colson.
Talbot County, GA Wills Volume A, 1827 - 1856
29 Apr 1854 L W & T of BERRY BELLYEU of Talbot Co, weak in body. To my beloved wife Caroline and my children, Wesley Freeman, Berry Ellison, John Brazeldam, Osborn Sims, Daniel Collendon, Mary Ann Eliza and James Harvey, my whole estate of all description, consisting of 300 acres in Talbot Co and 10 slaves: Enoch, Bob, Henry, Ambrose, Eli, Amy, Susy. Milly, Mary & Sarah, one horse, 5 mules, stock, sheep, 1 road wagon, 1 pleasure carriage & harness, etc. All my property should be kept together until the children arrive at age 21 or my daughters marry, if earlier than that. My wife to receive an equal portion with my children. Executors: beloved wife Caroline and worth friend, Frederick J. H. Terry. Signed: Berry Bellyeu Wit: Simeon Deloach, A. Sanderson, Elijah Wells Caroline Bellyeu qualified as executrix 5 June 1854 before Marion Bethune, Ordinary. Rec: 8 June 1854, pgs 339-341
Portrait of a Gentleman
West Building, Main Floor—Gallery 59
•Date: c. 1770-1773
•Medium: Oil on Canvas
•Dimensions:
oOverall: 128 × 102 cm (50⅜ × 40 3/16 in.)
•Credit Line: Andrew W. Mellon Collection
•Accession Number: 1940.1.11
•Artists/Makers:
oPainter: Joseph Wright, British, 1734-1797
Provenance
William Curzon [1836-1916], Lockington Hall, Derbyshire; purchased 1916, at the dispersal of the Curzon estate, by Mrs. Claire Marion Cox, London, as Richard, Earl Howe, by John Singleton Copley; consigned 1932 by Mrs. Cox to (The Hackett Galleries, New York); returned to Mrs. Cox and later consigned to (Mrs. Chambers Wood, New York), who sold it 1932 to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York);[1] purchased May 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1940 to NGA.
[1]Knoedler’s records give the early provenance (letter from Elizabeth Clare to NGA curator William Campbell, 5 November 1963, in NGA curatorial files). Clare quotes a letter from Mrs. Cox to Mrs. Wood, undated but presumably 1932, in which Mrs. Cox states that the 1916 dispersal “was a hurried executors’ sale and few persons attended it.”
Associated Names
•Cox, Claire Marion, Mrs.
•Curzon, William
•Hackett Galleries, The
•Knoedler & Company, M.
•Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
•Wood, Chambers, Mrs.
Exhibition History
•1932—Inaugural exhibition, Museum of the City of New York, 1932, no catalogue, as by Copley.
•1933—The Opening Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1933, no. 1, as by Copley.
Technical Summary
The medium-to-heavyweight canvas is twill woven; it has been lined. The ground is off-white, thinly applied. The painting is mostly executed in thin, opaque layers; the costume is rendered in thicker paint applied in small strokes, the furry texture of the lapels being created by means of a stiff white paint covered with a transparent blue glaze; there is a low impasto in the leaves and highlights. The background is extensively abraded, but otherwise there is minimal paint loss. The moderately thick natural resin varnish has discolored yellow to a moderate degree.
Bibliography
•1941—Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 43, no. 497, as Richard, Earl Howe by John Singleton Copley.
•1942—Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 249, repro. 7, as Richard, Earl Howe by John Singleton Copley.
•1949—Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 130, repro., as Richard, Earl Howe, by John Singleton Copley.
•1965—Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 140, as Richard, Earl Howe.
•1968—European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 127, repro., as Richard, Earl Howe.
•1968—Nicolson, Benedict. Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light. 2 vols. London, 1968: 1:36, 207; 2:pl. 90.
•1970—American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 166, repro., as Richard, Earl Howe (?).
•1975—European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 376, repro., as Richard, Earl Howe (?).
•1975—Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 530, color repro.
•1980—American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 307, as Richard, Earl Howe (?).
•1985—European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 439, repro., as Richard, Earl Howe (?).
•1992—Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 342-344, repro. 343.
From British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries:
1940.1.11 (497)
Portrait of a Gentleman
•c.1770-1773
•Oil on canvas, 128 × 102 (50⅜ × 40⅛)
•Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Technical Notes
The medium-to-heavyweight canvas is twill woven; it has been lined. The ground is off-white, thinly applied. The painting is mostly executed in thin, opaque layers; the costume is rendered in thicker paint applied in small strokes, the furry texture of the lapels being created by means of a stiff white paint covered with a transparent blue glaze; there is a low impasto in the leaves and highlights. The background is extensively abraded, but otherwise there is minimal paint loss. The moderately thick natural resin varnish has discolored yellow to a moderate degree.
Provenance
William Curzon [1836-1916], Lockington Hall, Derbyshire. Purchased 1916, at the dispersal of the Curzon estate, by Mrs. Claire Marion Cox, London, as Richard, Earl Howe, by John Singleton Copley; consigned by Mrs. Cox 1932 to (Hackett Galleries), New York; returned to Mrs. Cox and later consigned to (Mrs. Chambers Wood), New York, who sold it 1932 to (M. Knoedler & Co.), New York,1 from whom it was purchased May 1936 by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh.
Exhibitions
Inaugural exhibition, Museum of the City of New York, 1932, no cat., as by Copley. The Opening Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1933, no. 1, as by Copley.
The traditional identification of the sitter as Admiral Earl Howe (1726-1799), plausible solely on account of a Curzon provenance,2 is now discounted.3 The sitter is not portrayed in naval uniform, and, unlike Howe, he has a cleft chin. He is elegantly dressed, with a felt hat and a waistcoat lined with pale blue velvet.
The traditional attribution to Copley (whose style in the 17608 had affinities with that of Wright) was first corrected in 1965 by Charles Buckley, with the support of Benedict Nicolson.4 The use of an unconventional pose, the delight in materials—notably the furry lapels and the soft leather gloves—the contrived lighting, and the rocky background with trailing vines are all characteristic of Wright’s style. Nicolson described the portrait as a typical work of the early 17705, the period immediately preceding the artist’s Italian years (1773-1775).5 The doublebreasted waistcoat with large pointed lapels worn by the sitter was characteristic of fashion in the 1760s.
A version, rather inferior in quality and differing slightly in the arrangement of the background but identical in pose, costume, and lighting, was formerly owned by Captain R. T. Hinckes, of Foxley, Herefordshire. This portrait was then attributed to Zoffany and identified as representing the Marquis de Rinneau, sometime French ambassador in London.6
Notes
1.Knoedler’s records give the early provenance (Elizabeth Clare to William P. Campbell, 5 November 1963, in NGA curatorial files). Clare quotes a letter from Mrs. Cox to Mrs. Wood, undated but presumably 1932, in which she states that the 1916 dispersal “was a hurried executors’ sale and few persons attended it.”
2.Lord Howe’s eldest daughter, who became Baroness Howe after her father’s death (there were no sons), married in 1787 the Hon. Penn Assheton Curzon. Their son, Richard, who succeeded his paternal grandfather as Viscount Curzon of Penn, took the name of Howe after that of Curzon and in 1821 became the ist Earl Howe of the second creation. The portrait was said to have come from the collection of Baroness Howe, but this cannot be verified.
3.Nicolson 1968; 1 : 207.
4.William P. Campbell, memorandum, 14 June 1965, noting Buckley’s verbal opinions, in NGA curatorial files. The portrait was catalogued as Wright by Campbell in NGA 1970, 166, and by Wilmerding in NGA 1980,307.
5.Nicolson 1968 (see biography), i: 207; compare, for example, the portrait of Sir George Cooke in Kansas City of about 1770-1771 (Nicolson 1968, 2: pl. 86).
6.Hinckes sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 16 April 1937, no. 132, bought in. The evidence for this identification is unknown. No other portraits of anyone named Rinneau seem to be extant, so that the identification cannot be substantiated visually. Moreover, no one bearing the name of Rinneau, or a name remotely similar to it, is listed as ambassador, minister, or chargé d’affaires in London at any time in the eighteenth century (the official list was kindly communicated to me by Anne Lewis-Loubignac, French Embassy, London).
References
•1968—Nicolson 1968, 1: 36,207;2: pi. 90.
•1970—NGA 1970:166, repro. 167.
•1976—Walker 1976: no. 530, color repro.
•1980—NGA 1980: 307.
Draft Will of George Burges, 28 Hardres Street, Ramsgate, Kent dated 22nd March 1861.
Executors: Rev’d Henry Richards Luard, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and Charles Thomas Hill of 51, Beaumont Square, Mile End, London.
Beneficiaries: Wife Jane Burges, daughters, Maria Burges, Anne Burges, infant, Fanny Burges, infant.
Property: 28 Hardres Street, Ramsgate, 2, St. Augustine Place, Ramsgate.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 17, 2023) U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen give a presentation to Fabien Cousteau, executor and founder of Proteus Ocean Group (POG), and members of his team on their capstone project. The midshipmen are working with Proteus as part of their final capstone project. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede)
Montagu Arms:
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, Argent three Lozenges conjoined in fess Gules within a Bordure Sable (Montagu); 2nd and 3rd, Or an Eagle displayed Vert beaked and membered Gules (Monthermer)
Crest:
A Griffin's Head couped wings expanded Or gorged with a Collar Argent charged with three Lozenges Gules
Supporters:
Dexter: an heraldic Antelope Or armed tufted and hoofed Argent; Sinister: a Griffin Or gorged with a Collar as in the Crest
Motto:
Disponendo Me, Non Mutando Me (By disposing of me, not by changing me)
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Charles [Montagu], 4th Earl of Manchester later 1st Duke of Manchester, PC
1st son of Robert [Montagu], 3rd Earl of Manchester, by his wife Anne Yelverton, only dau. of Sir Christopher Yelverton, 1st Bt., of Easton Manduit, co. Northampton
born
c. 1662
mar.
19 Feb 1690 Hon Doddington Greville (b. 20 Feb 1671/2; d. 6 Feb 1720/1), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Robert [Greville], 4th Baron Brooke, by his wife Anne Dodington, dau. and hrss. of John Dodington, of Breamore, co. Hampshire
children
1. Lord William Montagu, later 2nd Duke of Manchester
2. Lord Robert Montagu, later 3rd Duke of Manchester
1. Lady Charlotte Montagu (dsps. 14 Sep 1759), mar. 11 Jun 1724 Pattee [Byng], 2nd Viscount Torrington, and had issue
2. Lady Doddington Montagu (b. c.1694; d. 8 Jan 1774)
died
20 Jan 1721/2
created
28 Apr 1719 Duke of Manchester
suc. by
son
note
suc. his father 14 Mar 1682/83 as 4th Earl of Manchester; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1688/9-1702; Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire 1689-1721/2; Lord Great Chamberlain 1694; Privy Councillor 1698, 1702 and 1714; Ambassador to Venice 1697-98 and 1706-08 and to Paris 1699-1701; High Steward of the University of Cambridge 1697-1721/2; Secretary of State for the South 1702; a Lord of the Bedchamber 1714-21/2
William [Montagu], 2nd Duke of Manchester
born
Apr 1700
mar.
16 Apr 1723 Lady Isabella Montagu (mar. (2) 1743 Edward [Hussey later Hussey-Montagu], 1st Earl of Beaulieu; d. 20 Dec 1786), 1st dau. and cohrss. of John [Montagu], 2nd Duke of Montagu, by his wife Lady Mary Churchill, 4th dau. and cohrss. of John [Churchill], 1st Duke of Marlborough
died
s.p. 21 Oct 1739
suc. by
brother
note
a Lord of the Bedchamber (Whig) 1722-39; Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire 1722-39; Knight of the Bath 1725; Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1737-39
Robert [Montagu], 3rd Duke of Manchester
born
c. 1710
mar.
3 Apr 1735 Harriet Dunch (d. 25 Feb 1755), dau. and cohrss. of Edmund Dunch, of Little Wittenham, co. Berkshire, by his wife Elizabeth Godfrey, dau. of Col Charles Godfrey by his wife Arabella Churchill, sister of John [Churchill], 1st Duke of Marlborough, and dau.of Sir Winston Churchill, Comptroller of the Board of Green Cloth
children
1. Lord George Montagu, later 4th Duke of Manchester
2. Lord Charles Greville Montagu, Governor of South Carolina 1766-73 (b. 1741; d. 3 Feb 1784; bur. at Halifax, Nova Scotia), mar. 20 Sep 1765 Elizabeth Bulmer, dau. of James Bulmer, and had issue
1. Lady Caroline Montagu (d. 1818), mar. 1775 Charles Herbert, son of Hon William Herbert, 2nd son of Thomas [Herbert], 8th Earl of Pembroke
2. Lady Louisa Montagu
died
10 May 1762
suc. by
son
note
Member of Parliament (Whig) for Huntingdonshire 1734-39; Vice-Chamberlain to the Queen Consort 1735-37; a Lord of the Bedchamber 1739-61; Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Consort 1761-62
George [Montagu], 4th Duke of Manchester, PC
born
6 Apr 1737
mar.
23 Oct 1762 Elizabeth Dashwood (b. c.1740; d. 26 Jun 1832), 1st dau. of Sir James Dashwood, 2nd Bt. MP, of Kirtlington Park, co. Oxford, by his wife Elizabeth Spencer, dau. and cohrss. of Edward Spencer, of Rendlesham, co.Suffolk
children
1. Lord George Montagu, styled Viscount Mandeville (b. 11 Nov 1763; dvp. 23 Feb 1772)
2. Lord William Montagu, later 5th Duke of Manchester
3. Lord Frederick Montagu (b. 8 Nov 1774; d. 4 Oct 1827)
1. Lady Caroline Maria Montagu (b. 10 Aug 1770; d. 24 Mar 1827), mar. 24 Jul 1790 as his second wife James [Graham], 3rd Duke of Montrose, and had issue
2. Lady Anna Maria Montagu (d. 12 Apr 1796)
3. Lady Emily Montagu, Housekeeper of Hampton Court Palace (d. 21 Apr 1838)
died
2 Sep 1788
suc. by
son
note
Member of Parliament (Whig) for Huntingdonshire 1761-62; Collector of Subsidies in the Port of London 1762; a Lord of the Bedchamber 1762-70; Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire 1762-88; Grand Master of Freemasons 1777-82; Privy Councillor 1782; Lord Chamberlain of the Household 1782-83; Ambassador to Paris 1783
William [Montagu], 5th Duke of Manchester
born
21 Oct 1771
mar.
7 Oct 1793 Lady Susan Gordon (b. 2 Feb 1774; d. 26 Aug 1828), sister and cohrss. of George [Gordon], 5th Duke of Gordon, and 3rd dau. of Alexander [Gordon], 4th Duke of Gordon, by his first wife Jane Maxwell, dau. of Sir William Maxwell of Monreith, 3rd Bt.
children
1. Lord George Montagu, later 6th Duke of Manchester
2. Lord William Francis Montagu (b. 5 Aug 1800; d. 30 Mar 1842), mar. Apr 1830 Emily Dupr (mar. (2) 7 Dec 1844 Dr Richard Tonson Evanson; d. 5 Dec 1848), dau. of James Dupr, of Wilton Park, co. Buckingham, and had issue
1. Lady Jane Montagu (d. 27 Sep 1815)
2. Lady Elizabeth Montagu (d. 9 Jan 1857), mar. 10 Aug 1819 Maj Gen Thomas Steele (d. 8 May 1845)
3. Lady Susan Montagu (b. 18 Sep 1797; d. 5 Mar 1870), mar. 28 Mar 1816 George [Hay], 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, and had issue
4. Lady Georgiana Frederica Montagu (d. 30 Jul 1892), mar. 11 Oct 1823 Evan Baillie of Dochfour (d. Apr 1883), and had issue
5. Lady Caroline Catherine Montagu (d. 10 Sep 1892), mar. 13 Feb 1828 John Hales Calcraft MP, of Rempston Hall, co. Dorset (d. 13 Mar 1880), and had issue
6. Lady Emily Montagu (d. 2 Feb 1827)
died
18 Mar 1843
suc. by
son
note
Lord Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire 1793-1841; Governor of Jamaica 1808-27; Postmaster General 1827-30
George [Montagu], 6th Duke of Manchester
born
9 Jul 1799
mar. (1)
8 Oct 1822 Millicent Sparrow (b. 25 Jan 1798; d. 21 Nov 1848), only surv. child of Brig Gen Robert Bernard Sparrow, of Brampton Park, co. Huntingdon, by his wife Lady Olive Acheson, 1st dau. of Arthur [Acheson], 1st Earl of Gosford
children by first wife:
1. Lord William Drogo Montagu, later 7th Duke of Manchester
2. Rt Hon Lord Robert Montagu MP, Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire 1859-74 and for Westmeath 1874-80 (b. 24 Jan 1825; d. 6 May 1902), mar. (1) 12 Feb 1850 Ellen Mary Cromie (b. 1825; d. 11 Jul 1857), only child and hrss. of John Cromie, of Cromore, co. Antrim, and (2) 18 Oct 1862 Elizabeth Catherine Wade (b. 15 May 1839; d. 29 Dec 1908), dau. of William Wade, of Holton, co. Suffolk, and had issue by both his wives
3. Lord Frederick Montagu (b. 5 Oct 1828; d. 29 Oct 1854)
1. Lady Olivia Montagu (b. 18 Jul 1830; d. 15 Feb 1922), mar. 29 Jan 1850 Charles Augustus [Bennet], 6th Earl of Tankerville, and had issue
mar. (2)
20 Aug 1850 Harriet Sydney Dobbs (b. 4 Dec 1834; mar. (2) 16 Dec 1858 Sir Stevenson Arthur Blackwood KCB, Secretary to the General Post Office; d. 30 May 1907), 5th dau. of Conway Richard Dobbs, of Castle Dobbs, co. Antrim, by his wife Charlotte Maria Sinclair, dau. and cohrss. of William Sinclair, of Fort William, co. Antrim
children by second wife:
4. Lieut Lord George Francis Montagu (b. 18 Jan 1855; d. 12 Mar 1882)
2. Lady Sydney Charlotte Montagu (b. 14 Oct 1851; d. 21 Sep 1932), mar. 14 Aug 1873 Algernon Hawkins Thomond [Keith-Falconer], 9th Earl of Kintore, and had issue
died
18 Aug 1855
suc. by
son by first wife
note
Member of Parliament (Tory) for Huntingdonshire 1726-37; Deputy Lieutenant of co. Armagh
William Drogo [Montagu], 7th Duke of Manchester, KP
born
15 Oct 1823
mar.
22 Jul 1852 Countess Louisa Frederica Augusta von Alten, Mistress of the Robes 1858-59 (b. 15 Jan 1832; mar. (2) 16 Aug 1892 Spencer Compton [Cavendish], 8th Duke of Devonshire; d. 15 Jul 1911; bur. at Edensor, co. Derby), dau. of Count Charles Francis Victor von Alten, of Hanover, by his wife Hermine de Schminke
children:
1. Lord George Victor Drogo Montagu, later 8th Duke of Manchester
2. Lt Col Lord Charles William Augustus Montagu CVO KGStJ (b. 23 Nov 1860; dsp. 10 Nov 1939), mar. 4 Dec 1930 Hon Mildred Cecilia Harriet Meux (b. 27 Feb 1869; widow of (1) Hon Henry Arthur Cadogan, styled Viscount Chelsea, 2nd son and heir ap. by his first wife of George Henry [Cadogan], 5th Earl Cadogan, and (2) Admiral of the Fleet Hon Sir Hedworth Lambton later Meux GCB KCVO, 2nd son of John George [Lambton], 3rd Earl of Durham; d. 17 Sep 1942), 3rd dau. of Henry Gerald [Sturt], 1st Baron Alington, by his wife and cousin Lady Augusta Bingham, 1st dau. of George Charles [Bingham], 3rd Earl of Lucan
1. Lady Mary Louisa Elizabeth Montagu OBE (b. 27 Dec 1854; d. 10 Feb 1934), mar. (1) 10 Dec 1873 William Alexander Louis Stephen [Hamilton], 12th Duke of Hamilton, and (2) 20 Jul 1897 Robert Carnaby Forster, of Easton Park, Wickham Market, co. Suffolk (d. 23 Jun 1925), and had issue by her first husband
2. Lady Louisa Augusta Beatrice Montagu DBE DGStJ, Lady of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Alexandra (b. 17 Jan 1856; d. 3 Mar 1944), mar. 10 Aug 1876 her second cousin Archibald Brabazon Sparrow [Acheson], 4th Earl of Gosford, and had issue
3. Lady Alice Maude Olivia Montagu DGStJ, Extra Lady of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Alexandra (b. 15 Aug 1862; d. 23 Jul 1957), mar. 5 Jan 1889 Edward George Villiers [Stanley], 17th Earl of Derby, and had issue
died
22 Mar 1890
suc. by
son
note
Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Bewdley 1847-52 and for Huntingdonshire 1852-55; a Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince Consort 1852; Knight of St Patrick 1877
George Victor Drogo [Montagu], 8th Duke of Manchester
born
17 Jun 1853
mar.
22 May 1876 Consuelo Yznaga del Valle (b. 1858; d. 20 Nov 1909), dau. of Don Antonio Yznaga del Valle, of Ravenswood, Louisiana, USA, and Cuba
children:
1. Lord William Angus Drogo Montagu, later 9th Duke of Manchester
1. Lady Jacqueline Mary Alva Montagu (d. 15 Mar 1895)
2. Lady Alice Eleanor Louise Montagu (d. 10 Jan 1900)
died
18 Aug 1892
suc. by
son
note
Member of Parliament (Conservative) for Huntingdonshire 1877-80
William Angus Drogo [Montagu], 9th Duke of Manchester
born
3 Mar 1877
mar. (1)
14 Nov 1900 (div. 1931) Helena Zillerman (b. c.1878; mar. (2) 23 Nov 1937 Arthur George [Keith], 10th Earl of Kintore; d. 15 Dec 1971), only dau. of Eugene Zimmerman, of Cincinnati, USA, by his wife ..... Evans
children by first wife:
1. Lord Alexander George Francis Drogo Montagu, later 10th Duke of Manchester
2. Lord Edward Eugene Fernando Montagu (b. 26 Jul 1906; d. 4 May 1954), mar. (1) 10 Aug 1929 (div. 1937) Norah Macfarlane Potter, dau. of Albert Edward Potter, (2) 28 Aug 1937 (div. 1947) Dorothy Vera Peters, (3) 1947 Martha Bowen (d. 1951), (4) Aug 1952 Baroness Cora Kellie, and (5) 28 Sep 1953 Roberta Herold Joughlin, of Los Angeles, USA (b. c. 1964), and had issue by his first wife
1. Lady Mary Alice Montagu (b. 26 Oct 1901; d. 9 Oct 1962), m. 1949 Fendall Littlepage Gregory, of Cuernavaca, Mexico
2. Lady Ellen Millicent Louise Montagu (b. 5 Jan 1908; d. 2 Aug 1948), mar. (1) 1936 (div. 1944) Herman Martin Hofer, 2nd son of John Jacob Hofer, of Zurich, Switzerland, and (2) 30 Aug 1945 Maj John Norman Shairp, son of Col Alexander Shairp CMG
mar. (2)
17 Dec 1931 Kathleen Dawes (d. 28 Mar 1966), dau. of W H Dawes
died
9 Feb 1947
suc. by
son by first wife
note
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard 1906-07; Privy Councillor 1906
Alexander George Francis Drogo [Montagu], 10th Duke of Manchester, OBE
born
2 Oct 1902
mar. (1)
5 May 1927 Nell Vere Stead (d. 2 Sep 1966), dau. of Sydney Vere Stead, of Melbourne, Australia
children by first wife:
1. Lord Sidney Arthur Robin George Drogo Montagu, later 11th Duke of Manchester
2. Lord Angus Charles Drogo Montagu, later 12th Duke of Manchester
mar. (2)
7 Feb 1969 Elizabeth Crocker (former wife of W. W. Crocker), dau. of Samuel Clyde Fullerton, of Miami, USA
died
23 Nov 1977
suc. by
son by first wife
Sidney Arthur Robin George Drogo [Montagu], 11th Duke of Manchester
born
5 Feb 1929
mar. (1)
5 Feb 1955 (div. 1978) Adrienne Valerie Christie (d. 1988), 1st dau. of John Kenneth Christie, of Sedgefield, South Africa
mar. (2)
25 Aug 1978 Andrea Kent (former wife of (1) Maj Stuart Whitehead AFC, and (2) G J W Kent; d. 21 Jan 1996), dau. of Lt Col Cecil Alexander Joss MC, of Johannesburg, South Africa
died
s.p. 3 Jun 1985
suc. by
brother
Angus Charles Drogo [Montagu], 12th Duke of Manchester
born
9 Oct 1938
mar. (1)
22 Nov 1961 (div. 1970) Mary Eveleen McClure, dau. of Walter Gillespie McClure, of Geelong, Australia
children by first wife:
1. Lord Alexander Charles David Drogo Montagu, later 13th Duke of Manchester
2. Lord Kimble Montagu, heir presumptive to the Dukedom of Manchester (b. Oct 1964), mar. 1997 Sally Elizabeth Nurse, and has issue
1. Lady Emma Montagu (b. Sep 1965), mar. 2001 Lance Hodgkinson
mar. (2)
1971 (div. 1985) Diane Pauline Plimsaul, dau. of Arthur Plimsaul, of Wimborne, co. Dorset
mar. (3)
27 Jan 1989 (div. 1998) Ann-Louise Bird (former wife of ..... Bird), dau. of Dr Alfred Butler Taylor, of Crawthorne, co. York
mar. (4)
22 Apr 2000 (div. 2001) Biba Hiller (d. 11 Oct 2003)
died
25 Jul 2002
suc. by
son by first wife
Alexander Charles David Drogo [Montagu], 13th Duke of Manchester
born
11 Dec 1962
mar. (1)
1984 (div. 1996) Marion Stoner
mar. (2)
6 May 1993 (div. 2006) Wendy Dawn Buford, dau. of Michael Buford, of Anaheim Hills, Anaheim, California, USA
children by second wife
1. Lord Alexander Michael Charles David Francis George Edward William Kimble Drogo Montagu, probably not in succession to the Dukedom of Manchester (b. 13 May 1993)
1. Lady Ashley Faith Maxine Nell Montagu (b. 16 Jun 1999)
mar. (3)
21 Sep 2007 Laura Smith, dau. of Marvin Smith, of Laguna Beach, California, USA
Although the 13th Duke's second marriage was bigamous, i.e. his first marriage had not been dissolved when he married his second wife, following an application by the Trustees of the family settlements, the High Court ruled in 2011 that the Duke's two children by his second wife were legitimate and therefore were entitled to benefit from the Manchester settled estate. Mr Justice Floyd said that there was "absolutely no doubt that at the relevant times Wendy reasonably believed that the marriage was valid" and the laws of Australia, California and England all allowed the children of bigamous marriages to be treated as legitimate (see Green & Mitson v. Montagu and others [2011] EWHC 1856 (Ch), [2011] WTLR 1341).
Lord Alexander Montagu is probably not in succession to the Dukedom of Manchester as he was born before his father had divorced his first wife. The heir presumptive to the Dukedom of Manchester would seem to be Lord Kimble Montagu, second son of the 12th Duke of Manchester and younger brother of the present Duke, although this would have to be carefully considered, probably by the Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords, on the death of the 13th Duke.
Last updated 31 Aug 2015
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Titles:
13th Duke of Manchester
(Great Britain, let. pat. 28 Apr 1719)
16th Earl of Manchester
(England, let. pat. 5 Feb 1626)
16th Viscount Mandeville
(England, let. pat. 19 Dec 1620)
16th Baron Montagu of Kimbolton, of Kimbolton in the County of Huntingdon
(England, let. pat. 19 Dec 1620)
Addresses:
c/o British Consulate-General, 11766 Wiltshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90025-6538, USA
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The Duke and Duchess of Manchester.
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HEY, A LITTLE CAT CAN DREAM, CAN'T HE?
Going through my cat photographs now that both
Sirocco and Montana are no longer alive, makes me feel a bit like the executor of their digital estate....
I'm finding a large number of especially neat piccys that I shall post as time goes by.
Rocky was always game to be photographed; he was a real Rock-star!
I like to fancy that when we washed these curtains that the cheetahs would run....
Draft Will of George Burges, 28 Hardres Street, Ramsgate, Kent dated 22nd March 1861.
Executors: Rev’d Henry Richards Luard, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and Charles Thomas Hill of 51, Beaumont Square, Mile End, London.
Beneficiaries: Wife Jane Burges, daughters, Maria Burges, Anne Burges, infant, Fanny Burges, infant.
Property: 28 Hardres Street, Ramsgate, 2, St. Augustine Place, Ramsgate.
Certificate of Identity of Joseph Springall for Norwich Union and Life Insurance Society signed by Robert Reyner, Wymondham, Norfolk 7th August 1919.
Joseph Springall born 1835, Swanton Morley, Norfolk was the son of Charles and Ann Springall. A Builder and Contractor he was married twice. On 9th August 1857 he married Maria Milk at Swanton Morley. Following her death he then married Alice Mary Dennis on 4th August 1884 at St John, Upper Holloway, Islington. Joseph Springall died 6th December 1918.
Robert Violet Reyner born circa 1860, Litcham, Norfolk was a House Painter. The 1911 census shows him living at 18 Standard Road, Great Yarmouth with wife Edith Jane, nee Bowgen, Reyner and family.
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THIS IS THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of me ADOLPH HENRY COOMBS DAWES of 36 Hight street Gawler in the State of South Australia Medical Practitioner.
1. I REVOKE all testamentary instruments heretofore made by me.
2. I APPOINT ELDER’S TRUSTEE AND EXECUTOR COMPANY LIMITED of 37-39 Currie Street Adelaide in the said State to be my EXECUTOR and TRUSTEE.
3. I GIVE the whole of my estate after payment thereout of my debts and funeral and testamentary expenses to my wife JEAN OLIVE DAWES absolutely.
IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my hand this First day of July One thousand nine hundred and sixty.
AHC Dawes
SIGNED by the said ADOLPH HENRY COOMBS DAWES as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us both present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed out names as witnesses.
Witness ? Witness ?
Occupation Town Clark Occupation Secretary
Address Lyndoch Road, Gawler Address 1 war? St, Gawler
Annie Zunz Ward
Wards named Annie Zunz can be found in several hospitals in London, but who was she? Annie Zunz was the Irish wife of a German iron merchant, Siegfried Rudolf Zunz, who had come to London from Frankfurt-am-Main in 1860 to make his fortune. The couple were married for 22 years, but were childless, and when Annie died in 1896 her husband was inconsolable. He died a broken man just three years after his wife.
Siegfried decided that after his death his fortune was to be used to perpetuate the memory of his beloved Annie. In his will he instructed his executors and trustees to give £25,000 (about £1.9 million today) to a London hospital to build and maintain forever a ward named “The Annie Zunz ward”, and that a life-sized photograph of Annie was to be hung in that ward. The surplus of his estate was to be given to other London hospitals to support Annie Zunz wards.
The lucky hospital to get the £25,000 was St. Mary’s Paddington, which was given the money to complete the Clarence Wing in Praed Street. Other London hospitals began to apply to the Zunz trustees for the rest of the estate, which was valued at £115,200 (£8.9 million at to-day’s prices).Great Ormond Street approached the trustees in 1910 for a donation, and received £3,000 (£210,000) to name the small isolation ward after Annie Zunz. Three years later the hospital asked the trustees if they would agree to increasing their donations if the hospital named one of the general wards “The Annie Zunz ward”. The trustees did not immediately agree, but, after Great Ormond Street had renamed the large Alice ward “Annie Zunz”, they did step up their payments.
Nine years later the Annie Zunz trustees asked the hospital to record their generosity by putting up a plaque in the ward, and suggested that the wording should be similar to that in the Annie Zunz ward at the Royal Free Hospital. Great Ormond Street contacted the Royal Free Hospital (which at that time was in Grays Inn Road) and the Middlesex Hospital, which also had a ward dedicated to Annie Zunz. The plaque at the Royal Free read:
“By the terms of the Will of Siegfried Rudolph Zunz Merchant of the City of London. His Trustees have made a grant of the sum of £10,000 to this Hospital in memory of Annie Zunz - The best of wives whose whole life was spent in helping and aiding others - 1901”
The Middlesex Hospital’s plaque was similarly worded, but Great Ormond Street decided that, as they had not received quite as much money as the other hospitals (and £1,000 less than the Evelina Children’s Hospital), the plaque here would be less fulsome in its praise of either Rudolf or his perfect wife. The GOS inscription simply stated:
“By the terms of the Will of Siegfried Rudolph Zunz - Merchant of the City of London - his Trustees made a grant of the sum of £3,000 in 1910 for the naming of this Ward and have since contributed towards its maintenance.”
The Royal Free, Bart’s, King’s College Hospital, the Bolingbroke and the Royal London all have Annie Zunz wards. Ironically, she has not been remembered by St. Mary’s, the biggest single beneficiary of her husband’s fortune. The £25,000 that had been given to the hospital to complete the Clarence Wing was not enough to ensure that the wards were opened. In 1909 some of the Annie Zunz wards were handed over to the Inoculation Department, and by the 1920s, the Annie Zunz wards became part of the maternity department.
Portrait of a Gentleman
West Building, Main Floor—Gallery 59
•Date: c. 1770-1773
•Medium: Oil on Canvas
•Dimensions:
oOverall: 128 × 102 cm (50⅜ × 40 3/16 in.)
•Credit Line: Andrew W. Mellon Collection
•Accession Number: 1940.1.11
•Artists/Makers:
oPainter: Joseph Wright, British, 1734-1797
Provenance
William Curzon [1836-1916], Lockington Hall, Derbyshire; purchased 1916, at the dispersal of the Curzon estate, by Mrs. Claire Marion Cox, London, as Richard, Earl Howe, by John Singleton Copley; consigned 1932 by Mrs. Cox to (The Hackett Galleries, New York); returned to Mrs. Cox and later consigned to (Mrs. Chambers Wood, New York), who sold it 1932 to (M. Knoedler & Co., New York);[1] purchased May 1936 by The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1940 to NGA.
[1]Knoedler’s records give the early provenance (letter from Elizabeth Clare to NGA curator William Campbell, 5 November 1963, in NGA curatorial files). Clare quotes a letter from Mrs. Cox to Mrs. Wood, undated but presumably 1932, in which Mrs. Cox states that the 1916 dispersal “was a hurried executors’ sale and few persons attended it.”
Associated Names
•Cox, Claire Marion, Mrs.
•Curzon, William
•Hackett Galleries, The
•Knoedler & Company, M.
•Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, The A.W.
•Wood, Chambers, Mrs.
Exhibition History
•1932—Inaugural exhibition, Museum of the City of New York, 1932, no catalogue, as by Copley.
•1933—The Opening Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1933, no. 1, as by Copley.
Technical Summary
The medium-to-heavyweight canvas is twill woven; it has been lined. The ground is off-white, thinly applied. The painting is mostly executed in thin, opaque layers; the costume is rendered in thicker paint applied in small strokes, the furry texture of the lapels being created by means of a stiff white paint covered with a transparent blue glaze; there is a low impasto in the leaves and highlights. The background is extensively abraded, but otherwise there is minimal paint loss. The moderately thick natural resin varnish has discolored yellow to a moderate degree.
Bibliography
•1941—Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 43, no. 497, as Richard, Earl Howe by John Singleton Copley.
•1942—Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 249, repro. 7, as Richard, Earl Howe by John Singleton Copley.
•1949—Paintings and Sculpture from the Mellon Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1949 (reprinted 1953 and 1958): 130, repro., as Richard, Earl Howe, by John Singleton Copley.
•1965—Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 140, as Richard, Earl Howe.
•1968—European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 127, repro., as Richard, Earl Howe.
•1968—Nicolson, Benedict. Joseph Wright of Derby: Painter of Light. 2 vols. London, 1968: 1:36, 207; 2:pl. 90.
•1970—American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 166, repro., as Richard, Earl Howe (?).
•1975—European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 376, repro., as Richard, Earl Howe (?).
•1975—Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: no. 530, color repro.
•1980—American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 307, as Richard, Earl Howe (?).
•1985—European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 439, repro., as Richard, Earl Howe (?).
•1992—Hayes, John. British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 342-344, repro. 343.
From British Paintings of the Sixteenth through Nineteenth Centuries:
1940.1.11 (497)
Portrait of a Gentleman
•c.1770-1773
•Oil on canvas, 128 × 102 (50⅜ × 40⅛)
•Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Technical Notes
The medium-to-heavyweight canvas is twill woven; it has been lined. The ground is off-white, thinly applied. The painting is mostly executed in thin, opaque layers; the costume is rendered in thicker paint applied in small strokes, the furry texture of the lapels being created by means of a stiff white paint covered with a transparent blue glaze; there is a low impasto in the leaves and highlights. The background is extensively abraded, but otherwise there is minimal paint loss. The moderately thick natural resin varnish has discolored yellow to a moderate degree.
Provenance
William Curzon [1836-1916], Lockington Hall, Derbyshire. Purchased 1916, at the dispersal of the Curzon estate, by Mrs. Claire Marion Cox, London, as Richard, Earl Howe, by John Singleton Copley; consigned by Mrs. Cox 1932 to (Hackett Galleries), New York; returned to Mrs. Cox and later consigned to (Mrs. Chambers Wood), New York, who sold it 1932 to (M. Knoedler & Co.), New York,1 from whom it was purchased May 1936 by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh.
Exhibitions
Inaugural exhibition, Museum of the City of New York, 1932, no cat., as by Copley. The Opening Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1933, no. 1, as by Copley.
The traditional identification of the sitter as Admiral Earl Howe (1726-1799), plausible solely on account of a Curzon provenance,2 is now discounted.3 The sitter is not portrayed in naval uniform, and, unlike Howe, he has a cleft chin. He is elegantly dressed, with a felt hat and a waistcoat lined with pale blue velvet.
The traditional attribution to Copley (whose style in the 17608 had affinities with that of Wright) was first corrected in 1965 by Charles Buckley, with the support of Benedict Nicolson.4 The use of an unconventional pose, the delight in materials—notably the furry lapels and the soft leather gloves—the contrived lighting, and the rocky background with trailing vines are all characteristic of Wright’s style. Nicolson described the portrait as a typical work of the early 17705, the period immediately preceding the artist’s Italian years (1773-1775).5 The doublebreasted waistcoat with large pointed lapels worn by the sitter was characteristic of fashion in the 1760s.
A version, rather inferior in quality and differing slightly in the arrangement of the background but identical in pose, costume, and lighting, was formerly owned by Captain R. T. Hinckes, of Foxley, Herefordshire. This portrait was then attributed to Zoffany and identified as representing the Marquis de Rinneau, sometime French ambassador in London.6
Notes
1.Knoedler’s records give the early provenance (Elizabeth Clare to William P. Campbell, 5 November 1963, in NGA curatorial files). Clare quotes a letter from Mrs. Cox to Mrs. Wood, undated but presumably 1932, in which she states that the 1916 dispersal “was a hurried executors’ sale and few persons attended it.”
2.Lord Howe’s eldest daughter, who became Baroness Howe after her father’s death (there were no sons), married in 1787 the Hon. Penn Assheton Curzon. Their son, Richard, who succeeded his paternal grandfather as Viscount Curzon of Penn, took the name of Howe after that of Curzon and in 1821 became the ist Earl Howe of the second creation. The portrait was said to have come from the collection of Baroness Howe, but this cannot be verified.
3.Nicolson 1968; 1 : 207.
4.William P. Campbell, memorandum, 14 June 1965, noting Buckley’s verbal opinions, in NGA curatorial files. The portrait was catalogued as Wright by Campbell in NGA 1970, 166, and by Wilmerding in NGA 1980,307.
5.Nicolson 1968 (see biography), i: 207; compare, for example, the portrait of Sir George Cooke in Kansas City of about 1770-1771 (Nicolson 1968, 2: pl. 86).
6.Hinckes sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 16 April 1937, no. 132, bought in. The evidence for this identification is unknown. No other portraits of anyone named Rinneau seem to be extant, so that the identification cannot be substantiated visually. Moreover, no one bearing the name of Rinneau, or a name remotely similar to it, is listed as ambassador, minister, or chargé d’affaires in London at any time in the eighteenth century (the official list was kindly communicated to me by Anne Lewis-Loubignac, French Embassy, London).
References
•1968—Nicolson 1968, 1: 36,207;2: pi. 90.
•1970—NGA 1970:166, repro. 167.
•1976—Walker 1976: no. 530, color repro.
•1980—NGA 1980: 307.
Monument erected c1630 by Sir Simon Leach 1567-1637 & 2nd wife Katherine Turberville - His children kneel below except for his heir Walter who kneels behind opposite his wife Sarah Napier - From Sir Simon Leach's will it appears he erected this monument in memory of his second wife Katherine who had predeceased him. He appointed one of his sons, Nicholas, and A.Y. . . to be his executors. The will was proved on April 8th 1637, and in 1651 administration was granted to his grandson, Simon Leach.
"Here lye the bodyes of Sr. Simon Leach Knight, Son of Symon Leach of Credition Blacksmith And of ye lady Catherine Leach his wife, Daughter of Nicholas Turbeville of Credition, Esq Whose true affection in Religious wedlock caused there desire to make there bed together in the dust".
"Bowed down by the fate of my wife I am going to her tomb, her partner in life, in death I will be her comrade"."L'o a third generation follows yet second was he to non distinguished for his discretion distinguished also for his talent."
Simon was the son of Symon Leach a blacksmith of Crediton by Elizabeth daughter of John Rowe of Crediton
He was Sheriff of Devon in 1625 and knighted at Ford Abbey, Axminster the same year - he died "deeply regretted June 29th AD 1660"
He m1 Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Burrough of Exeter
Children
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3. Simon dsp 1637
1. Katherine 1666 m1 Thomas Giffard of Halsbury m2 Robert Burrington of West Sandford
2. Elizabeth m John Cowling rector of Cadeleigh
3. Rebecah m John Davie
4. Anne m John Martin of Middle Temple
Sir Simon was succeeded by his grandson "Simon Leach son and heir of Walter Leach a zealous supporter of King Charles ii. when in exile, died deeply regretted June 25th A.D. 1660".
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The Shipley Art Gallery is an art gallery in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, located at the south end of Prince Consort Road. It has a Designated Collection of national importance.
Origins
The Shipley Art Gallery opened to the public in 1917. This was made possible by a bequest from wealthy local solicitor and art collector, Joseph Ainsley Davidson Shipley (1822–1909).
Shipley was a rather enigmatic person about whom little is known. He was born in Gateshead, near High Street. He was a solicitor in the Newcastle firm of Hoyle, Shipley and Hoyle. From 1884 until his death, he leased Saltwell Park House, now known as Saltwell Towers. Shipley's main passion was art and collecting paintings. He bought his first painting when he was sixteen and by the time he died he had amassed a collection of some 2,500 paintings.
On his death, Shipley left £30,000 and all his pictures to the City of Newcastle, which was to build a new gallery to house the collection. This was to be known as "The Shipley Bequest". Current belief within local history circles is that Shipley’s will expressly banned Newcastle’s art gallery as a recipient of the bequest, but this assertion must be dismissed: since the foundation stone of the Laing Art Gallery was laid only in August 1901 and the gallery opened in October 1904, the institution did not yet exist in 1900, when Shipley’s will was compiled. Shipley’s will did, in fact, declare that ‘the Art Gallery to be erected in Higham Place will not be and shall not be regarded as an Art Gallery within this trust’, owing to its being ‘too small’, but he conceded that if it ‘shall be capable of being enlarged so as to render it capable of holding all, then I direct my Trustees to raise the sum of £30,000 out of my residuary estate and pay the same to the treasurer of the gallery to be applied in or toward such enlargement as aforesaid’. It was only following a lengthy process that Gateshead Municipal Council was offered the collection. As it was impossible to house all of the paintings, 359 of the pictures recommended by the executors of Shipley's will were selected. A further group was then added by the Gateshead Committee, bringing the total to 504.
In 1914, after the sale of the remaining paintings, work began on the new art gallery. The building, which was designed by Arthur Stockwell, M.S.A. of Newcastle, opened on 29 November 1917. The stone entrance portico is distyle in antis – four Corinthian-style stone columns flanked by solid pilasters. These are surmounted by two sculptured figures, one representing the Arts and the other Industry and Learning, by W. Birnie Rhind, RSA. of Edinburgh.
Pevsner described the art gallery as a "bold arrangement of a brick central block and lower wings containing galleries". The building was designated as Grade II listed in 1982.
Present gallery
The original 504 paintings represented all the main European schools from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Since 1917, the collection has been added to, and now comprises some 10,000 items.
The gallery holds a strong collection of 16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish paintings, as well as 19th century British works, watercolours, prints, drawings and sculpture. Also featured are items of local interest, which include the popular painting by William C. Irving ((1866–1943) of "Blaydon Races" (1903) and a 1970 street scene of Redheugh Crossroads by Gateshead-born Charlie Rogers.
Since 1977 the gallery has become established as a national centre for contemporary craftwork. It has built up one of the best collections outside London, which includes ceramics, wood, metal, glass, textiles and furniture. The Shipley is home to the Henry Rothschild collection of studio ceramics. In 2008, the Shipley opened its Designs for Life gallery which showcases the gallery's collections of contemporary craft and design. The Gallery also hosts a varied programme of temporary exhibitions and has a strong partnership with the V&A Museum in London.
The Shipley Art Gallery is managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums on behalf of Gateshead Council.
Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The town shares the Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge and multiple other bridges with Newcastle upon Tyne.
Historically part of County Durham, under the Local Government Act 1888 the town was made a county borough, meaning it was administered independently of the county council.
In the 2011 Census, the town had a population of 120,046 while the wider borough had 200,214.
History
Gateshead is first mentioned in Latin translation in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People as ad caput caprae ("at the goat's head"). This interpretation is consistent with the later English attestations of the name, among them Gatesheued (c. 1190), literally "goat's head" but in the context of a place-name meaning 'headland or hill frequented by (wild) goats'. Although other derivations have been mooted, it is this that is given by the standard authorities.
A Brittonic predecessor, named with the element *gabro-, 'goat' (c.f. Welsh gafr), may underlie the name. Gateshead might have been the Roman-British fort of Gabrosentum.
Early
There has been a settlement on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne, around the old river crossing where the Swing Bridge now stands, since Roman times.
The first recorded mention of Gateshead is in the writings of the Venerable Bede who referred to an Abbot of Gateshead called Utta in 623. In 1068 William the Conqueror defeated the forces of Edgar the Ætheling and Malcolm king of Scotland (Shakespeare's Malcolm) on Gateshead Fell (now Low Fell and Sheriff Hill).
During medieval times Gateshead was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Durham. At this time the area was largely forest with some agricultural land. The forest was the subject of Gateshead's first charter, granted in the 12th century by Hugh du Puiset, Bishop of Durham. An alternative spelling may be "Gatishevede", as seen in a legal record, dated 1430.
Industrial revolution
Throughout the Industrial Revolution the population of Gateshead expanded rapidly; between 1801 and 1901 the increase was over 100,000. This expansion resulted in the spread southwards of the town.
In 1854, a catastrophic explosion on the quayside destroyed most of Gateshead's medieval heritage, and caused widespread damage on the Newcastle side of the river.
Sir Joseph Swan lived at Underhill, Low Fell, Gateshead from 1869 to 1883, where his experiments led to the invention of the electric light bulb. The house was the first in the world to be wired for domestic electric light.
In the 1889 one of the largest employers (Hawks, Crawshay and Company) closed down and unemployment has since been a burden. Up to the Second World War there were repeated newspaper reports of the unemployed sending deputations to the council to provide work. The depression years of the 1920s and 1930s created even more joblessness and the Team Valley Trading Estate was built in the mid-1930s to alleviate the situation.
Regeneration
In the late noughties, Gateshead Council started to regenerate the town, with the long-term aim of making Gateshead a city. The most extensive transformation occurred in the Quayside, with almost all the structures there being constructed or refurbished in this time.
In the early 2010s, regeneration refocused on the town centre. The £150 million Trinity Square development opened in May 2013, it incorporates student accommodation, a cinema, health centre and shops. It was nominated for the Carbuncle Cup in September 2014. The cup was however awarded to another development which involved Tesco, Woolwich Central.
Governance
In 1835, Gateshead was established as a municipal borough and in 1889 it was made a county borough, independent from Durham County Council.
In 1870, the Old Town Hall was built, designed by John Johnstone who also designed the previously built Newcastle Town Hall. The ornamental clock in front of the old town hall was presented to Gateshead in 1892 by the mayor, Walter de Lancey Willson, on the occasion of him being elected for a third time. He was also one of the founders of Walter Willson's, a chain of grocers in the North East and Cumbria. The old town hall also served as a magistrate's court and one of Gateshead's police stations.
Current
In 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, the County Borough of Gateshead was merged with the urban districts of Felling, Whickham, Blaydon and Ryton and part of the rural district of Chester-le-Street to create the much larger Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Geography
The town of Gateshead is in the North East of England in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, and within the historic boundaries of County Durham. It is located on the southern bank of the River Tyne at a latitude of 54.57° N and a longitude of 1.35° W. Gateshead experiences a temperate climate which is considerably warmer than some other locations at similar latitudes as a result of the warming influence of the Gulf Stream (via the North Atlantic drift). It is located in the rain shadow of the North Pennines and is therefore in one of the driest regions of the United Kingdom.
One of the most distinguishing features of Gateshead is its topography. The land rises 230 feet from Gateshead Quays to the town centre and continues rising to a height of 525 feet at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Sheriff Hill. This is in contrast to the flat and low lying Team Valley located on the western edges of town. The high elevations allow for impressive views over the Tyne valley into Newcastle and across Tyneside to Sunderland and the North Sea from lookouts in Windmill Hills and Windy Nook respectively.
The Office for National Statistics defines the town as an urban sub-division. The latest (2011) ONS urban sub-division of Gateshead contains the historical County Borough together with areas that the town has absorbed, including Dunston, Felling, Heworth, Pelaw and Bill Quay.
Given the proximity of Gateshead to Newcastle, just south of the River Tyne from the city centre, it is sometimes incorrectly referred to as being a part of Newcastle. Gateshead Council and Newcastle City Council teamed up in 2000 to create a unified marketing brand name, NewcastleGateshead, to better promote the whole of the Tyneside conurbation.
Economy
Gateshead is home to the MetroCentre, the largest shopping mall in the UK until 2008; and the Team Valley Trading Estate, once the largest and still one of the larger purpose-built commercial estates in the UK.
Arts
The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art has been established in a converted flour mill. The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, previously The Sage, a Norman Foster-designed venue for music and the performing arts opened on 17 December 2004. Gateshead also hosted the Gateshead Garden Festival in 1990, rejuvenating 200 acres (0.81 km2) of derelict land (now mostly replaced with housing). The Angel of the North, a famous sculpture in nearby Lamesley, is visible from the A1 to the south of Gateshead, as well as from the East Coast Main Line. Other public art include works by Richard Deacon, Colin Rose, Sally Matthews, Andy Goldsworthy, Gordon Young and Michael Winstone.
Traditional and former
The earliest recorded coal mining in the Gateshead area is dated to 1344. As trade on the Tyne prospered there were several attempts by the burghers of Newcastle to annex Gateshead. In 1576 a small group of Newcastle merchants acquired the 'Grand Lease' of the manors of Gateshead and Whickham. In the hundred years from 1574 coal shipments from Newcastle increased elevenfold while the population of Gateshead doubled to approximately 5,500. However, the lease and the abundant coal supplies ended in 1680. The pits were shallow as problems of ventilation and flooding defeated attempts to mine coal from the deeper seams.
'William Cotesworth (1668-1726) was a prominent merchant based in Gateshead, where he was a leader in coal and international trade. Cotesworth began as the son of a yeoman and apprentice to a tallow - candler. He ended as an esquire, having been mayor, Justice of the Peace and sheriff of Northumberland. He collected tallow from all over England and sold it across the globe. He imported dyes from the Indies, as well as flax, wine, and grain. He sold tea, sugar, chocolate, and tobacco. He operated the largest coal mines in the area, and was a leading salt producer. As the government's principal agent in the North country, he was in contact with leading ministers.
William Hawks originally a blacksmith, started business in Gateshead in 1747, working with the iron brought to the Tyne as ballast by the Tyne colliers. Hawks and Co. eventually became one of the biggest iron businesses in the North, producing anchors, chains and so on to meet a growing demand. There was keen contemporary rivalry between 'Hawks' Blacks' and 'Crowley's Crew'. The famous 'Hawks' men' including Ned White, went on to be celebrated in Geordie song and story.
In 1831 a locomotive works was established by the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, later part of the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. In 1854 the works moved to the Greenesfield site and became the manufacturing headquarters of North Eastern Railway. In 1909, locomotive construction was moved to Darlington and the rest of the works were closed in 1932.
Robert Stirling Newall took out a patent on the manufacture of wire ropes in 1840 and in partnership with Messrs. Liddell and Gordon, set up his headquarters at Gateshead. A worldwide industry of wire-drawing resulted. The submarine telegraph cable received its definitive form through Newall's initiative, involving the use of gutta-percha surrounded by strong wires. The first successful Dover–Calais cable on 25 September 1851, was made in Newall's works. In 1853, he invented the brake-drum and cone for laying cable in deep seas. Half of the first Atlantic cable was manufactured in Gateshead. Newall was interested in astronomy, and his giant 25-inch (640 mm) telescope was set up in the garden at Ferndene, his Gateshead residence, in 1871.
Architecture
JB Priestley, writing of Gateshead in his 1934 travelogue English Journey, said that "no true civilisation could have produced such a town", adding that it appeared to have been designed "by an enemy of the human race".
Victorian
William Wailes the celebrated stained-glass maker, lived at South Dene from 1853 to 1860. In 1860, he designed Saltwell Towers as a fairy-tale palace for himself. It is an imposing Victorian mansion in its own park with a romantic skyline of turrets and battlements. It was originally furnished sumptuously by Gerrard Robinson. Some of the panelling installed by Robinson was later moved to the Shipley Art gallery. Wailes sold Saltwell Towers to the corporation in 1876 for use as a public park, provided he could use the house for the rest of his life. For many years the structure was essentially an empty shell but following a restoration programme it was reopened to the public in 2004.
Post millennium
The council sponsored the development of a Gateshead Quays cultural quarter. The development includes the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, erected in 2001, which won the prestigious Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2002.
Former brutalism
The brutalist Trinity Centre Car Park, which was designed by Owen Luder, dominated the town centre for many years until its demolition in 2010. A product of attempts to regenerate the area in the 1960s, the car park gained an iconic status due to its appearance in the 1971 film Get Carter, starring Michael Caine. An unsuccessful campaign to have the structure listed was backed by Sylvester Stallone, who played the main role in the 2000 remake of the film. The car park was scheduled for demolition in 2009, but this was delayed as a result of a disagreement between Tesco, who re-developed the site, and Gateshead Council. The council had not been given firm assurances that Tesco would build the previously envisioned town centre development which was to include a Tesco mega-store as well as shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, offices and student accommodation. The council effectively used the car park as a bargaining tool to ensure that the company adhered to the original proposals and blocked its demolition until they submitted a suitable planning application. Demolition finally took place in July–August 2010.
The Derwent Tower, another well known example of brutalist architecture, was also designed by Owen Luder and stood in the neighbourhood of Dunston. Like the Trinity Car Park it also failed in its bid to become a listed building and was demolished in 2012. Also located in this area are the Grade II listed Dunston Staithes which were built in 1890. Following the award of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of almost £420,000 restoration of the structure is expected to begin in April 2014.
Sport
Gateshead International Stadium regularly holds international athletics meetings over the summer months, and is home of the Gateshead Harriers athletics club. It is also host to rugby league fixtures, and the home ground of Gateshead Football Club. Gateshead Thunder Rugby League Football Club played at Gateshead International Stadium until its purchase by Newcastle Rugby Limited and the subsequent rebranding as Newcastle Thunder. Both clubs have had their problems: Gateshead A.F.C. were controversially voted out of the Football League in 1960 in favour of Peterborough United, whilst Gateshead Thunder lost their place in Super League as a result of a takeover (officially termed a merger) by Hull F.C. Both Gateshead clubs continue to ply their trade at lower levels in their respective sports, thanks mainly to the efforts of their supporters. The Gateshead Senators American Football team also use the International Stadium, as well as this it was used in the 2006 Northern Conference champions in the British American Football League.
Gateshead Leisure Centre is home to the Gateshead Phoenix Basketball Team. The team currently plays in EBL League Division 4. Home games are usually on a Sunday afternoon during the season, which runs from September to March. The team was formed in 2013 and ended their initial season well placed to progress after defeating local rivals Newcastle Eagles II and promotion chasing Kingston Panthers.
In Low Fell there is a cricket club and a rugby club adjacent to each other on Eastwood Gardens. These are Gateshead Fell Cricket Club and Gateshead Rugby Club. Gateshead Rugby Club was formed in 1998 following the merger of Gateshead Fell Rugby Club and North Durham Rugby Club.
Transport
Gateshead is served by the following rail transport stations with some being operated by National Rail and some being Tyne & Wear Metro stations: Dunston, Felling, Gateshead Interchange, Gateshead Stadium, Heworth Interchange, MetroCentre and Pelaw.
Tyne & Wear Metro stations at Gateshead Interchange and Gateshead Stadium provide direct light-rail access to Newcastle Central, Newcastle Airport , Sunderland, Tynemouth and South Shields Interchange.
National Rail services are provided by Northern at Dunston and MetroCentre stations. The East Coast Main Line, which runs from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley, cuts directly through the town on its way between Newcastle Central and Chester-le-Street stations. There are presently no stations on this line within Gateshead, as Low Fell, Bensham and Gateshead West stations were closed in 1952, 1954 and 1965 respectively.
Road
Several major road links pass through Gateshead, including the A1 which links London to Edinburgh and the A184 which connects the town to Sunderland.
Gateshead Interchange is the busiest bus station in Tyne & Wear and was used by 3.9 million bus passengers in 2008.
Cycle routes
Various bicycle trails traverse the town; most notably is the recreational Keelmans Way (National Cycle Route 14), which is located on the south bank of the Tyne and takes riders along the entire Gateshead foreshore. Other prominent routes include the East Gateshead Cycleway, which connects to Felling, the West Gateshead Cycleway, which links the town centre to Dunston and the MetroCentre, and routes along both the old and new Durham roads, which take cyclists to Birtley, Wrekenton and the Angel of the North.
Religion
Christianity has been present in the town since at least the 7th century, when Bede mentioned a monastery in Gateshead. A church in the town was burned down in 1080 with the Bishop of Durham inside.[citation needed] St Mary's Church was built near to the site of that building, and was the only church in the town until the 1820s. Undoubtedly the oldest building on the Quayside, St Mary's has now re-opened to the public as the town's first heritage centre.
Many of the Anglican churches in the town date from the 19th century, when the population of the town grew dramatically and expanded into new areas. The town presently has a number of notable and large churches of many denominations.
Judaism
The Bensham district is home to a community of hundreds of Jewish families and used to be known as "Little Jerusalem". Within the community is the Gateshead Yeshiva, founded in 1929, and other Jewish educational institutions with international enrolments. These include two seminaries: Beis Medrash L'Morot and Beis Chaya Rochel seminary, colloquially known together as Gateshead "old" and "new" seminaries.
Many yeshivot and kollels also are active. Yeshivat Beer Hatorah, Sunderland Yeshiva, Nesivos Hatorah, Nezer Hatorah and Yeshiva Ketana make up some of the list.
Islam
Islam is practised by a large community of people in Gateshead and there are 2 mosques located in the Bensham area (in Ely Street and Villa Place).
Twinning
Gateshead is twinned with the town of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in France, and the city of Komatsu in Japan.
Notable people
Eliezer Adler – founder of Jewish Community
Marcus Bentley – narrator of Big Brother
Catherine Booth – wife of William Booth, known as the Mother of The Salvation Army
William Booth – founder of the Salvation Army
Mary Bowes – the Unhappy Countess, author and celebrity
Ian Branfoot – footballer and manager (Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton)
Andy Carroll – footballer (Newcastle United, Liverpool and West Ham United)
Frank Clark – footballer and manager (Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest)
David Clelland – Labour politician and MP
Derek Conway – former Conservative politician and MP
Joseph Cowen – Radical politician
Steve Cram – athlete (middle-distance runner)
Emily Davies – educational reformer and feminist, founder of Girton College, Cambridge
Daniel Defoe – writer and government agent
Ruth Dodds – politician, writer and co-founder of the Little Theatre
Jonathan Edwards – athlete (triple jumper) and television presenter
Sammy Johnson – actor (Spender)
George Elliot – industrialist and MP
Paul Gascoigne – footballer (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers and Middlesbrough)
Alex Glasgow – singer/songwriter
Avrohom Gurwicz – rabbi, Dean of Gateshead Yeshiva
Leib Gurwicz – rabbi, Dean of Gateshead Yeshiva
Jill Halfpenny – actress (Coronation Street and EastEnders)
Chelsea Halfpenny – actress (Emmerdale)
David Hodgson – footballer and manager (Middlesbrough, Liverpool and Sunderland)
Sharon Hodgson – Labour politician and MP
Norman Hunter – footballer (Leeds United and member of 1966 World Cup-winning England squad)
Don Hutchison – footballer (Liverpool, West Ham United, Everton and Sunderland)
Brian Johnson – AC/DC frontman
Tommy Johnson – footballer (Aston Villa and Celtic)
Riley Jones - actor
Howard Kendall – footballer and manager (Preston North End and Everton)
J. Thomas Looney – Shakespeare scholar
Gary Madine – footballer (Sheffield Wednesday)
Justin McDonald – actor (Distant Shores)
Lawrie McMenemy – football manager (Southampton and Northern Ireland) and pundit
Thomas Mein – professional cyclist (Canyon DHB p/b Soreen)
Robert Stirling Newall – industrialist
Bezalel Rakow – communal rabbi
John William Rayner – flying ace and war hero
James Renforth – oarsman
Mariam Rezaei – musician and artist
Sir Tom Shakespeare - baronet, sociologist and disability rights campaigner
William Shield – Master of the King's Musick
Christina Stead – Australian novelist
John Steel – drummer (The Animals)
Henry Spencer Stephenson – chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II
Steve Stone – footballer (Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Portsmouth)
Chris Swailes – footballer (Ipswich Town)
Sir Joseph Swan – inventor of the incandescent light bulb
Nicholas Trainor – cricketer (Gloucestershire)
Chris Waddle – footballer (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday)
William Wailes – stained glass maker
Taylor Wane – adult entertainer
Robert Spence Watson – public benefactor
Sylvia Waugh – author of The Mennyms series for children
Chris Wilkie – guitarist (Dubstar)
John Wilson - orchestral conductor
Peter Wilson – footballer (Gateshead, captain of Australia)
Thomas Wilson – poet/school founder
Robert Wood – Australian politician
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 17, 2023) Fabien Cousteau, executor and founder of the Proteus Ocean Group (POG), and members of his team take a tour of various departments during a visit to the U.S. Naval Academy. Proteus is the world’s most advanced underwater research station, a collaborative global platform for researchers, academics, government agencies, and corporations to advance ocean science. U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen are working with Proteus as part of their final capstone project.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jordyn Diomede)
Letter to Joseph Springall, of Swanton Morley, East Dereham, Norfolk, receipt for £20 Deposit of £270 paid for Property belonging to Mrs Esther Williams. Letter from Jesse Larwood, Gressenhall, East Dereham Executor of late Daynes Williams. 21st June 1901
Joseph Springall born 1836, Swanton Morley, son of Charles Springall and Ann Hammond, A Builder and Contractor the 1911 census shows him living at Greengate, Swanton Morley, East Dereham with his second wife Alice Mary Dennis.
Esther Wright born1851, Hockering, Norfolk, was the daughter of William Wright and Mary Ann Walpole. She married Daynes Williams in 1877 at East Dereham. Daynes died in 1899.
The 1891 census shows them living at Commercial Road, East Dereham
The Albion press invented in 1820 by Richard W. Cope an assistant of George Clymer.
Mr Cope died in 1828. This spring operated example was made in about 1830 by J & J Barrett, executors of Copes estate, by Mr John Hopkinson, Richard Copes' factory manager.
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The Shipley Art Gallery is an art gallery in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England, located at the south end of Prince Consort Road. It has a Designated Collection of national importance.
Origins
The Shipley Art Gallery opened to the public in 1917. This was made possible by a bequest from wealthy local solicitor and art collector, Joseph Ainsley Davidson Shipley (1822–1909).
Shipley was a rather enigmatic person about whom little is known. He was born in Gateshead, near High Street. He was a solicitor in the Newcastle firm of Hoyle, Shipley and Hoyle. From 1884 until his death, he leased Saltwell Park House, now known as Saltwell Towers. Shipley's main passion was art and collecting paintings. He bought his first painting when he was sixteen and by the time he died he had amassed a collection of some 2,500 paintings.
On his death, Shipley left £30,000 and all his pictures to the City of Newcastle, which was to build a new gallery to house the collection. This was to be known as "The Shipley Bequest". Current belief within local history circles is that Shipley’s will expressly banned Newcastle’s art gallery as a recipient of the bequest, but this assertion must be dismissed: since the foundation stone of the Laing Art Gallery was laid only in August 1901 and the gallery opened in October 1904, the institution did not yet exist in 1900, when Shipley’s will was compiled. Shipley’s will did, in fact, declare that ‘the Art Gallery to be erected in Higham Place will not be and shall not be regarded as an Art Gallery within this trust’, owing to its being ‘too small’, but he conceded that if it ‘shall be capable of being enlarged so as to render it capable of holding all, then I direct my Trustees to raise the sum of £30,000 out of my residuary estate and pay the same to the treasurer of the gallery to be applied in or toward such enlargement as aforesaid’. It was only following a lengthy process that Gateshead Municipal Council was offered the collection. As it was impossible to house all of the paintings, 359 of the pictures recommended by the executors of Shipley's will were selected. A further group was then added by the Gateshead Committee, bringing the total to 504.
In 1914, after the sale of the remaining paintings, work began on the new art gallery. The building, which was designed by Arthur Stockwell, M.S.A. of Newcastle, opened on 29 November 1917. The stone entrance portico is distyle in antis – four Corinthian-style stone columns flanked by solid pilasters. These are surmounted by two sculptured figures, one representing the Arts and the other Industry and Learning, by W. Birnie Rhind, RSA. of Edinburgh.
Pevsner described the art gallery as a "bold arrangement of a brick central block and lower wings containing galleries". The building was designated as Grade II listed in 1982.
Present gallery
The original 504 paintings represented all the main European schools from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Since 1917, the collection has been added to, and now comprises some 10,000 items.
The gallery holds a strong collection of 16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish paintings, as well as 19th century British works, watercolours, prints, drawings and sculpture. Also featured are items of local interest, which include the popular painting by William C. Irving ((1866–1943) of "Blaydon Races" (1903) and a 1970 street scene of Redheugh Crossroads by Gateshead-born Charlie Rogers.
Since 1977 the gallery has become established as a national centre for contemporary craftwork. It has built up one of the best collections outside London, which includes ceramics, wood, metal, glass, textiles and furniture. The Shipley is home to the Henry Rothschild collection of studio ceramics. In 2008, the Shipley opened its Designs for Life gallery which showcases the gallery's collections of contemporary craft and design. The Gallery also hosts a varied programme of temporary exhibitions and has a strong partnership with the V&A Museum in London.
The Shipley Art Gallery is managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums on behalf of Gateshead Council.
Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The town shares the Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge and multiple other bridges with Newcastle upon Tyne.
Historically part of County Durham, under the Local Government Act 1888 the town was made a county borough, meaning it was administered independently of the county council.
In the 2011 Census, the town had a population of 120,046 while the wider borough had 200,214.
History
Gateshead is first mentioned in Latin translation in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People as ad caput caprae ("at the goat's head"). This interpretation is consistent with the later English attestations of the name, among them Gatesheued (c. 1190), literally "goat's head" but in the context of a place-name meaning 'headland or hill frequented by (wild) goats'. Although other derivations have been mooted, it is this that is given by the standard authorities.
A Brittonic predecessor, named with the element *gabro-, 'goat' (c.f. Welsh gafr), may underlie the name. Gateshead might have been the Roman-British fort of Gabrosentum.
Early
There has been a settlement on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne, around the old river crossing where the Swing Bridge now stands, since Roman times.
The first recorded mention of Gateshead is in the writings of the Venerable Bede who referred to an Abbot of Gateshead called Utta in 623. In 1068 William the Conqueror defeated the forces of Edgar the Ætheling and Malcolm king of Scotland (Shakespeare's Malcolm) on Gateshead Fell (now Low Fell and Sheriff Hill).
During medieval times Gateshead was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Durham. At this time the area was largely forest with some agricultural land. The forest was the subject of Gateshead's first charter, granted in the 12th century by Hugh du Puiset, Bishop of Durham. An alternative spelling may be "Gatishevede", as seen in a legal record, dated 1430.
Industrial revolution
Throughout the Industrial Revolution the population of Gateshead expanded rapidly; between 1801 and 1901 the increase was over 100,000. This expansion resulted in the spread southwards of the town.
In 1854, a catastrophic explosion on the quayside destroyed most of Gateshead's medieval heritage, and caused widespread damage on the Newcastle side of the river.
Sir Joseph Swan lived at Underhill, Low Fell, Gateshead from 1869 to 1883, where his experiments led to the invention of the electric light bulb. The house was the first in the world to be wired for domestic electric light.
In the 1889 one of the largest employers (Hawks, Crawshay and Company) closed down and unemployment has since been a burden. Up to the Second World War there were repeated newspaper reports of the unemployed sending deputations to the council to provide work. The depression years of the 1920s and 1930s created even more joblessness and the Team Valley Trading Estate was built in the mid-1930s to alleviate the situation.
Regeneration
In the late noughties, Gateshead Council started to regenerate the town, with the long-term aim of making Gateshead a city. The most extensive transformation occurred in the Quayside, with almost all the structures there being constructed or refurbished in this time.
In the early 2010s, regeneration refocused on the town centre. The £150 million Trinity Square development opened in May 2013, it incorporates student accommodation, a cinema, health centre and shops. It was nominated for the Carbuncle Cup in September 2014. The cup was however awarded to another development which involved Tesco, Woolwich Central.
Governance
In 1835, Gateshead was established as a municipal borough and in 1889 it was made a county borough, independent from Durham County Council.
In 1870, the Old Town Hall was built, designed by John Johnstone who also designed the previously built Newcastle Town Hall. The ornamental clock in front of the old town hall was presented to Gateshead in 1892 by the mayor, Walter de Lancey Willson, on the occasion of him being elected for a third time. He was also one of the founders of Walter Willson's, a chain of grocers in the North East and Cumbria. The old town hall also served as a magistrate's court and one of Gateshead's police stations.
Current
In 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, the County Borough of Gateshead was merged with the urban districts of Felling, Whickham, Blaydon and Ryton and part of the rural district of Chester-le-Street to create the much larger Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Geography
The town of Gateshead is in the North East of England in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, and within the historic boundaries of County Durham. It is located on the southern bank of the River Tyne at a latitude of 54.57° N and a longitude of 1.35° W. Gateshead experiences a temperate climate which is considerably warmer than some other locations at similar latitudes as a result of the warming influence of the Gulf Stream (via the North Atlantic drift). It is located in the rain shadow of the North Pennines and is therefore in one of the driest regions of the United Kingdom.
One of the most distinguishing features of Gateshead is its topography. The land rises 230 feet from Gateshead Quays to the town centre and continues rising to a height of 525 feet at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Sheriff Hill. This is in contrast to the flat and low lying Team Valley located on the western edges of town. The high elevations allow for impressive views over the Tyne valley into Newcastle and across Tyneside to Sunderland and the North Sea from lookouts in Windmill Hills and Windy Nook respectively.
The Office for National Statistics defines the town as an urban sub-division. The latest (2011) ONS urban sub-division of Gateshead contains the historical County Borough together with areas that the town has absorbed, including Dunston, Felling, Heworth, Pelaw and Bill Quay.
Given the proximity of Gateshead to Newcastle, just south of the River Tyne from the city centre, it is sometimes incorrectly referred to as being a part of Newcastle. Gateshead Council and Newcastle City Council teamed up in 2000 to create a unified marketing brand name, NewcastleGateshead, to better promote the whole of the Tyneside conurbation.
Economy
Gateshead is home to the MetroCentre, the largest shopping mall in the UK until 2008; and the Team Valley Trading Estate, once the largest and still one of the larger purpose-built commercial estates in the UK.
Arts
The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art has been established in a converted flour mill. The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, previously The Sage, a Norman Foster-designed venue for music and the performing arts opened on 17 December 2004. Gateshead also hosted the Gateshead Garden Festival in 1990, rejuvenating 200 acres (0.81 km2) of derelict land (now mostly replaced with housing). The Angel of the North, a famous sculpture in nearby Lamesley, is visible from the A1 to the south of Gateshead, as well as from the East Coast Main Line. Other public art include works by Richard Deacon, Colin Rose, Sally Matthews, Andy Goldsworthy, Gordon Young and Michael Winstone.
Traditional and former
The earliest recorded coal mining in the Gateshead area is dated to 1344. As trade on the Tyne prospered there were several attempts by the burghers of Newcastle to annex Gateshead. In 1576 a small group of Newcastle merchants acquired the 'Grand Lease' of the manors of Gateshead and Whickham. In the hundred years from 1574 coal shipments from Newcastle increased elevenfold while the population of Gateshead doubled to approximately 5,500. However, the lease and the abundant coal supplies ended in 1680. The pits were shallow as problems of ventilation and flooding defeated attempts to mine coal from the deeper seams.
'William Cotesworth (1668-1726) was a prominent merchant based in Gateshead, where he was a leader in coal and international trade. Cotesworth began as the son of a yeoman and apprentice to a tallow - candler. He ended as an esquire, having been mayor, Justice of the Peace and sheriff of Northumberland. He collected tallow from all over England and sold it across the globe. He imported dyes from the Indies, as well as flax, wine, and grain. He sold tea, sugar, chocolate, and tobacco. He operated the largest coal mines in the area, and was a leading salt producer. As the government's principal agent in the North country, he was in contact with leading ministers.
William Hawks originally a blacksmith, started business in Gateshead in 1747, working with the iron brought to the Tyne as ballast by the Tyne colliers. Hawks and Co. eventually became one of the biggest iron businesses in the North, producing anchors, chains and so on to meet a growing demand. There was keen contemporary rivalry between 'Hawks' Blacks' and 'Crowley's Crew'. The famous 'Hawks' men' including Ned White, went on to be celebrated in Geordie song and story.
In 1831 a locomotive works was established by the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, later part of the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. In 1854 the works moved to the Greenesfield site and became the manufacturing headquarters of North Eastern Railway. In 1909, locomotive construction was moved to Darlington and the rest of the works were closed in 1932.
Robert Stirling Newall took out a patent on the manufacture of wire ropes in 1840 and in partnership with Messrs. Liddell and Gordon, set up his headquarters at Gateshead. A worldwide industry of wire-drawing resulted. The submarine telegraph cable received its definitive form through Newall's initiative, involving the use of gutta-percha surrounded by strong wires. The first successful Dover–Calais cable on 25 September 1851, was made in Newall's works. In 1853, he invented the brake-drum and cone for laying cable in deep seas. Half of the first Atlantic cable was manufactured in Gateshead. Newall was interested in astronomy, and his giant 25-inch (640 mm) telescope was set up in the garden at Ferndene, his Gateshead residence, in 1871.
Architecture
JB Priestley, writing of Gateshead in his 1934 travelogue English Journey, said that "no true civilisation could have produced such a town", adding that it appeared to have been designed "by an enemy of the human race".
Victorian
William Wailes the celebrated stained-glass maker, lived at South Dene from 1853 to 1860. In 1860, he designed Saltwell Towers as a fairy-tale palace for himself. It is an imposing Victorian mansion in its own park with a romantic skyline of turrets and battlements. It was originally furnished sumptuously by Gerrard Robinson. Some of the panelling installed by Robinson was later moved to the Shipley Art gallery. Wailes sold Saltwell Towers to the corporation in 1876 for use as a public park, provided he could use the house for the rest of his life. For many years the structure was essentially an empty shell but following a restoration programme it was reopened to the public in 2004.
Post millennium
The council sponsored the development of a Gateshead Quays cultural quarter. The development includes the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, erected in 2001, which won the prestigious Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2002.
Former brutalism
The brutalist Trinity Centre Car Park, which was designed by Owen Luder, dominated the town centre for many years until its demolition in 2010. A product of attempts to regenerate the area in the 1960s, the car park gained an iconic status due to its appearance in the 1971 film Get Carter, starring Michael Caine. An unsuccessful campaign to have the structure listed was backed by Sylvester Stallone, who played the main role in the 2000 remake of the film. The car park was scheduled for demolition in 2009, but this was delayed as a result of a disagreement between Tesco, who re-developed the site, and Gateshead Council. The council had not been given firm assurances that Tesco would build the previously envisioned town centre development which was to include a Tesco mega-store as well as shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, offices and student accommodation. The council effectively used the car park as a bargaining tool to ensure that the company adhered to the original proposals and blocked its demolition until they submitted a suitable planning application. Demolition finally took place in July–August 2010.
The Derwent Tower, another well known example of brutalist architecture, was also designed by Owen Luder and stood in the neighbourhood of Dunston. Like the Trinity Car Park it also failed in its bid to become a listed building and was demolished in 2012. Also located in this area are the Grade II listed Dunston Staithes which were built in 1890. Following the award of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of almost £420,000 restoration of the structure is expected to begin in April 2014.
Sport
Gateshead International Stadium regularly holds international athletics meetings over the summer months, and is home of the Gateshead Harriers athletics club. It is also host to rugby league fixtures, and the home ground of Gateshead Football Club. Gateshead Thunder Rugby League Football Club played at Gateshead International Stadium until its purchase by Newcastle Rugby Limited and the subsequent rebranding as Newcastle Thunder. Both clubs have had their problems: Gateshead A.F.C. were controversially voted out of the Football League in 1960 in favour of Peterborough United, whilst Gateshead Thunder lost their place in Super League as a result of a takeover (officially termed a merger) by Hull F.C. Both Gateshead clubs continue to ply their trade at lower levels in their respective sports, thanks mainly to the efforts of their supporters. The Gateshead Senators American Football team also use the International Stadium, as well as this it was used in the 2006 Northern Conference champions in the British American Football League.
Gateshead Leisure Centre is home to the Gateshead Phoenix Basketball Team. The team currently plays in EBL League Division 4. Home games are usually on a Sunday afternoon during the season, which runs from September to March. The team was formed in 2013 and ended their initial season well placed to progress after defeating local rivals Newcastle Eagles II and promotion chasing Kingston Panthers.
In Low Fell there is a cricket club and a rugby club adjacent to each other on Eastwood Gardens. These are Gateshead Fell Cricket Club and Gateshead Rugby Club. Gateshead Rugby Club was formed in 1998 following the merger of Gateshead Fell Rugby Club and North Durham Rugby Club.
Transport
Gateshead is served by the following rail transport stations with some being operated by National Rail and some being Tyne & Wear Metro stations: Dunston, Felling, Gateshead Interchange, Gateshead Stadium, Heworth Interchange, MetroCentre and Pelaw.
Tyne & Wear Metro stations at Gateshead Interchange and Gateshead Stadium provide direct light-rail access to Newcastle Central, Newcastle Airport , Sunderland, Tynemouth and South Shields Interchange.
National Rail services are provided by Northern at Dunston and MetroCentre stations. The East Coast Main Line, which runs from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley, cuts directly through the town on its way between Newcastle Central and Chester-le-Street stations. There are presently no stations on this line within Gateshead, as Low Fell, Bensham and Gateshead West stations were closed in 1952, 1954 and 1965 respectively.
Road
Several major road links pass through Gateshead, including the A1 which links London to Edinburgh and the A184 which connects the town to Sunderland.
Gateshead Interchange is the busiest bus station in Tyne & Wear and was used by 3.9 million bus passengers in 2008.
Cycle routes
Various bicycle trails traverse the town; most notably is the recreational Keelmans Way (National Cycle Route 14), which is located on the south bank of the Tyne and takes riders along the entire Gateshead foreshore. Other prominent routes include the East Gateshead Cycleway, which connects to Felling, the West Gateshead Cycleway, which links the town centre to Dunston and the MetroCentre, and routes along both the old and new Durham roads, which take cyclists to Birtley, Wrekenton and the Angel of the North.
Religion
Christianity has been present in the town since at least the 7th century, when Bede mentioned a monastery in Gateshead. A church in the town was burned down in 1080 with the Bishop of Durham inside.[citation needed] St Mary's Church was built near to the site of that building, and was the only church in the town until the 1820s. Undoubtedly the oldest building on the Quayside, St Mary's has now re-opened to the public as the town's first heritage centre.
Many of the Anglican churches in the town date from the 19th century, when the population of the town grew dramatically and expanded into new areas. The town presently has a number of notable and large churches of many denominations.
Judaism
The Bensham district is home to a community of hundreds of Jewish families and used to be known as "Little Jerusalem". Within the community is the Gateshead Yeshiva, founded in 1929, and other Jewish educational institutions with international enrolments. These include two seminaries: Beis Medrash L'Morot and Beis Chaya Rochel seminary, colloquially known together as Gateshead "old" and "new" seminaries.
Many yeshivot and kollels also are active. Yeshivat Beer Hatorah, Sunderland Yeshiva, Nesivos Hatorah, Nezer Hatorah and Yeshiva Ketana make up some of the list.
Islam
Islam is practised by a large community of people in Gateshead and there are 2 mosques located in the Bensham area (in Ely Street and Villa Place).
Twinning
Gateshead is twinned with the town of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in France, and the city of Komatsu in Japan.
Notable people
Eliezer Adler – founder of Jewish Community
Marcus Bentley – narrator of Big Brother
Catherine Booth – wife of William Booth, known as the Mother of The Salvation Army
William Booth – founder of the Salvation Army
Mary Bowes – the Unhappy Countess, author and celebrity
Ian Branfoot – footballer and manager (Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton)
Andy Carroll – footballer (Newcastle United, Liverpool and West Ham United)
Frank Clark – footballer and manager (Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest)
David Clelland – Labour politician and MP
Derek Conway – former Conservative politician and MP
Joseph Cowen – Radical politician
Steve Cram – athlete (middle-distance runner)
Emily Davies – educational reformer and feminist, founder of Girton College, Cambridge
Daniel Defoe – writer and government agent
Ruth Dodds – politician, writer and co-founder of the Little Theatre
Jonathan Edwards – athlete (triple jumper) and television presenter
Sammy Johnson – actor (Spender)
George Elliot – industrialist and MP
Paul Gascoigne – footballer (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers and Middlesbrough)
Alex Glasgow – singer/songwriter
Avrohom Gurwicz – rabbi, Dean of Gateshead Yeshiva
Leib Gurwicz – rabbi, Dean of Gateshead Yeshiva
Jill Halfpenny – actress (Coronation Street and EastEnders)
Chelsea Halfpenny – actress (Emmerdale)
David Hodgson – footballer and manager (Middlesbrough, Liverpool and Sunderland)
Sharon Hodgson – Labour politician and MP
Norman Hunter – footballer (Leeds United and member of 1966 World Cup-winning England squad)
Don Hutchison – footballer (Liverpool, West Ham United, Everton and Sunderland)
Brian Johnson – AC/DC frontman
Tommy Johnson – footballer (Aston Villa and Celtic)
Riley Jones - actor
Howard Kendall – footballer and manager (Preston North End and Everton)
J. Thomas Looney – Shakespeare scholar
Gary Madine – footballer (Sheffield Wednesday)
Justin McDonald – actor (Distant Shores)
Lawrie McMenemy – football manager (Southampton and Northern Ireland) and pundit
Thomas Mein – professional cyclist (Canyon DHB p/b Soreen)
Robert Stirling Newall – industrialist
Bezalel Rakow – communal rabbi
John William Rayner – flying ace and war hero
James Renforth – oarsman
Mariam Rezaei – musician and artist
Sir Tom Shakespeare - baronet, sociologist and disability rights campaigner
William Shield – Master of the King's Musick
Christina Stead – Australian novelist
John Steel – drummer (The Animals)
Henry Spencer Stephenson – chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II
Steve Stone – footballer (Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Portsmouth)
Chris Swailes – footballer (Ipswich Town)
Sir Joseph Swan – inventor of the incandescent light bulb
Nicholas Trainor – cricketer (Gloucestershire)
Chris Waddle – footballer (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday)
William Wailes – stained glass maker
Taylor Wane – adult entertainer
Robert Spence Watson – public benefactor
Sylvia Waugh – author of The Mennyms series for children
Chris Wilkie – guitarist (Dubstar)
John Wilson - orchestral conductor
Peter Wilson – footballer (Gateshead, captain of Australia)
Thomas Wilson – poet/school founder
Robert Wood – Australian politician
Draft Will of George Burges, 28 Hardres Street, Ramsgate, Kent dated 22nd March 1861.
Executors: Rev’d Henry Richards Luard, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and Charles Thomas Hill of 51, Beaumont Square, Mile End, London.
Beneficiaries: Wife Jane Burges, daughters, Maria Burges, Anne Burges, infant, Fanny Burges, infant.
Property: 28 Hardres Street, Ramsgate, 2, St. Augustine Place, Ramsgate.
This sculpture, erected by the Rotary Club of West Kowloon, has no name in roman characters on the base, so I don't know the name, or the sculptor. Seen on the west side of Nathan Road near the Tsim Sha Tsui MRT station in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Taken by a Nikon D610 at ISO 400 with a Nikkor 35-135mm ƒ 3.5-4.5 AF lens. (at 54)
If an artistic executor of the sculptor, (or the sculptor him/herself...) has any copyright objections to this photo, Flickr-mail the poster stating that you are such an executor, state the objection(s), and it will be taken down...
While you are contacting the poster anyway, please tell him the name of the sculptor...
I also caught this lady checking her point-n'-shoot camera. (Probably another tourist, just like the photographer / poster!)
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Draft Will of George Burges, 28 Hardres Street, Ramsgate, Kent dated 22nd March 1861.
Executors: Rev’d Henry Richards Luard, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and Charles Thomas Hill of 51, Beaumont Square, Mile End, London.
Beneficiaries: Wife Jane Burges, daughters, Maria Burges, Anne Burges, infant, Fanny Burges, infant.
Property: 28 Hardres Street, Ramsgate, 2, St. Augustine Place, Ramsgate.
Draft Will of William Hudson, Ramsgate, Hotel Keeper and Spirit Merchant, dated 22nd December 1860. This Will was later revoked by another Will dated 13 September, 1862.
Executors: Nephews, George Hudson and William Hudson sons of his deceased brother George Hudson.
Beneficiaries: his sister Mary Hudson, sister Jane Wills, Children of his deceased brother George Hudson.
Properties included the Bull and George Hotel, Property at 76 the High Street in the occupation of Richard Thomas Hunter.