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Alwyne Jan
Alwyne is an English given name. Notable people with this name include: * Alwyne Compton (other) ** Lord Alwyne Compton (bishop) ** Lord Alwyne Compton (politician) * Alwyne Wilks * Alwyne Statham * John Alwyne Kitching * Alwyne Jan "AJ" Perez * Gilbert Byng Alwyne Russell * Alwyne Michael Webster Whistler Major-General Alwyne Michael Webster Whistler, (30 December 1909 – 30 September 1993) was a British Army officer who served chiefly with the Royal Corps of Signals (abbreviated R Sigs), spending many years in India and Germany. During the Secon ... {{given name English-language given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alwyne Compton (other)
Alwyne Compton may refer to: *Lord Alwyne Compton (bishop) (1825–1906), Bishop of Ely *Lord Alwyne Compton (politician) (1855–1911), British politician, nephew of the above {{Hndis, name=Compton, Alwyne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Alwyne Compton (bishop)
Lord Alwyne Compton (18 July 1825 – 4 April 1906) was an Anglican bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Life and career Compton was the fourth son of Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton, and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. His first post was as Curate at Horsham, after which he was Rector of Castle Ashby, a post he held for 26 years.B. H. Green, ''The Bishops and Deans of Worcester'' (Worcester 1979), 57. He was also Archdeacon of Oakham for the last four years of this period. In 1879, he was appointed Dean of Worcester, and then in 1886 to the See of Ely, He held this position until 1905, when he resigned and retired to Canterbury, where he died the following year. Lord Alwyne Compton was Lord High Almoner The Royal Almonry is a small office within the Royal Households of the United Kingdom, headed by the Lord High Almoner, an office dating from 1103. The almoner is responsible for distributing alms to the poor. The Lord High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Alwyne Compton (politician)
Lord Alwyne Frederick Compton, DSO, DL (5 June 1855 – 16 December 1911) was a British Army officer who became a Liberal Unionist and then Unionist politician. Family Compton was the third but second eldest surviving son of Admiral William Compton, 4th Marquess of Northampton, and his wife Eliza, daughter of Admiral Sir George Elliot. William Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton, was his elder brother. In 1886, he married Mary Evelyn Violet, daughter of Robert Charles de Grey Vyner (she was thereafter known as Lady Alwyne Compton). Military career He was educated at Eton and entered the 31st Foot as a sub-lieutenant on 18 March 1874. He exchanged to the Grenadier Guards on 12 May 1875. Promoted to supernumerary lieutenant, Compton again exchanged into the 10th Hussars on 20 August 1879. In May 1882, he became aide-de-camp to George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, Viceroy of India, until the latter left office in February 1884, and was appointed full lieutenant on 28 Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alwyne Wilks
Alwyne Wilks (4 September 1906 – 1980) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t .... References 1906 births 1980 deaths People from the Borough of Harrogate English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Brodsworth Welfare A.F.C. players Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Reading F.C. players Barrow A.F.C. players Loughborough Corinthians F.C. players Owston Park Rangers F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alwyne Statham
Alwyne Statham (28 January 1920 – 2003) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in the town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Nicknamed 'The Stags', they .... References 1920 births 2003 deaths English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves English Football League players Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players People from Sleaford, Lincolnshire Footballers from Lincolnshire {{England-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alwyne Kitching
John Alwyne Kitching (24 October 1908–1 April 1996) was a British biologist. He was educated at Cheltenham College, Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of London.‘KITCHING, John Alwyne’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014 He was a Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Bristol and a Rockefeller Fellow at Princeton University. He was Professor of Biology at the University of East Anglia from 1963 to 1974 then Emeritus Professor, and also served as Dean of School of Biological Sciences from 1967 to 1970. He was made an OBE in 1947 and a Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ... in 1960. References 1908 births 1996 deaths Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alwyne Jan "AJ" Perez
Alwyne Jan Calinao Perez (born 20 April 1981) is a Filipino blogger and motivational speaker who gained prominence as a blogger when his article, "Dear Ex ni Janine Tugonon" ("Dear Janine Tugonon's Ex (Boyfriend)") went viral. He is known for his humorous, fearless and witty writing style and his works are often about politics, current events, love and relationships, and life advice. He is currently residing in Davao City where he spends majority of his time giving retreats and corporate seminars. He has also served as a consultant to various educational institutions. He is the 2013 Globe Tatt Pilipinas "Blogger Phenom" of the year for Davao City. He is also a guest lecturer teaching social science subjects to pre-dentistry students from the Davao Medical School Foundation Inc (DMSFI). Education Perez went to the University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) where he studied in the Organizational Communication program. Prior to his stay in UPM, he earned some units in Philosophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Byng Alwyne Russell
Gilbert Byng Alwyne Russell (1 June 187528 May 1942) was a British military officer and banker, who made his home at Mottisfont. Background Russell was the son of Lord Arthur Russell and Laura de Peyronnet, daughter of Paul Louis Jules, Viscount of Peyronnet. His cousin was the Duke of Bedford. His siblings included Harold Russell, Flora Russell, Claud Russell, Caroline Russell, and Conrad Russell. Military career Russell joined the Grenadier Guards as a second lieutenant on 1 December 1897, and was promoted to lieutenant on 20 April 1899. He served in the Mahdist War (1898), and was present at the Battle of Omdurman, for which he received the Queen's Sudan Medal and the Khedive's Sudan Medal (1897). In early 1900, he joined his regiment in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and took part in operations in the Orange Free State from April to May 1900, followed by the action at Biddulphsberg (May 1900) and Wittebergen (July 1900). After the end of hostilities in May 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alwyne Michael Webster Whistler
Major-General Alwyne Michael Webster Whistler, (30 December 1909 – 30 September 1993) was a British Army officer who served chiefly with the Royal Corps of Signals (abbreviated R Sigs), spending many years in India and Germany. During the Second World War Whistler saw active service against the Japanese in Burma. He ended his career as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Signals) and was also Colonel Commandant of the R Sigs.Philip Warner, ''The Vital Link: the story of Royal Signals, 1945-1985'' (1989), p. 338 Life Webster was the second son of the Rev. Webster William Whistler, of Elsted, Sussex, and Lilian, daughter of Rev. Richard Corker Meade, vicar of St Neots, Huntingdonshire, of a cadet branch of the family of the Earls of Clanwilliam. The Whistler family had a clerical tradition; Webster Whistler's father, Rose Fuller Whistler (1825–1894), was rector of Elton, Huntingdonshire, formerly vicar of Ashburnham, near Battle, Sussex, his elder brother Charles was a cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
