text:
Leatherhead
auto racing
British Touring Car Championship
Renault Clio Cup
Vauxhall Astra Coupe
Erkut Kızılırmak
Snetterton
Rockingham
United Arab Emirates
Alford, Lincolnshire

categories: People from Alford, Lincolnshire,English racing drivers,British Touring Car Championship drivers,Living people

paragraph: Martin Johnson (racing driver)

paragraph: Martin Johnson (born 27 March 1963 in Leatherhead) is a British auto racing driver. He is best known for competing in the British Touring Car Championship with his own team, Boulevard Team Racing.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: After competing in the Renault Clio Cup between 2000 and 2006, he stepped up to the British Touring Car Championship in 2009. He competed a Vauxhall Astra Coupe prepared by his Boulevard Team Racing outfit, which was the same car that Erkut Kızılırmak campaigned in Turkey in 2008. He finished 22nd on points overall, with two championship points scored with tenth-placed finishes at Snetterton and Rockingham. Johnson returned for a second season in the BTCC for 2010.

paragraph: Since 2011, Johnson has been racing the Astra in the United Arab Emirates.

paragraph: Section::::Boulevard Team Racing.

paragraph: Boulevard Team Racing is a family-run team, managed by Johnson's father Cliff until his death in June 2010. It has established itself as a front-running team in the Renault Clio Cup over the last decade and won the drivers' and teams' title in 2004 with Paul Rivett alongside Johnson.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Johnson lives in Alford, Lincolnshire.

description: British auto racing driver

wikidata_label: Martin Johnson

wikipedia_title: Martin Johnson (racing driver)


text:
Scheveningen
London
George Geldorp
Oliver Cromwell
Eddystone Lighthouse

categories: Artists from The Hague,1633 births,Dutch marine artists,Dutch male painters,1721 deaths,Dutch Golden Age painters

paragraph: Isaac Sailmaker

paragraph: Isaac Sailmaker (born Isaac Zeilmaker in Scheveningen, 1633; died in London on June 28, 1721) was a Dutch marine painter active in Britain. He came to London to work for George Geldorp and later worked for Oliver Cromwell. He is known for paintings of ships and lighthouses. His painting of Eddystone Lighthouse is notable as the structure no longer exists.

alias:
Isaac Sailmacker
Isaac Zeilmaker
Sale-Maker
Seylmaker
Zailemaker
Zailmaker
Sailm.
Saile Maker
Sailmaker
Selmaiker
Seilmaker
Selmaker
Salemaker
Sailmakers
Sailemaker
Zaylmaker
Sayl Maker
Saiimaker

description: Dutch painter

wikidata_label: Isaac Sailmaker

wikipedia_title: Isaac Sailmaker


text: American

text: Art Deco

text: Oktaha, Oklahoma

text: Bacone College

text: Acee Blue Eagle

text: Woody Crumbo

text: Thomas Gilcrease

text: Gilcrease Museum

text: Tulsa

text: Art Deco

text: Art Nouveau

text: Douglas Aircraft Company

text: Locust Grove, Oklahoma

text: Oklahoma Christian College

text: Five Civilized Tribes Museum

text: Cherokee Heritage Center

text: Park Hill

text: Smithsonian

text: Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art

text: University of Oklahoma

text: Great Plains Art Museum

text: University of Nebraska–Lincoln

text: Museum of Western Art

text: Cowboy Artists of America

text: Kerrville, Texas

text: Cherokee descent

text: Cherokee

text: Cherokee Nation

text: Wilma Mankiller

text: Indian Arts and Crafts Act

text: Cherokee Heritage Center

text: White House

text: Alberto Vargas

text: Ferdinand Preiss

text: Oklahoma Today

text: Autumn 1962

text: University of Tulsa

text: KWGS

categories: 20th-century sculptors,Bacone College alumni,1985 deaths,1916 births,Art Deco sculptors,American woodcarvers,Modern artists,People from Muskogee County, Oklahoma,Artists from Oklahoma

paragraph: Willard Stone

paragraph: Willard Stone (February 29, 1916 – March 5, 1985) was an American artist best known for his wood sculptures carved in a flowing Art Deco style

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: Stone was born and raised in Oktaha, Oklahoma. Stone's early interest in drawing and painting was thwarted when, at the age of 13, he picked up a blasting cap he found while walking home from school, and it exploded. Stone lost the thumb and most of two fingers on his right hand. He nevertheless became an accomplished sculptor and woodcarver. He took art classes at Bacone College, where he studied under Acee Blue Eagle and Woody Crumbo. Crumbo used his influence with oilman and collector Thomas Gilcrease to further Stone's career, and in 1946 Gilcrease offered Stone an artist-in-residence position at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa. Stone worked for Gilcrease for three years. He developed a distinctive modern style influenced by Art Deco and Art Nouveau, and took on contemporary topics such as nuclear warfare as well as less stylized works inspired by nature. After leaving Gilcrease, Stone worked in Tulsa at an iron works and for Douglas Aircraft Company.

paragraph: Section::::Art career.

paragraph: After 1961, Stone was able to devote himself entirely to art, and he opened a permanent studio in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, from which he continued to work until his death in 1985. Stone was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1970 and received honorary degrees from Bacone College and Oklahoma Christian College.

paragraph: Stone, Crumbo, and Blue Eagle became the Oklahoman artists most closely identified with Gilcrease. Gilcrease ultimately acquired more than 50 of Stone's works. In addition to the large collection at Gilcrease, Stone's art is collected in many other museums, including the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee, the Cherokee Heritage Center in Park Hill, the Smithsonian, the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma, the Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the Museum of Western Art (formerly the Cowboy Artists of America Museum) in Kerrville, Texas.

paragraph: Stone identified as being of Cherokee descent but was not an enrolled member of any Cherokee tribes, making his claims of Native American identity a source of controversy. The Cherokee Nation, during Chief Wilma Mankiller's administration, designated Stone as a tribal artisan in 1991, which allowed him to present his artwork as being American Indian-made under the 1990 Indian Arts and Crafts Act.

paragraph: Stone's sculpture "Exodus", in the collection of the Cherokee Heritage Center, is especially well known and was used extensively in Cherokee publications. Stone's "Lady of Spring" was included in the 1997-98 White House art exhibition "Twentieth Century American Sculpture at The White House: Honoring Native America." The guide to the White House exhibition calls Stone "the unsung hero of Native American sculpture", and describes "Lady of Spring" (an elongated female nude) as "classic Art Deco," comparing it to the nudes of Alberto Vargas and "Spring Awakening" by Ferdinand Preiss.

paragraph: In 2009, the Gilcrease Museum held its first major exhibition in 20 years devoted to Stone's work, entitled "Storyteller in Wood."

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Jim Grant, "Wood Sculptor Willard Stone", in "Oklahoma Today", Autumn 1962, pp. 26–35 (retrieved March 21, 2009).

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The life and work of the celebrated sculptor (and native Oklahoman) Willard Stone." "StudioTulsa" interview with Scott Swearingen, maker of documentary film "With the Grain: The Life and Art of Willard Stone", on University of Tulsa radio station KWGS, March 12, 2009 (retrieved April 1, 2009).

description: American artist

wikidata_label: Willard Stone

wikipedia_title: Willard Stone


text:
Saumur
La Guerre des boutons
Prix Jean Vigo
Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire
Silver Bear
23rd Berlin International Film Festival
Un éléphant ça trompe énormément
Salut l'artiste
Nous irons tous au paradis
César Award for Best Film
My Mother's Castle
Le château de ma mère
My Father's Glory
Marcel Pagnol
Seattle International Film Festival
A Bad Son
Claude Sautet
Danièle Delorme
Colombe
cerebral hemorrhage
Montparnasse Cemetery
Jean-Denis Robert
Rosy Varte
Cannes Film Festival
Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Signé Arsène Lupin
The Fenouillard Family
La Guerre des boutons
Alexandre le bienheureux
Clérambard
Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire
Salut l'artiste
Le Retour du Grand Blond
Un éléphant ça trompe énormément
Nous irons tous au paradis
Courage - Let's Run
Le Jumeau
La Gloire de mon Père
Le château de ma mère
Three Telegrams
Bibi Fricotin
The Red Rose
Virgile
Follow That Man
Bad Liaisons
Futures vedettes
School for Love
The Green Mare
The Fenouillard Family
A Bad Son
La Crise
Les petits câlins
The Crying Woman
Clips
Yves Robert

categories: French male television actors,Troupe of the Comédie-Française,French film producers,French male screenwriters,French screenwriters,French male film actors,2002 deaths,1920 births,French male voice actors,People from Saumur,French male writers,French film directors

paragraph: Yves Robert

paragraph: Yves Robert (19 June 1920 – 10 May 2002) was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.

paragraph: Section::::Life and career.

paragraph: Robert was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire. In his teens, he went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. From ages 12–20 he set type as a typographer, then studied mime in his early 20s. In 1948 he made his motion picture debut with one of the secondary roles in the film, "Les Dieux du dimanche". Within a few years, Robert was writing scripts, directing, and producing.

paragraph: Yves Robert's directorial efforts included several successful comedies for which he had written the screenplay. His 1962 film, "La Guerre des boutons" won France's Prix Jean Vigo. His 1972 film "Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire" won the Silver Bear at the 23rd Berlin International Film Festival in 1973. In 1976, "Un éléphant ça trompe énormément", starring his wife, earned him international acclaim. Robert's 1973 devastating comedy "Salut l'artiste" is considered by many performers to be the ultimate film about the humiliations of the actor's life. In 1977, he directed another comedy, "Nous irons tous au paradis", which was nominated for a César Award for Best Film.

paragraph: In 1990, Robert directed two dramatic films, "My Mother's Castle" (Le château de ma mère) and "My Father's Glory" (La Gloire de mon Père). Based on autobiographical novels by Marcel Pagnol, they were jointly voted "Best Film" at the 1991 Seattle International Film Festival, and received rave reviews. Over his career, he directed more than twenty feature-length motion pictures, wrote an equal number of scripts, and acted in more than seventy-five films. Although his last major role was perhaps in 1980, "A Bad Son" by Claude Sautet, as the working-class father of a drug-dealer, he continued acting past 1997.

paragraph: Robert played opposite Danièle Delorme in the 1951 play Colombe (Dove) by Jean Anouilh. They married in 1956, and jointly formed the film production company "La Guéville" in 1961. He died in Paris on 10 May 2002 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery with the epitaph "A man of joy ...", where visitors leave buttons of many colors.He was survived by Danièle and two children, Anne and Jean-Denis Robert, by first wife, actress Rosy Varte. That month's Cannes Film Festival paid homage to his contribution to French film.

paragraph: Section::::Selected filmography.

paragraph: Director

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça" (1954)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Neither Seen Nor Recognized " (1958)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Signé Arsène Lupin" (Signed, Arsene Lupin) (1959)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Fenouillard Family" (1960)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Guerre des boutons" (War of the Buttons) (1962)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bebert et l'Omnibus" (1964)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (1965) – 4 songs on 45 RPM vinyl

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Monnaie de singe" (Monkey Money) (1966)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Alexandre le bienheureux" (Very Happy Alexander) (1968)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Clérambard" (1969)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le grand blond avec une chaussure noire" (The Tall Blonde Man with One Black Shoe) (1972)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Salut l'artiste" (Hail the Artist) (1973)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Retour du Grand Blond" (The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe) (1974)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Un éléphant ça trompe énormément" (Pardon Mon Affaire) (1976)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Nous irons tous au paradis" (Pardon Mon Affaire, Too!) (1977)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Courage - Let's Run" (1979)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le Jumeau" (The Twin) (1984)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Gloire de mon Père" (My Father's Glory) (1990)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Le château de ma mère" (My Mother's Castle) (1990)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "" (1992)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Montparnasse-Pondichéry" (1994)

paragraph: Actor

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Three Telegrams" (1950)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bibi Fricotin" (1951)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Red Rose" (1951)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Virgile" (1953)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Follow That Man" (1953)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Bad Liaisons" (1955)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Futures vedettes" (1955)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "School for Love" (1955)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Green Mare" (1959)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "A Bad Son" (1980)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "La Crise" (1992)

paragraph: Producer

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Les petits câlins" (1978)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "The Crying Woman" (1979)

paragraph: Section::::Reissues and remakes.

paragraph: His black and white adaptation of the book "La Guerre des Boutons" having sold nearly 10 million tickets at the French box office in 1962, was hugely popular, and planned for a nationwide reissue 12 October 2011.

paragraph: Some films were also re-made in Hollywood. "The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe" (1972), a spy spoof featuring the physical comedic skills of Pierre Richard, became "The Man with One Red Shoe" (1985) with Tom Hanks. "Pardon Mon Affaire" (1976), a sexy farce with Jean Rochefort, became "The Woman in Red" (1984).

paragraph: Section::::DVD releases.

paragraph: BULLET::::- La Gloire de Mon Pere + Le Chateau de Ma Mere (Restored) 1990–1991 2002, 2005 & 2012 Blu-ray

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe + The Return of the Tall Blond Man 1972, 1974

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ni vu..., ni connu... (1958) 2009

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Clips from La Gloire de mon Père (My Father's Glory) 1990

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yves Robert in French Wiki

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yves Robert. Un homme de joie. Dialogue avec Jérôme Tonnerre, Paris, Flammarion, 1996, 394 p. ()

description: French director

wikidata_label: Yves Robert

wikipedia_title: Yves Robert


text: Sandgate Castle

text: Queen Elizabeth I

text: Lady Mary Grey

text: Ewell

text: Surrey

text: Sir John Scott

text: Scot's Hall

text: Smeeth

text: Kent

text: Nettlestead, Kent

text: King Henry VIII's

text: Catherine of Aragon

text: Sandgate Castle

text: St. Radegund's

text: Lewisham

text: Kent

text: Sandgate Castle

text: Wyatt's Rebellion

text: Hythe

text: Sir Thomas Cheney

text: Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

text: King's Bench

text: Queen Mary

text: Palace of Westminster

text: Dover

text: Calais

text: Queen Elizabeth

text: Master of the Horse

text: Lord Robert Dudley

text: Sir Henry Knollys

text: Sir Ambrose Cave

text: Watergate

text: Lady Mary Grey

text: Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk

text: Frances Brandon

text: King Henry VII

text: will of King Henry VIII

text: Sir William Cecil

text: Fleet prison

text: Edmund Grindal

text: Bishop of London

text: Lewisham

text: Matthew Parker

text: William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham

text: Sir Thomas Gresham

text: Abstract of will of Henry Saunders

text: Thomas Keyes

text: St. Radegund's Abbey

categories: 1544 births,People from Lewisham,1571 deaths,People of the Tudor period

paragraph: Thomas Keyes

paragraph: Thomas Keyes or Keys (by 1524 – before 5 September 1571) was captain of Sandgate Castle, and serjeant porter to Queen Elizabeth I. Without the Queen's consent, he married Lady Mary Grey, who had a claim to the throne.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Thomas Keyes, born by 1524, was the son and heir of Richard Keyes, esquire, who was twice married. According to Richardson, Thomas Keyes was the son of his father's first marriage, to Agnes Saunders, daughter of Henry Saunders of Ewell, Surrey. Richard Keyes married secondly Mildred Digges, a daughter of Sir John Scott (died 1533) of Scot's Hall at Smeeth, Kent, by Anne Pympe, the daughter and heiress of Reynold Pympe, esquire, of Nettlestead, Kent, and Elizabeth Pashley, the daughter of John Pashley, esquire. According to Bindoff and Sherwood, Thomas Keyes was the son of this marriage. Before her marriage to Richard Keyes, Mildred Scott had first been the wife of John Digges, esquire.

paragraph: In 1528 Richard Keyes was in the service of King Henry VIII's first Queen, Catherine of Aragon, and was later one of the King's serjeants at arms, an office he resigned in November 1541. He was a commissioner and paymaster for the building of Sandgate Castle during the years 1539-40. On 10 May 1538 he was granted a 21-year lease of the dissolved monastery of St. Radegund's near Dover. In his will, dated 15 November 1545, Richard Keyes bequeathed lodging to his son, Thomas, and Thomas's wife and servants, at St. Radegund's during the lifetime of Thomas' mother, and after her death, the leases of St. Radegund's and of Richard Keyes' house at Lewisham, Kent. At his father's death, Thomas Keyes also succeeded to his father's post as captain of Sandgate Castle, for which he later received an annuity of £40.

paragraph: By 1545 Keyes had married a wife whose name is unknown, by whom he had at least one son and one daughter. It is said that he took some part in suppressing Wyatt's Rebellion in 1549.

paragraph: In November 1554 Keyes was elected Member of Parliament for Hythe, Kent, through the support of Sir Thomas Cheney, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, who later left Keyes £40 in his will. Keyes' cousin, Nicholas Crispe, was elected at the same time, and both were fined for absence from the House in the parliamentary session in early 1555, and prosecuted in the court of King's Bench in Easter term of that year, where they also failed to appear. The case was brought to an end with the death of Queen Mary, but while it was still ongoing Keyes was appointed serjeant porter of the Palace of Westminster.

paragraph: During the years 1556-8 Keyes sued Francis Lambard for debt, and on 2 January 1558 he was at Dover, where he was charged with receiving levies for the relief of Calais. Queen Elizabeth acceded to the throne in November 1558, and in the pardon roll of 15 January 1559 Keyes is recorded as 'Captain of Sandgate Castle, Folkestone, Kent, now Serjeant-Usher of the Household, late of St Radigund's, in Poulton, Co Kent'. In 1560 Keyes wrote to the Queen's Master of the Horse, Lord Robert Dudley, from Sandgate Castle concerning restrictions on the import of horses, and in August 1562 was acting as Dudley's deputy.

paragraph: Keyes's first wife had died, and on the evening of 16 July 1565, while the Queen was absent attending the wedding of her kinsman Sir Henry Knollys (d. 21 December 1582), and Margaret Cave, the daughter of Sir Ambrose Cave, in his chamber by the Watergate at Westminster Keyes secretly married the Queen's kinswoman Lady Mary Grey, one of the three daughters of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon. As a great-granddaughter of King Henry VII, and in accordance with the will of King Henry VIII, Mary Grey had a claim to the throne.

paragraph: Upon hearing that the wedding had taken place, the Queen is said to have declared wrathfully that "I'll have no little bastard Keyes laying claim to my throne", while Sir William Cecil observed that the secret marriage was "an unhappy chance & monstrous". Apart from the disparity in their social positions, Keyes stood 6 feet 8 inches tall, while the Lady Mary was described by the Spanish ambassador as "little, crook-backed and very ugly".

paragraph: On 19 August 1565 Thomas Keyes, Lady Mary, and her servant Frances Goldwell were examined concerning the marriage, and for this 'monstrous' act of lese-majeste Keyes was committed to solitary confinement in the Fleet prison, while Lady Mary was placed under strict house arrest. In June and July 1566 Keyes wrote several times to Cecil from the Fleet, begging him to intercede for him with the Queen. Keyes offered to have the marriage annulled, but on 5 August Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London, having investigated the matter, wrote to Cecil that if the marriage were to be dissolved it must be done judicially. On 21 December Keyes again wrote to Cecil, complaining of his harsh treatment in the Fleet, and in particular that he had become ill, having been served meat for his dinner which had been steeped in a liquid used to treat the prison's dogs for mange. On 7 July 1567, Keyes wrote again to Cecil. He was finally released from the Fleet in 1568, but was still not permitted to see his wife. On 6 October 1568, a free man, he wrote to Cecil from Lewisham, stating that he would rather die in the Queen's service than end his days banished from her presence. His plea went unregarded, and for the few remaining years of his life Keyes resided at Lewisham and then at Sandgate. In 1569 he was re-appointed captain of Sandgate Castle when England was threatened by a French-Spanish alliance, and on 7 May 1570 he wrote to Archbishop Matthew Parker asking him to intercede for him with the Queen, again requesting that he might be permitted to live with his wife. In 1571 Keyes made an unsuccessful bid to be re-elected to parliament for Hythe.

paragraph: Keyes died shortly before 5 September 1571, on which date William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham, wrote to Cecil to inform him of the death of Thomas Keyes, serjeant porter, requesting that his brother, Thomas Brooke, be granted Keyes's former post. The news was broken to Keyes's wife three days later at Gresham House, where Lady Mary had been living, first under house arrest, and later as an unwelcome guest, for some years. According to a letter from Sir Thomas Gresham to Cecil on 8 September, Lady Mary had taken the news of Keyes's death 'grievously'.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Keyes, Thomas (by 1524-71), History of Parliament

paragraph: BULLET::::- Scott, Sir John (1484-1533), History of Parliament

paragraph: BULLET::::- Abstract of will of Henry Saunders

paragraph: BULLET::::- Thomas Keyes

paragraph: BULLET::::- St. Radegund's Abbey

paragraph: Section::::Further reading.

paragraph: Davey, Richard, "The Sisters of Lady Jane Grey", (London: Chapman & Hall, 1911), pp. 262–63.

description: English politician

wikidata_label: Thomas Keyes

wikipedia_title: Thomas Keyes


text: Kraszna

text: district of Kashau

text: Kingdom of Hungary

text: Austrian Empire

text: Vienna

text: Austria-Hungary

text: Jewish

text: Midrash

text: Sifre

text: Mekhilta

text: Pesiqta Rabbathi

text: Sifra

text: yeshiva

text: Ungvar

text: Carpathian Ruthenia

text: Ukraine

text: Chasidism

text: Kabbalah

text: Moses Mendelssohn

text: Bible

text: Hebrew poetry

text: Wessely

text: Miskolc

text: Talmud

text: University of Vienna

text: bet ha-midrash

text: professor

text: Israelitisch-Theologische Lehranstalt

text: Solomon Schechter

text: Midrashim

text: rabbi

text: Hebrew

text: German

text: Isaac Hirsh Weiss

text: Pentateuch

text: Samuel

text: Brainin

text: Solomon Schechter

text: Jew. Chron.

text: Binyamin Zeev Benedict

text: Goldman, Yosef

categories: Austro-Hungarian Jews,Hungarian theologians,1908 deaths,Jewish biblical scholars,1831 births,19th-century Hungarian people,Jewish theologians,People from Rožňava District,20th-century Jewish theologians,19th-century Jews,Talmudists,Slovak Jews

paragraph: Meir Friedmann

paragraph: Meir (Ish Shalom) Friedmann (July 10, 1831, at Kraszna (), district of Kashau (Košice Region), Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire – 1908, at Vienna, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian-Hungarian Jewish scholar. His editions of the "Midrash" are the standard texts. His chief editions were the "Sifre" (1864), the "Mekhilta" (1870), "Pesiqta Rabbathi" (1880). At the time of his death he was editing the "Sifra". Friedmann, while inspired with regard for tradition, dealt with the Rabbinic texts with modern scientific methods, and rendered conspicuous service to the critical investigation of the Midrash and to the history of early homilies.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: In 1844, at the age of 13, he entered the yeshiva at Ungvar, Carpathian Ruthenia region (now part of Ukraine) where he was attracted to Chasidism and Kabbalah. At the age of sixteen, he was led by the "Bi'ur" of Moses Mendelssohn to the study of the Bible, and became deeply interested in Hebrew poetry, especially in Wessely's "Shire Tife'ret". At twenty, while living at Miskolc, where he earned his livelihood by giving "Talmud" instruction, he took up secular studies. In 1858 he entered the University of Vienna. In 1864, when the Vienna bet ha-midrash was founded, he was chosen as teacher of the Bible and Midrash. Later he was hired as a professor in the Israelitisch-Theologische Lehranstalt. Among his students there was Solomon Schechter.

paragraph: Section::::Works.

paragraph: Friedmann has devoted himself chiefly to the editing of old Midrashim, to which he has added critical notes and valuable introductions. These notes, written in classical rabbinical style, are models of precision and are of great value.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Friedmann has published the following works in Hebrew:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Friedmann's German publications are:

paragraph: BULLET::::- From 1881 to 1886 Friedmann published, together with Isaac Hirsh Weiss, the monthly "Bet Talmud", devoted to rabbinical studies. To this periodical Friedmann contributed, under the signature "Ish Shalom", many valuable essays, of which the most noteworthy are on the arrangement of the Pentateuch and on Samuel.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.:"Jewish Encyclopedia" Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Brainin, in "Luach Ahiasaf", pp. 343 et seq., 1901

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Ha-Shiloach", p. 573, 1901

paragraph: BULLET::::- Solomon Schechter, in Jew. Chron. p. 17, June 28, 1901

paragraph: Section::::Bibliography.:Additional Bibliography.

paragraph: BULLET::::- An M.A on his works by Rabbi Binyamin Zeev Benedict

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Goldman, Yosef. "Hebrew Printing in America, 1735-1926, A History and Annotated Bibliography" (YGBooks 2006). .

description: Austro-Hungarian Jewish scholar

wikidata_label: Meir Friedmann

wikipedia_title: Meir Friedmann


text:
Dutch Golden Age
Nicolas Berchem
Adriaen van de Velde

categories: Dutch Golden Age painters,1628 births,1685 deaths,Dutch male painters

paragraph: Jan Hackaert

paragraph: Jan Hackaert (1628–1685) was a Dutch Golden Age painter.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: He travelled in Germany and Switzerland, and painted and sketched mostly landscapes. He would sketch miners at work in the mountains, and on more than one occasion this caused him trouble because the workers couldn't understand what he was doing. They felt he was either a spy or hexing them and made a complaint. Because Italianate landscapes were so fashionable, his "Lake Zurich" was mistaken for an Italian lake for years.

paragraph: He painted the landscape backgrounds for other painters, such as Nicolas Berchem and Adriaen van de Velde.

alias:
Johannes Hackaert
Jan Hakker
I. Hackaart
Jean Hackaert
Joan Hacker
Jan Janss Hackaert
Jan Hackert
Jacob Philip Hackaert
Joan Hackert
Jan Hakkert
Jan Hacker
Joan Hackaert
Johannes Hackert
Jan Jansz. Hackaert
Hacker
Hackaert
Hakkart
J. Hackhaert
Jan Hakert
Jean Hakkert
Hoockert
Jean Hackkert
Jean Hakker
Jean Hackert
J. Hakkaert
Acker
Hackhaert
J. Hackart
John Hackaert
Joannes Hackaert
Ackert
Mackert
Jan. Hackert
Haeckjes
J. Hacker
Hackert
Jan Hackart
Jean Ackert
Hakkert
John Hakkert
J. Hackaert
J. Hakkert
J. Hackert

description: Dutch painter

wikidata_label: Jan Hackaert

wikipedia_title: Jan Hackaert


text:
Boston Ballet
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Morphoses
Christopher Wheeldon
George Balanchine
Nacho Duato
Mats Ek
Jiri Kylian
Jean-Christophe Maillot
Ohad Naharin
Peter Quanz
Christopher Wheeldon
Mauro Bigonzetti
Shen Wei
Ballet Memphis
Milwaukee Ballet
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Morphoses Company website
Personal website

categories: Morphoses dancers,People from Savannah, Georgia,American ballerinas,Living people,Year of birth missing (living people)

paragraph: Gabrielle Lamb

paragraph: Gabrielle Lamb (born in Savannah, Georgia) is a dancer, choreographer, and company director.

paragraph: Section::::Background.

paragraph: She was trained at the Boston Ballet School before joining Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in 2000, where she was promoted to soloist two years later. She has also danced for Morphoses under the direction of Christopher Wheeldon. She has danced principal roles in works by George Balanchine, Nacho Duato, Mats Ek, Jiri Kylian, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Ohad Naharin, Peter Quanz and Christopher Wheeldon and has originated leading roles in new ballets by Mauro Bigonzetti and Shen Wei. Lamb has choreographed for Ballet Memphis, Milwaukee Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, SALT Contemporary Dance, and BalletX. She is currently the choreographer and director for her company, Pigeonwing.

paragraph: Section::::List of Choreographed Works.

paragraph: HappenStance - Milwaukee Ballet

paragraph: Dovetail

paragraph: Glas

paragraph: I Am A Woman: Moult - Ballet Memphis

paragraph: Tessellations - The Joffrey Ensemble

paragraph: Bewilderness - Pigeonwing

paragraph: Section::::Fellowships and awards.

paragraph: Princess Grace Award for Choreography

paragraph: New York City Center Fellowship

paragraph: CUNY Dance Initiative Residency

paragraph: Baruch College Performing Arts Center Residency

paragraph: Creative Engagement Grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Morphoses Company website

paragraph: BULLET::::- Personal website

description: American dancer

wikidata_label: Gabrielle Lamb

wikipedia_title: Gabrielle Lamb


text:
Chicago Cubs
Lambda Legal
Cubs
major-league sports
Omaha, Nebraska
John Joseph ("Joe")
née
University of Chicago
University of Michigan Law School
Twitter
Pete Ricketts
Tom
Chicago Cubs
chief executive officer
TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
Todd
Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame
Democrat
Republicans
liberal
LPAC
Super PAC
bundler
Barack Obama
re-election campaign
2012 presidential election
Hillary Clinton
2016 presidential campaign
Democratic primaries
the general election
LPAC
Wilmette
Jan Schakowsky
congressional re-election campaign
Tammy Duckworth
senate campaign
Maggie Hassan
senate campaign
Russ Feingold
senate campaign
Hillary Victory Fund
state parties
served as an Illinois superdelegate
2016 Democratic National Convention
2019 mayoral election
Susana Mendoza
Lori Lightfoot
Chicago Tribune
Tribune Company
Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Wrigley Field
Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Tom
Pete
Todd
Lambda Legal
lesbians
gay men
bisexuals
transgender
HIV/AIDS
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Howard Brown Health Center
LGBT
2016 World Series
Chicago Cubs

categories: American sports businesspeople,Chicago Cubs owners,University of Michigan Law School alumni,LGBT businesspeople from the United States,University of Chicago alumni,People from Wilmette, Illinois,Ricketts family,Living people

paragraph: Laura Ricketts

paragraph: Laura M. Ricketts (born December 15, 1967) is co-owner of the Chicago Cubs. Her brother, Tom, is the point person among the ownership group. Ricketts is also a board member of Lambda Legal and the Housing Opportunities for Women organization. Ricketts' ownership stake in the Cubs is noteworthy because it makes her the first openly gay owner of a major-league sports franchise.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.

paragraph: Ricketts and her three siblings grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. She is the daughter of John Joseph ("Joe") and Marlene Margaret Ricketts (née Volkmer).

paragraph: Ricketts' father, J. Joseph Ricketts, founded Ameritrade when Laura was age 7. J. Joseph Ricketts let it be known that he wanted his children to establish themselves through their own hard work and would not be allowed to join TD Ameritrade until they reached the age of thirty.

paragraph: Ricketts is a former corporate lawyer. Ricketts received her bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1994, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School in 1998. Laura talks of her own struggle to come out; "I came out to my family I would say early to mid 90s. I think for a long time I wasn't really out to myself, growing up in Omaha, Neb., to a Catholic conservative family. It took me a while to come out to myself and not long after that I came out to them. I think that it really couldn't have been a better experience. They were all immediately supportive. ... I have been really really fortunate in that regard."

paragraph: On June 6, 2010, Ricketts married Brooke Skinner. Skinner is an employee at Twitter. Their wedding was officiated by Jim Bennett, the Midwest Director of Lambda Legal.

paragraph: Ricketts is one of four children. Older brother Pete Ricketts is the current governor of Nebraska. Her brother Tom is chairman of the Chicago Cubs, and the chief executive officer of Incapital LLC. He is also a director of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation. Her youngest brother, Todd also lives in Chicago.

paragraph: In 2013, Ricketts was inducted into the Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame.

paragraph: Section::::Personal life.:Political involvement.

paragraph: Ricketts is a Democrat, unlike her parents and her siblings (who are all notable Republicans). Ricketts is liberal and a LGBTQ activist. Ricketts had served as the chairwoman of LPAC, a lesbian Super PAC.

paragraph: Ricketts was a top bundler for Barack Obama's re-election campaign during the 2012 presidential election.

paragraph: Ricketts was also a supporter of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign in the Democratic primaries and the general election. In announcing LPAC's April 2015 endorsement of Clinton, Ricketts said, "We are proud to endorse Hillary Clinton as she begins her run for the White House. Hillary is an unyielding advocate for LGBTQ women. Our endorsement today represents LPAC’s strong support of her candidacy."

paragraph: Ricketts was a top bundler for the Clinton campaign. Clinton herself personally attended a campaign fundraiser that Laura and her wife Brooke hosted at their Wilmette home in July 2016.

paragraph: In addition to supporting Clinton as a donor and fundraiser, Ricketts supported several Democrats running for other offices in the 2016 elections. Ricketts gave personal donations that year to Jan Schakowsky's congressional re-election campaign, Tammy Duckworth's senate campaign, Maggie Hassan's senate campaign, and Russ Feingold's senate campaign. Ricketts also donated to the Hillary Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee benefiting both state parties and the Clinton campaign.

paragraph: Ricketts served as an Illinois superdelegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

paragraph: During Chicago's 2019 mayoral election, Ricketts endorsed and became a co-chair of Susana Mendoza's campaign in the first round. After Mendoza was eliminated, Ricketts backed Lori Lightfoot in the election's runoff.

paragraph: Section::::Chicago Cubs.

paragraph: On July 6, 2009, the "Chicago Tribune" reported that the Ricketts family had reached an agreement with the Tribune Company to purchase the Cubs, Wrigley Field, and 25% of Comcast SportsNet Chicago. Final approval came by a unanimous vote of the other MLB owners in an October 6, 2009, conference call.

paragraph: On October 27, 2009, the Ricketts family, with Thomas S. Ricketts as board chairman, officially took over 95% ownership of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and 25% ownership of Comcast SportsNet Chicago for a purchase price of $845 million. The Tribune retained 5% ownership.

paragraph: Laura Ricketts joins her three brothers, Tom, Pete and Todd, on the board of the Chicago Cubs. Her brother Tom is the chairman and led the acquisition. NBC Sports highlights the significance of Laura Ricketts ownership standing: "Not only has there never been an openly gay sports team owner before, but there have been next to no gay players -- at least none who were willing to admit it before their retirement." Christman of NBC Sports was able to cite three cases in MLB history of job loss suspectedly due to sexual orientation. Christman adds that "perhaps with a lesbian now on the board of a Major League team, some athlete will be able to come out of the closet while still working in a professional sports franchise and not lose their job."

paragraph: Section::::Lambda Legal.

paragraph: Laura Ricketts serves on the National Leadership Council of Lambda Legal, the "nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization for lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and people living with HIV/AIDS". Laura Ricketts' work with Lambda Legal's Midwest Regional Office in Chicago has advanced lesbian and gay legal rights in the Midwest, including several legal victories. Most prominent are Lambda Legal's efforts toward Same Sex Marriage legalization in Iowa, 2009, where Laura served in a leadership and financier role. Camilla Taylor, Senior Staff attorney for Lambda Legal, is known as the "lead architect" of Varnum v. Brien, in which the Iowa Supreme Court upheld a 2007 district court ruling that said it was unconstitutional for Iowa to bar same-sex couples from marrying. Laura Ricketts' philanthropy includes support for other charitable organizations like the Housing Opportunities for Women organization and Howard Brown Health Center, a Chicago provider of health services for LGBT people.

paragraph: Section::::Awards and honors.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 2016 World Series champion (as part owner of the Chicago Cubs)

description: Board Member-Chicago Cubs, LGBT Legal Advocate

wikidata_label: Laura Ricketts

wikipedia_title: Laura Ricketts


text:
classical
Harvard
Charles Follen
Heidelberg
Wilhelm de Wette
University of Heidelberg
new Prussian university
Gymnasium
Turner
University of Berlin
University of Tübingen
Ph.D.
Burschenschaft
University of Basle
Switzerland
August von Kotzebue
Paris
Charles Follen
Le Havre
United States
New York City
Round Hill School
Northampton, Massachusetts
Latin
gym
Jahn
English
Philipstown, New York
Hudson River
West Point
Latin language
literature
American Oriental Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Sanitary Commission
freedmen
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Beck-Warren House

categories: Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,American gymnasts,1866 deaths,Heidelberg University alumni,Classical scholars of Harvard University,1798 births,Humboldt University of Berlin alumni,Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,American classical scholars,University of Tübingen alumni,Scholars of Latin literature,German emigrants to the United States,People associated with physical culture

paragraph: Charles Beck

paragraph: Charles Beck or Karl Beck (August 19, 1798 – March 19, 1866) was a German-born American classical scholar, Harvard professor and friend of Charles Follen.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Beck was born in Heidelberg. His merchant father died when Beck was young, and his mother married Wilhelm de Wette, a theologian, biblical scholar, and professor in the University of Heidelberg. In 1810, the family moved to Berlin, where de Wette had been appointed professor of theology at the new Prussian university. In Berlin, while a student at the "Werdersches Gymnasium", Beck began to frequent the Hasenheide Turnplatz where he became proficient in the arts of a "Turner".

paragraph: Beck studied the classics at the University of Berlin, then theology at the University of Heidelberg where he was ordained, and finally at the University of Tübingen where he was awarded a Ph.D.. While a student, he became active in the "Burschenschaft" movement, and on his graduation found his republican sentiments prevented him from pursuing a career in Germany. Thus he became employed for some time as tutor at the University of Basle in Switzerland, where his step father was a professor. After the murder of August von Kotzebue, de Wette had written a letter to the assassin's mother in which he attempted to console her saying her son did the act out of a mistaken sense of duty. On learning of the letter, the Prussian authorities accused him of excusing the assassination, dismissed him from his professorship at Berlin and banished him from Prussia. De Witte lived in retirement a few years, and then in 1822 had become professor of theology at the Basle university.

paragraph: By 1824, Beck felt his republican sentiments endangered his liberty even in Switzerland, and he took refuge in the Paris where he met Charles Follen, another German in a similar situation.

paragraph: The two then left from Le Havre for the United States on 5 November, arriving in New York City on 19 December 1824. Soon afterward Beck became connected, as teacher, with the Round Hill School at Northampton, Massachusetts. There he was appointed teacher of Latin. He also established at Round Hill an outdoor gymnasium: the first gymnasium in the United States, which hosted the first school gymnastics program in that country.

paragraph: He taught physical education classes with a curriculum modeled after Jahn's system, and translated Jahn's 1816 work "Deutsche Turnkunst" into English as "Treatise on Gymnasticks, taken chiefly from the German of F. L. Jahn".

paragraph: In 1830, he and two other teachers established a school at Philipstown, New York, on the Hudson River, opposite West Point. In 1832 Beck was appointed professor of Latin language and literature at Harvard. He became a member of the American Oriental Society in 1843 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1845. On his retirement from Harvard in 1850, he devoted himself to literary pursuits and classical studies. In 1863, he published "The Manuscripts of the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, described and collated". For two years he represented Cambridge in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was specially interested in the soldiers' fund, the Sanitary Commission, and the agencies for the care and education of the freedmen.

paragraph: In 1827 he married Louisa A. Henshaw (d. 1830), and in 1831 he married her sister, Teresa H. Phillips (d. 1863). He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, aged 67.

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Beck-Warren House, a Greek Revival house (now on the Harvard campus) built by Beck in 1833

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- This source says Beck established the first "indoor" gymnasium, but is apparently mistaken in identifying it as an indoor facility.

description: German-born American classical scholar

wikidata_label: Charles Beck

wikipedia_title: Charles Beck


text: Okudaira Sadayoshi

text: Takeda Shingen

text: Katsuyori

text: Takeda clan

text: Tsukude Castle

text: Tokugawa

text: Nagashino Castle

text: Tokugawa Ieyasu

text: Battle of Nagashino

text: Kamehime

text: Kōzuke

text: Kyoto "shoshidai"

text: Edo period

text: Kanō Domain

text: Mino Province

text: Kanō Castle

text: Gifu

text: Gifu Prefecture

text: Kanō Tenman-gū

text: Murdoch, James

text: "A History of Japan."

text: Routledge

text: Papinot, Edmond

categories: Okudaira clan,Kyoto Shoshidai,1555 births,1615 deaths

paragraph: Okudaira Nobumasa

paragraph: Section::::Early life.

paragraph: When Nobumasa was born, he was called Sadamasa (奥平 貞昌). He was the son of Okudaira Sadayoshi, an influential local figure in Mikawa. The Okudaira family were originally retainers of the Tokugawa, but were forced to join Takeda Shingen. After Shingen died and Katsuyori assumed leadership of the Takeda clan, Okudaira Sadamasa walked his men out of Tsukude Castle and rejoined the Tokugawa.

paragraph: Katsuyori had Sadamasa's wife and brother – hostages to the Takeda – crucified for what the Takeda construed as betrayal.

paragraph: Section::::Nagashino.

paragraph: Sadamasa was entrusted with the defense of Nagashino Castle by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

paragraph: Sadamasa's decision to remove himself and his forces from the Takeda supporters became one of the antecedents of the Battle of Nagashino in 1575. Katsuyori was enraged at Sadamasa's decision to leave the Takeda forces. Nagashino Castle was attacked by Katsuyori with a force of 15,000 troops; but Sadamasa held firm, repelling the Takeda siege until forces of a Tokugawa-Oda alliance eventually arrived to support the beleaguered Okudaira. Oda Nobunaga was so impressed by the Okudaira's performance in the battle that he offered Sadamasa the honor of adopting part of his name—Nobu. After the battle was won, the hardy warrior was changed from Sadamasa to Nobumasa.

paragraph: Section::::Later life.

paragraph: Tokugawa allowed Nobumasa to marry his eldest daughter, Kamehime ; and he was given Nagashino Castle. In 1590, Nobumasa was given a fief in Miyazaki, Kōzuke.

paragraph: Nobumasa served as the first Kyoto "shoshidai" of the Edo period. When Nobumasa completed his service as Kyoto "shoshidai" in 1601, he was transferred to Kanō Domain in Mino Province. He built Kanō Castle in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, and commissioned the building of Kanō Tenman-gū.

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999). "Japans Kaiserhof in de Edo-Zeit: Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867". Münster: Tagenbuch.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Murdoch, James. (1996). "A History of Japan." London: Routledge.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Papinot, Edmond. (1906) "Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie du japon." Tokyo: Librarie Sansaisha...Click link for digitized 1906 "Nobiliaire du japon" (2003)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sasaki Suguru. (2002). "Boshin sensō: haisha no Meiji ishin." Tokyo: Chūōkōron-shinsha.

alias:
奥平 信昌
Nobumasa Okudaira
Sadamasa
奥平 貞昌

description: Japanese daimyō of the Sengoku and early Edo periods

wikidata_label: Okudaira Nobumasa

wikipedia_title: Okudaira Nobumasa


text:
Grenoble
Lycée de Tournon
Marseilles
Algeria
cavalry
Bugeaud
Abd-el-Kader
Tanger
Morocco
Trente-deux ans à travers l′Islam
Trieste
Tripoli
Tunis
Edo
Harry Parkes
Tokugawa Bakufu
Meiji Restoration
Shogunate
Bombardment of Shimonoseki
Yokosuka arsenal
Drouyn de Lhuys
Franco-Japanese relations

categories: Ambassadors of France to Japan,1901 deaths,1809 births

paragraph: Léon Roches

paragraph: Léon Roches (September 27, 1809, Grenoble – 1901) was a representative of the French government in Japan from 1864 to 1868.

paragraph: Léon Roches was a student at the Lycée de Tournon in Grenoble, and followed an education in Law. After only 6 months at university, he quit to assist friends of his father as a trader in Marseilles.

paragraph: Section::::North Africa.

paragraph: When Léon's father acquired a plantation in Algeria, Léon left France to join him on June 30, 1832. Léon spent the next 32 years on the African continent. He learned the Arab language very rapidly and after only two years was recruited as translator for the French Army in Africa. He served as an Officer (Sous-Lieutenant) of cavalry in the Garde Nationale d'Algerie from 1835 to 1839. General Bugeaud asked him to negotiate with Abd-el-Kader in order to bring about the cessation of hostilities against the French. He is noted as having been highly respected by Arab chieftains.

paragraph: Under Bugeaud's recommendation, Roches joined the French Foreign Ministry as an interpreter in 1845. In 1846 he became Secretary of the legation in Tanger, and then took responsibilities at the French mission in Morocco.

paragraph: From 1855 to 1863, Roches served as the French consul general in Tunis, Tunisia.

paragraph: Using his experiences in North Africa, he wrote a book titled "Trente-deux ans à travers l′Islam" (Thirty-two years through Islam).

paragraph: Section::::Trieste.

paragraph: By an exceptional nomination, Roches became first-class Consul in Trieste, allowing him to acquire a strong experience in trading matters. After three years, he was appointed Consul in Tripoli. In 1855, he became Consul in Tunis. He often wore Arab dress and was renowned for his abilities with guns and horses.

paragraph: Section::::Japan.

paragraph: On October 7, 1863, Roches was nominated Consul General of France in Edo, Japan. His great rival was the British consul Harry Parkes. The French government took the side of the Tokugawa Bakufu and thus was not very popular in Japan after the Meiji Restoration.

paragraph: Roches advocated the use of strength against the anti-foreign adversaries of the Shogunate. He fully supported the 1864 allied Bombardment of Shimonoseki.

paragraph: Roches also helped the Shogunate modernize. He arranged for an "Ecole Franco-Japonaise" to be established, and organized the building of the Yokosuka arsenal. In 1866, he wrote to the French Minister Drouyn de Lhuys:

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Medzini, Meron "French Policy in Japan" Harvard University Press 1971,

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Franco-Japanese relations

description: French diplomat

wikidata_label: Léon Roches

wikipedia_title: Léon Roches


text: Sienese school

text: The Allegory of Good and Bad Government

text: Siena

text: Palazzo Pubblico

text: Pietro Lorenzetti

text: Byzantine art

text: Renaissance

text: perspective

text: Simone Martini

text: Florence

text: Siena

text: The Allegory of Good and Bad Government

text: Siena

text: Palazzo Pubblico

text: borgo

text: hourglass

text: bubonic plague

text: Giorgio Vasari

text: Lives

text: Virgin Mary

text: Madonna

text: Virgin Mary

text: chiaroscuro

text: Byzantine art

text: St. Louis

text: Pope Boniface VIII

text: Bishop of Toulouse

text: frescoes

text: Francis of Assisi

text: naturalism in art

text: Italian Renaissance

text: King Charles II

text: Giorgio Vasari

text: Dante

text: vernacularization

text: Simone Martini

text: Virgin Mary

text: Sienese art

text: Byzantine

text: Renaissance styles of art

text: classical antiquity

text: Lorenzo Ghiberti

text: Lysippus

categories: Sienese painters,Italian male painters,Trecento painters,1348 deaths,Gothic painters,14th-century Italian painters,People from Siena,1290 births,13th-century Italian painters,14th-century deaths from plague (disease)

paragraph: Ambrogio Lorenzetti

paragraph: Ambrogio Lorenzetti (or Ambruogio Laurati) (c. 1290 – 9 June 1348) was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active from approximately 1317 to 1348. He painted "The Allegory of Good and Bad Government" in the Sala dei Nove (Salon of Nine or Council Room) in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico. His elder brother was the painter Pietro Lorenzetti.

paragraph: Section::::Biography.

paragraph: Lorenzetti was highly influenced by both Byzantine art and classical art forms, and used these to create a unique and individualistic style of painting. His work was exceptionally original. Individuality at this time was unusual due to the influence of patronage on art. Because paintings were often commissioned, individualism in art was infrequently seen. It is known that Lorenzetti engaged in artistic pursuits that were thought to have their origins during the Renaissance, such as experimenting with perspective and physiognomy, and studying classical antiquity. His body of work clearly shows the innovativeness that subsequent artists chose to emulate.

paragraph: His work, although more naturalistic, shows the influence of Simone Martini. The earliest dated work of the Sienese painter is a "Madonna and Child" (1319, Museo Diocesano, San Casciano). His presence was documented in Florence up until 1321. He would return there after spending a number of years in Siena.

paragraph: Later he painted "The Allegory of Good and Bad Government". The frescoes on the walls of the Room of the Nine ("Sala dei Nove") or Room of Peace ("Sala della Pace") in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico are one of the masterworks of early Renaissance secular painting. The "nine" was the oligarchal assembly of guild and monetary interests that governed the republic. Three walls are painted with frescoes consisting of a large assembly of allegorical figures of virtues in the "Allegory of Good Government". In the other two facing panels, Ambrogio weaves panoramic visions of "Effects of Good Government on Town and Country", and "Allegory of Bad Government and its Effects on Town and Country" (also called "Ill-governed Town and Country"). The better preserved "well-governed town and country" is an unrivaled pictorial encyclopedia of incidents in a peaceful medieval "borgo" and countryside.

paragraph: The first evidence of the existence of the hourglass can be found in the fresco, "Allegory of Bad Government and Its Effects on Town and Country".

paragraph: Like his brother, he is believed to have died of bubonic plague in 1348. Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Lorenzetti in his "Lives".

paragraph: Section::::Selected works.

paragraph: "Annunciation", 1344

paragraph: Lorenzetti's final piece, telling the story of the Virgin Mary receiving the news from the Angel about the coming of baby Jesus, contains the first use of clear linear perspective. Though it is not perfect, and the gold background that is traditional for the time renders a flat feeling, the diagonals created on the floor do create depth.

paragraph: "Madonna and Child", 1319

paragraph: In "Madonna and Child", there is a clear debt to Byzantine art. The image of the Madonna is noted for its frontality, which is a typical characteristic of Byzantine art. The Madonna faces the viewer, as the Child gazes up at her. Though not as emotionally intense as subsequent Madonnas, in Lorenzetti's "Madonna and Child", the Virgin Mary belies a subtle level of emotion as she confronts the viewer. This difference could be attributed to the patron's stylistic wishes for "Madonna and Child", or could indicate Lorenzetti's evolution of style. But, even in this early work, there is evidence of Lorenzetti's talent for conveying the monumentality of figures, without the application of chiaroscuro. Chiaroscuro was often used to subtle effect in Byzantine art to depict spatial depth. Ambrogio instead used color and patterns to move the figures forward, as seen in "Madonna and Child".

paragraph: "Investiture of Saint Louis of Toulouse", 1329

paragraph: In this fresco, St. Louis is being greeted by Pope Boniface VIII as he is granted the title of Bishop of Toulouse. It was one in a series of frescoes painted with his brother, Pietro Lorenzetti, for Saint Francis of Assisi. This fresco is particularly well known for its realistic sense of depth within an architectural environment, due to Lorenzetti's compellingly rendered three-dimensional space. Moreover, his figures are positioned in a very natural and familiar manner, introducing an awareness of naturalism in art. Lorenzetti's command of spatial perspective is thought to prefigure the Italian Renaissance. This fresco also shows his talent for depicting emotion, as we see on King Charles II’s face during the king’s witness to his son’s rejection of material goods and power. Such attention to detail possibly indicates an intellectual curiosity. Giorgio Vasari, in "Lives of the Most Excellent, Painters, Sculptors and Architects" wrote of Lorenzetti's intellectual abilities, saying that his manners were "more those of a gentleman and philosopher than those of an artist".

paragraph: "Maestà", 1335

paragraph: In his "Maestà", completed in 1335, his use of allegory prefigures "Effects of Bad Government in the City". Allegorical elements reference Dante, indicating an interest in literature. Additionally, this might point to the beginnings of vernacularization of literature at this time, a precursor to humanist ideas. In "Maestà", Lorenzetti followed the artistic tradition set by other Sienese painters like Simone Martini but adds an intense maternal bonding scene to "Maestà", which was unusual in contemporary Sienese art. In the painting, the Virgin gazes at her child with intense emotion as he grasps her dress, returning her gaze. By personalizing the Virgin Mary in this way, Lorenzetti has made her seem more human, thus creating a profound psychological effect on the viewer. This highlights the increasing secularity in Sienese art at this time, of which Lorenzetti was a leading proponent, through the uniqueness of his painting style. The crowd of saints depicted with the Virgin is a Byzantine artistic tradition, used to indicate an assemblage of witnesses. As such, Lorenzetti's art could be seen as a transition between Byzantine and Renaissance styles of art. Lorenzetti's interest in classical antiquity can be seen in "Maestà", particularly in the depiction of Charity. In his memoirs, "I Commentarii", the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti mentions Lorenzetti's interest in an antique statue uncovered during an excavation in Siena at the time, attributed to the Greek sculptor, Lysippus.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ambrogio Lorenzetti at Panopticon Virtual Art Gallery

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arch 343: Cities in History - Lecture 10: The Uses of Decorum - Lorenzetti's Good and Bad Government

alias:
Ambruogio Laurati
Ambrogio Laurati
Lorenzetti
Ambrozio Lorenzelle
i Lorenzetti

description: Italian painter

wikidata_label: Ambrogio Lorenzetti

wikipedia_title: Ambrogio Lorenzetti


text:
House of Wessex
Edmund Ironside
Cnut the Great
Battle of Assandun
Wessex
Mercia
Edward
Kingdom of Hungary
King Stephen I
Kievan Rus'
Yaroslav the Wise
Andrew of Hungary
Ealdgyth
Edward the Exile
Emma of Normandy
Ætheling
Old English
Olof Skötkonung
King of Sweden
Æthelred the Unready
Hungarian
King Stephen I
Anglo-Saxons
baptism
Christian
Gisela of Bavaria
Yaroslav the Wise
Kiev
Roman Catholics
Eastern Orthodox
Harthacnut
Andrew of Hungary
Vata pagan uprising
Ailred of Rievaulx
King Samuel Aba
Árpád dynasty
Edward the Confessor
London
Edgar the Ætheling
William the Conqueror
House of Wessex
English History (1016–66)

categories: Anglo-Saxon royalty,11th-century English people,1040s deaths,Anglo-Saxon warriors,1010s births

paragraph: Edmund Ætheling

paragraph: Edmund Ætheling (; – possibly 1046, certainly by 1054) was a member of the royal House of Wessex as the son of Edmund Ironside, who briefly ruled as King of England between April and November 1016. He fought the Danish Vikings under Cnut the Great, but following the Danish victory at the Battle of Assandun in October, it was agreed that Ironside would rule Wessex, while Cnut took Mercia and probably Northumbria. In November 1016, Ironside died and Cnut became King of all England.

paragraph: Intent on keeping his succession secure, Cnut sent Ironside's two infant sons, Edward and Edmund Ætheling, to his brother in Sweden, where they were to be murdered. Instead, the princes were spared and sent to safety to the Kingdom of Hungary, where they remained in the care of King Stephen I. After fleeing assassins hired by Cnut, the Æthelings arrived at the royal court of Kievan Rus' in 1028. The princes remained under the tutelage of Prince Yaroslav the Wise until adulthood. In 1046, the Æthelings both traveled to Hungary and helped the exiled Andrew of Hungary in his quest for the throne. Edmund died shortly after marrying a Hungarian princess, before 1054.

paragraph: Section::::Birth.

paragraph: Edmund was born either in 1015, 1016 or 1017. Edmund's mother was probably Ealdgyth, Edmund Ironside's wife; it is possible that she was only his stepmother, as the king's death in November 1016 left space of only one year for two children to be born. Although there is a possibility that Edmund was older than his brother, later known as Edward the Exile, it is also possible that they were twins. At the time, it was customary for posthumous sons to bear their father's name; thus, Edmund could have been the younger, posthumous son.

paragraph: Section::::Life in exile.

paragraph: With Edmund Ironside dead and Cnut marrying Emma of Normandy, both Edmund and Edward were deprived of their rights to succeed to the English throne. Nonetheless, both were titled "Ætheling", an Old English word which designated royal princes who were eligible for kingship. As Edmund and Edward were the rightful heirs of England, Cnut decided to have them murdered. Considering it "a disgrace" for the Ætheling to be killed on English soil, Cnut sent them to his half-brother, Olof Skötkonung, the reigning King of Sweden, where they were to be put to death. An old ally of the princes' grandfather, Æthelred the Unready, Olof instead sent the Ætheling to the Hungarian royal court of King Stephen I, fearing they were unsafe in the north, where Cnut's power was great. Although exiled, Edmund and Edward still instilled hope in the leaderless Anglo-Saxons of Danish England.

paragraph: After his baptism in 985, Stephen I had become the first Christian ruler of Hungary. By the time of Edmund and Edward's arrival at his court, Stephen was married to Gisela of Bavaria and had led a peaceful reign. The Hungarian court was "a happy home" for the exiled English princes. However, in 1028, Edmund and Edward were forced to flee Hungary after Cnut sent powerful assassins to carry out the task of murdering the two Æthelings. The princes found refuge at the court of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev.

paragraph: Edmund and Edward were recorded as being "somewhat grown, and had passed twelve years" when they arrived in Yaroslav's capital, Gardorika, another name for Kiev. A mid thirteenth-century "letopis" (chronicle) records nothing of Edmund and Edward's stay at the Kievan court, although later Russian chronicles do mention their refuge. The Anglo-Saxons were Roman Catholics and Edmund and Edward were reserved towards the Eastern Orthodox character of Kievan Christianity; Yaroslav is likely to not have allowed the Æthelings to voice their dissatisfaction. The Æthelings' presence at the Kievan court presented itself as "a very useful negotiating counter" for Yaroslav's Western-orientated foreign policy.

paragraph: After King Harthacnut's death, the English considered bringing Edmund and Edward back to England, but nothing came of it, as the princes were still in Kiev in late 1042. By 1043, Edmund, now in his late twenties, was being left out of Yaroslav's continental schemes, while Edward was elevated "to a position of sole responsibility where England's crown or dynastic alliances were concerned." This was possibly due to Edmund having an affair with a noble lady, which had caused quite a scandal. Andrew of Hungary, a Hungarian prince who had also been exiled, had established himself at Yaroslav's court in the 1030s. In 1046, during the Vata pagan uprising in Hungary, Andrew returned to his homeland with the intention of gaining the throne; Edmund and Edward are likely to have fought for Andrew's army and it is possible that they were present at his coronation.

paragraph: Section::::Marriage and death.

paragraph: Ailred of Rievaulx, a near-contemporary chronicler, recorded Edmund's marriage to the daughter of a Hungarian king, but omitted to mention the name of the king and the name of the daughter. This could not have been a daughter of King Stephen, although a sister of King Samuel Aba, as well as any other princess of the huge Árpád dynasty is a possible candidate. It is possible that Edmund's wife was named Hedwig. Edmund died shortly after the marriage, possibly during the military campaign of Andrew of Hungary in 1046. The "Crowland Psalter" records that Edmund died on 10 January, but not the year; he was certainly dead by 1054, when only Edward was recalled to England by the princes' uncle, King Edward the Confessor. The king wanted to appoint his nephew as his heir, however Edward died soon after his arrival in London. With the death of Edward's son, Edgar the Ætheling (who had been proclaimed king in 1066 but was forced to swear allegiance to William the Conqueror and renounce his rights), around 1126, the male line of the House of Wessex died out. Edmund was buried in Hungary, however the exact location of his grave is unknown.

paragraph: Section::::External links.

paragraph: BULLET::::- English History (1016–66)

description: Son of King Edmund Ironside of England.

wikidata_label: Edmund Ætheling

wikipedia_title: Edmund Ætheling


text: Manchu

text: Bordered Yellow Banner

text: Qianlong Emperor

text: Chahar

text: Minister of Revenue

text: Maci

text: Fuheng

text: lunar

text: Kangxi Emperor

text: Gregorian calendar

text: Hongli

text: Yongzheng Emperor

text: Draft History of Qing

text: Confucian

text: sericulture

text: Zhou dynasty

text: Eastern Qing tombs

text: Kangxi Emperor

text: Yongzheng Emperor

text: Qianlong Emperor

text: Jiaqing Emperor

text: Khorchin Borjigit

text: Take Care, Your Highness!

text: The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty

text: Jiangshan Weizhong

text: Joyce Tang

text: The Prince's Shadow

text: Empresses in the Palace

text: Qin Lan

text: Story of Yanxi Palace

text: Dong Jie

text: Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace

categories: 1712 births,1748 deaths,Manchu people,Qing dynasty empresses

image: 512px-《孝贤纯皇后朝服像》局部.jpg

paragraph: Empress Xiaoxianchun

paragraph: Empress Xiaoxianchun (28 March 1712 – 8 April 1748), of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner Fuca clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was one year his junior.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Family background.

paragraph: Empress Xiaoxianchun's personal name was not recorded in history.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Father: Lirongbao (; 1674–1723), served as a third rank military official () of Chahar, and held the title of a first class duke ()

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paternal grandfather: Mishan (; 1633–1675), served as the Minister of Revenue from 1669–1675

paragraph: BULLET::::- Paternal uncle: Maci (1652–1739)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Mother: Lady Gioro

paragraph: BULLET::::- Seven elder brothers and two younger brothers

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ninth younger brother: Fuheng (1720–1770)

paragraph: BULLET::::- One younger sister

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Kangxi era.

paragraph: The future Empress Xiaoxianchun was born on the 22nd day of the second lunar month in the 51st year of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, which translates to 28 March 1712 in the Gregorian calendar.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Yongzheng era.

paragraph: On 3 September 1727, Lady Fuca married Hongli, the fourth son of the Yongzheng Emperor, and became his primary consort. She then moved into the Palace of Eternal Spring in the western part of the Forbidden City. She gave birth on 3 November 1728 to Hongli's first daughter, who would die prematurely on 14 February 1730, on 9 August 1730 to his second son, Yonglian, who would die prematurely on 23 November 1738, and on 31 July 1731 to his third daughter, Princess Hejing of the First Rank.

paragraph: Section::::Life.:Qianlong era.

paragraph: The Yongzheng Emperor died on 8 October 1735 and was succeeded by Hongli, who was enthroned as the Qianlong Emperor. On 23 January 1738, Lady Fuca, as the emperor's primary consort, was instated as Empress.

paragraph: In the "Draft History of Qing", Lady Fuca is described as a respected and virtuous person. She looked after the Qianlong Emperor and the people in the palace, and served her role as Empress well. She was praised and favoured by the emperor. It is also said that Lady Fuca did not like spending money for her own good. Instead of wearing jewellery, she would wear artificial flowers in her hair. The Qianlong Emperor once told her a story that Manchus were too poor to make their own pouches from cloth and had to settle for simple deer hide instead. She immediately made one for him. He was touched by the gift. Lady Fuca also made other pouches for him.

paragraph: Lady Fuca took her duties seriously when it came to Confucian rituals. As head of the women's quarters in the palace, she supervised the emperor's consorts when performing a ritual. One of these was a rite concerning sericulture that was presided over by the Empress. This rite, which had been practised since the Zhou dynasty, was gradually restored during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. For the purpose of this rite, a sericulture altar was constructed in 1742. In 1744, a new Altar to Sericulture was completed, largely at Lady Fuca's urging. That year, Lady Fuca became the first empress in the Qing dynasty to personally lead the women in the palace in these rites. They made offerings of mulberry and presented them to silkworm cocoons, all of them working industriously. The whole rite was painted on four scrolls in 1751 in memory of Lady Fuca.

paragraph: On 27 May 1746, Lady Fuca gave birth to the emperor's seventh son, Yongcong, who would die prematurely on 29 January 1748. In 1748, during one of the Qianlong Emperor's southern tours, she became seriously ill and eventually died on 8 April. On 2 December 1752, she was interred in the Yu Mausoleum of the Eastern Qing tombs. It is said that the Qianlong Emperor often visited her grave with wistful longing, and remained heartbroken to the end of his days.

paragraph: Section::::Titles.

paragraph: BULLET::::- During the reign of the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722):

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Fuca (from 28 March 1712)

paragraph: BULLET::::- During the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor (r. 1722–1735):

paragraph: BULLET::::- Primary consort (; from 3 September 1727)

paragraph: BULLET::::- During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735–1796):

paragraph: BULLET::::- Empress (; from 23 January 1738)

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Empress Xiaoxian" (; from 16 June 1748)

paragraph: BULLET::::- During the reign of the Jiaqing Emperor (r. 1796–1802):

paragraph: BULLET::::- "Empress Xiaoxianchun" (; from 1799)

paragraph: Section::::Issue.

paragraph: BULLET::::- As primary consort:

paragraph: BULLET::::- The Qianlong Emperor's first daughter (3 November 1728 – 14 February 1730)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yonglian (; 9 August 1730 – 23 November 1738), the Qianlong Emperor's second son

paragraph: BULLET::::- Princess Hejing of the First Rank (; 31 July 1731 – 30 September 1792), the Qianlong Emperor's third daughter

paragraph: BULLET::::- Married Septeng Baljur (; d. 1775) of the Khorchin Borjigit clan in April/May 1747

paragraph: BULLET::::- As Empress:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Yongcong (; 27 May 1746 – 29 January 1748), the Qianlong Emperor's seventh son

paragraph: Section::::In fiction and popular culture.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrayed by Shally Tsang in "Take Care, Your Highness!" (1985)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrayed by Chan Fuk-sang in "The Rise and Fall of Qing Dynasty" (1988)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrayed by Chen Yi in "Jiangshan Weizhong" (2002)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrayed by Joyce Tang in "The Prince's Shadow" (2005)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrayed by Yuan Yi in "Empresses in the Palace" (2011)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrayed by Qin Lan in "Story of Yanxi Palace" (2018)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Portrayed by Dong Jie in "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" (2018)

paragraph: Section::::See also.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ranks of imperial consorts in China#Qing

paragraph: BULLET::::- Royal and noble ranks of the Qing dynasty

description: Qing Dynasty empress

wikidata_label: Empress Xiaoxianchun

wikipedia_title: Empress Xiaoxianchun


text: KG

text: Walter Blount

text: Knight of the Shire

text: Derbyshire

text: Treasurer of Calais

text: Battle of Towton

text: Baron Mountjoy

text: Greyfriars, London

text: Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy

text: Battle of Barnet

text: Lancashire

text: Battle of Barnet

text: John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy

text: James Blount

text: Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland

categories: 1474 deaths,Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for constituencies in Derbyshire,Barons in the Peerage of England,Treasurers of Calais,1416 births,Knights of the Garter,15th-century English people,Lord High Treasurers of England

paragraph: Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy

paragraph: Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy, KG (1 August 1474) was an English politician.

paragraph: Section::::Early life and family.

paragraph: Walter Blount was born about 1416, the eldest son of Sir Thomas Blount (1378–1456) and Margery Gresley and grandson of Sir Walter Blount.

paragraph: Section::::Career.

paragraph: He was made Steward of the High Peak in Derbyshire and became a bitter rival of the local Vernon and Longford families, replacing the Vernons in parliament as the near permanent Knight of the Shire (1446–1448, 1450–1468) for Derbyshire. He succeeded his father, Sir Thomas Blount, as Treasurer of Calais in 1460, becoming governor a year later as a reward for service rendered to King Edward IV at the Battle of Towton. Edward conferred on him in 1467 rich estates in Devon forfeited by the Earl of Devon; and in 1465 Blount was made lord high treasurer and created Baron Mountjoy. This creation is noteworthy as one of the earliest examples of a baronial title not being of a territorial character; nor the title of a dignity already existing. Blount's great-grandfather had married Isolda, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas de Mountjoy, and the title was probably chosen to commemorate this alliance.

paragraph: He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1472.

paragraph: On his death on 1 August 1474 in Greyfriars, London his grandson Edward Blount, 2nd Baron Mountjoy inherited his title. His eldest son (and Edward's father) Sir William Blount had been killed at the Battle of Barnet in 1471.

paragraph: Section::::Marriages and children.

paragraph: Mountjoy married firstly Helena Byron, the daughter of Sir John Byron of Clayton, Lancashire, by whom he had four sons and two daughters.

paragraph: BULLET::::- William Blount, eldest son and heir, who died in 1471 of wounds received at the Battle of Barnet.

paragraph: BULLET::::- John Blount, 3rd Baron Mountjoy, second son.

paragraph: BULLET::::- James Blount, third son.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edward Blount.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Anne Blount.

paragraph: BULLET::::- Elizabeth Blount.

paragraph: By November 1467 Mountjoy married secondly Anne (née Neville), widow of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham (d. 1460), and daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland.

description: English politician

wikidata_label: Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy

wikipedia_title: Walter Blount, 1st Baron Mountjoy


text: peer

text: House of Lords

text: John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough

text: Harrow School

text: Trinity College, Cambridge

text: George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan

text: thepeerage.com

text: Cracroft's Peerage

categories: 1821 births,Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge,Ordained peers,Earls of Bessborough,1906 deaths

paragraph: Walter Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough

paragraph: Walter William Brabazon Ponsonby, 7th Earl of Bessborough (13 August 1821 – 24 February 1906), was a British peer and member of the House of Lords. He was the fifth son of John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough, and his wife Lady Maria Fane. He inherited the earldom on 11 March 1895 when his elder brother Frederick Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough, died unmarried and without a male heir.

paragraph: Section::::Education and career.

paragraph: He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Between 1846 and 1894 he acted as Rector for the parishes of Canford Magna, Wiltshire; Beer Ferris, Devon; Marston Bigot, Somerset; and Stutton, Suffolk.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: On 15 January 1850 he married Lady Louisa Susan Cornwallis Eliot, daughter of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans, and his wife Lady Jemima Cornwallis. Together they had eight children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of Bessborough (born 1 March 1851, died 1 December 1920)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Maria Ponsonby (born c1852, died 19 November 1949)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cyril Walter Ponsonby (born 8 September 1853, died 29 November 1927) - married Emily H Eyre Addington

paragraph: BULLET::::- Granville Ponsonby (born 13 September 1854, died 24 February 1924) - married Mabel Jackson

paragraph: BULLET::::- Arthur Cornwallis Ponsonby (born 8 January 1856, died 25 April 1918) - married Kathleen Eva Sillery

paragraph: BULLET::::- Ethel Jemima Ponsonby (born 8 April 1857, died 22 June 1940) - married George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan

paragraph: BULLET::::- Walter Gerald Ponsonby (born 31 July 1859, died 28 April 1934)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Sara Kathleen Ponsonby (died 10 June 1936) - married Maj Charles Lancelot Andrews Skinner

paragraph: Section::::Styles of address.

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1821-1895: "The Honourable" Walter Ponsonby

paragraph: BULLET::::- 1895-1906: "The Right Honourable" The Earl of Bessborough

paragraph: Section::::References.

paragraph: BULLET::::- thepeerage.com

paragraph: BULLET::::- Cracroft's Peerage

description: Irish earl


text: peer

text: Westminster School

text: St Ives

text: Bere Alston

text: House of Commons

text: St Petersburg

text: earldom

text: Buckinghamshire

text: House of Lords

text: writ of acceleration

text: Baron Hobart

text: Albinia Bertie

text: Lord Vere Bertie

text: Rev. Hon. Henry Lewis Hobart

text: John Sullivan

text: George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford

text: Edward Disbrowe

text: Edward Cromwell Disbrowe

categories: British MPs 1768–1774,People educated at Westminster School, London,British MPs 1761–1768,British MPs 1754–1761,Earls of Buckinghamshire,Diplomatic peers,1804 deaths,1731 births,British MPs 1774–1780,British Militia officers,Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies

paragraph: George Hobart, 3rd Earl of Buckinghamshire (8 September 173114 November 1804) was a British peer, styled The Honourable George Hobart from 1733 until 1793.

paragraph: Section::::Life.

paragraph: Hobart was the son of John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire by his second wife, Elizabeth Bristow. He was educated at Westminster School.

paragraph: Hobart represented the constituencies of St Ives and Bere Alston in the House of Commons from 1754 to 1761 and 1761 to 1780, respectively. He was secretary to the embassy in St Petersburg in 1762, his half-brother John Hobart, 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire being then ambassador.

paragraph: He inherited the earldom of Buckinghamshire from his half-brother, who had no surviving sons, in 1793. On 29 April 1797, he was commissioned colonel of the 3rd Regiment of Lincolnshire Militia (South Lincolnshire Supplementary Militia), becoming a colonel in the regular army when his regiment was embodied on 12 January 1799. He died in 1804 and was succeeded by his son Robert, who had already entered the House of Lords in 1798 by a writ of acceleration as Baron Hobart.

paragraph: Section::::Family.

paragraph: Hobart married Albinia Bertie, second daughter of Lord Vere Bertie and the heiress Ann Casey, on 16 May 1757. They had eight children:

paragraph: BULLET::::- Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Hon. George Vere Hobart (17615 December 1802), married first Jane Cataneo and had issue, married second, in April 1802, Janet Maclean and had issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lt. Charles Hobart, RN (died April 1782)

paragraph: BULLET::::- Rev. Hon. Henry Lewis Hobart (17748 May 1846), married Charlotte Selina Moore and had issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Albinia Hobart, married Richard Cumberland on the 14th Jul 1784 and had issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Henrietta Anne Barbara Hobart (c. 17621828), married, in 1789, John Sullivan and had issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Maria Frances Hobart (c. 17621794), married George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford and had issue

paragraph: BULLET::::- Lady Charlotte Hobart (died 1798), married Col. Edward Disbrowe (died 1818) and had issue, including Edward Cromwell Disbrowe.

description: British peer