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Ashdown House, East Sussex
Ashdown House is a country house near Forest Row, in East Sussex, England. It is a listed building, Grade II* listed building. One of the first houses in England to be built in the Greek Revival architectural style, it was built in 1793 as the second independent work of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and his last work in Britain prior to his emigration to the United States. Latrobe's domes at Ashdown have been described by scholars as 'miniature prototypes' for his domes at the United States Capitol. Described by Nikolaus Pevsner as 'very perfect indeed', the building served as a co-educational preparatory school (United Kingdom), prep school from 1886 to 2020, educating many notable alumni. History Ashdown House was given its name by John Trayton Fuller upon his purchase of the site, by Act of Parliament, for £10,000 in 1793. The land had previously comprised the Manor of Lavertye, first recorded in 1285. In 1597, it was part of the Buckhurst estate, a house of brick and Horsham ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country House
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a Townhouse (Great Britain), town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these people, the term distinguished between town and country. However, the term also encompasses houses that were, and often still are, the full-time residence for the landed gentry who ruled rural Britain until the Reform Act 1832. Frequently, the formal business of the Historic counties of England, counties was transacted in these country houses, having functional antecedents in manor houses. With large numbers of indoor and outdoor staff, country houses were important as places of employment for many rural communities. In turn, until the Great Depression of British Agriculture, agricultural depressions of the 1870s, the estates, of which country houses were the hub, provided their owners with incomes. However, the late 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Renton
Alexander James Torr Renton FRHistS (born 5 March 1961) is a British journalist and broadcaster. He is the author of several historical and investigative books including ''Blood Legacy: reckoning with a family's story of slavery'', and ''Stiff Upper Lip: secrets, crimes and the schooling of a ruling class''. Early life and education Renton was born in Toronto, Canada, on 5 March 1961, the oldest child of the politician Tim Renton, Baron Renton of Mount Harry and the novelist and historian Alice Blanche Helen Fergusson. He was educated at Ashdown House, East Sussex, Eton College, Brighton College and Exeter University. Career As a journalist he has held staff jobs as a reporter and editor on British newspapers ''The Independent'' and the ''London Evening Standard''. He has been a columnist for ''The Times'' and a Scotland-based correspondent for ''Newsweek'' magazine. He has won awards for foreign reporting, investigative journalism and food writing. He worked in Asia for Oxfam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Macpherson
Nicholas Ian Macpherson, Baron Macpherson of Earl's Court, (born 14 July 1959) is a former senior British civil servant. He served as the Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 2005 to 2016. Macpherson was Permanent Secretary to three Chancellors. He managed the department through the financial and wider economic crisis which began in 2007. Macpherson was nominated for a crossbench peerage in David Cameron's 2016 resignation Honours, and joined the House of Lords on 4 October 2016. Early life Macpherson was educated at Ashdown House and Eton College.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, He later attended Balliol College, Oxford (where he read Politics and Economics) and University College London. Career Macpherson first worked as an economist at the CBI and Peat Marwick Consulting. Treasury Macpherson entered HM Treasury in 1985. From 1993 to 1997, he was Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer; he oversaw the transition from Kenneth Clarke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damian Lewis
Damian Watcyn Lewis (born 11 February 1971) is an English actor, presenter and producer. He is best known for portraying U.S. Army Major Richard Winters in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'', which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. He also portrayed U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas Brody in the Showtime series ''Homeland'', which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. His performance as Henry VIII of England in '' Wolf Hall'' earned him his third Primetime Emmy nomination and fourth Golden Globe nomination. He portrayed Bobby Axelrod in the Showtime series '' Billions'' in the first five seasons and appeared in ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019) as actor Steve McQueen. Early life Lewis was born on 11 February 1971 in St John's Wood, London, the eldest son of Charlotte Mary (''née'' Bowater) and John Watcyn Lewis, a City insurance broker with Lloyd's. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Johnson
Rachel Sabiha Johnson (born 3 September 1965) is a British journalist, television presenter, and author who has appeared frequently on political discussion panels, including ''The Pledge'' on Sky News and BBC One's debate programme, '' Question Time''. In January 2018, she participated in the 21st series of '' Celebrity Big Brother'' and was evicted second. She was the lead candidate for Change UK for the South West England constituency in the 2019 European Parliament election. Early life and education Johnson is the daughter of former Conservative MEP Stanley Johnson and artist Charlotte Johnson Wahl (''née'' Fawcett). She is the younger sister of Boris Johnson, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Conservative MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip; and the elder sister of Jo Johnson, former Conservative MP for Orpington. On her father's side, Johnson is a great-granddaughter of Ali Kemal, a liberal Circassian-Turkish journalist and the interior minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Johnson
Joseph Edmund Johnson, Baron Johnson of Marylebone, (born 23 December 1971) is a British politician who was Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation from July to September 2019, as well as previously from 2015 to 2018. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Orpington from 2010 to 2019. He currently sits in the House of Lords. His older brother, Boris Johnson, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 2019 and 2022. Johnson was appointed Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit in 2013 by Prime Minister David Cameron. He became Minister of State for the Cabinet Office in 2014 and Universities Minister in 2015. Following the January 2018 cabinet reshuffle, Johnson served as Minister of State for Transport and Minister for London; he resigned in November the same year, citing the failure of the Brexit negotiations to achieve what had been promised by the Vote Leave campaign and his wish to campaign for a refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons, they sit as members of Parliament. The office of prime minister is not established by any statute or constitutional document, but exists only by long-established convention, whereby the reigning monarch appoints as prime minister the person most likely to command the confidence of the House of Commons; this individual is typically the leader of the political party or coalition of parties that holds the largest number of seats in that chamber. The prime minister is ''ex officio'' also First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and the minister responsible for national security. Indeed, certain privileges, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Johnson
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (; born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and as Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015, having previously been MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. Johnson attended Eton College, and studied Classics at Balliol College, Oxford. He was elected president of the Oxford Union in 1986. In 1989, he became the Brussels correspondent — and later political columnist — for ''The Daily Telegraph'', and from 1999 to 2005 was the editor of '' The Spectator''. Following his election to parliament in 2001 he was a shadow minister under Conservative leaders Michael Howard and David Cameron. In 2008, Johnson was elected mayor of London and resigned from the House of Commons; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Innes (author)
James Alexander Seymour Innes (born 1 September 1975) is a British entrepreneur, author of several best-selling career help books and founder of the James Innes Group. Early life Innes was educated at Ashdown House preparatory boarding school in East Sussex, Horris Hill preparatory school in Berkshire and was subsequently awarded a Foundation Scholarship to Charterhouse, the elite independent boarding school in Godalming, Surrey. Career Innes created the first company in the James Innes Group in 1998. He retired from his role as CEO of the James Innes Group in 2014 and currently holds the position of Chairman. He is the author of five best-selling careers books which have been translated into languages including Korean, and Vietnamese. Media work Innes has been featured in numerous newspapers over the years including leading titles such as The Independent, The Guardian, The Daily Express, The Mirror, Reveal and TES, as well as various magazines, such as Psychologies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Cox
Charlie Thomas Cox (born 15 December 1982) is an English actor. He is known for portraying Matt Murdock / Daredevil in several projects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, including lead roles in the television series ''Daredevil'' (2015–2018) and '' The Defenders'' (2017). Cox portrayed Owen Sleater in the second and third seasons of HBO's ''Boardwalk Empire'' (2011–2012) and Jonathan Hellyer Jones in the 2014 film '' The Theory of Everything''. More recently, he starred in the RTÉ drama series '' Kin'' (2021) and the Netflix spy miniseries ''Treason'' (2022). Cox's breakout role was as Tristan Thorn in the 2007 fantasy film ''Stardust'', one of a series of roles he had in predominately British productions during the first decade of his career. He made his West End debut the following year in a revival of the Harold Pinter plays '' The Lover'' and ''The Collection''. Following his successes on-screen in the 2010s, he acted in a 2019 stage production of Harold Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Coleridge
Sir Nicholas David Coleridge (born 4 March 1957) is a British former media executive, author, and cultural chair. He is chairman of the Victoria and Albert Museum, chairman of the Prince of Wales' Campaign for Wool, chairman of the Gilbert Trust for the Arts and was co-chair of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant. He is an ambassador for the Landmark Trust and a patron of the Elephant Family. From 1989 to 2019, he was successively editorial director of Condé Nast Britain, managing director, Condé Nast Britain (1991–2017), vice president, Condé Nast International and president, Condé Nast International, the division of Condé Nast which publishes 139 magazines in 27 international markets, and over 100 websites, with annual revenues of approx $1 billion. Condé Nast publishes numerous titles including Vogue, Vanity Fair, House & Garden, Tatler, The World of Interiors, Condé Nast Traveller, The New Yorker, Architectural Digest, Glamour, GQ, Brides, Wired, Love and GQ Sty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cholmondeley (farmer)
Thomas Patrick Gilbert Cholmondeley (; 19 June 1968 – 17 August 2016) was a Kenyan farmer. He was the great-grandson of the Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere, 3rd Baron Delamere, one of the first and most influential British settlers in Kenya, and was heir to the Baron Delamere, Delamere title at the time of his death, being the eldest son of the Hugh Cholmondeley, 5th Baron Delamere, 5th Baron Delamere. In April 2005, he shot and killed a Kenya Wildlife Service game ranger on his ranch. He claimed Self-defense, self-defence, and the murder case was dropped before going to trial. In May 2006, he shot and killed a poacher on his Soysambu estate near Lake Naivasha. He was acquitted of murder, but found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to serve eight months in prison. He was released on 23 October 2009, and died in 2016. Early life Cholmondeley was a great-grandson of Hugh Cholmondeley, 3rd Baron Delamere (1870–1931), a pioneering settler in Kenya who was the effective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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