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Beilby Thompson, Senior
Beilby is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Sir Beilby Alston (1868–1929), British diplomat *Beilby Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock (1818–1880), British soldier and politician *Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock (1849–1912), British soldier, politician, Governor of Madras *Beilby Porteus or Porteous (1731–1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London, an Anglican reformer *Beilby Thompson (1742–1799), British landowner and politician Surname *George Thomas Beilby (1850–1924), British chemist ** The Beilby Medal and Prize, named after him * Marcus Beilby (born 1951), Australian artist, realist painter and winner of 1987 Sulman Prize *Ralph Beilby Ralph Beilby (1744–1817) was a British engraver, working chiefly on silver and copper. He was the son of William Beilby, a jeweller and goldsmith of Durham who later moved to Newcastle upon Tyne to look for better opportunities. Ralph became a ... (1744–1817), English engraver work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beilby Alston
Sir Beilby Alston (8 October 1868 – 28 June 1929) was a British diplomat who was envoy to various countries. Career Beilby Francis Alston was the son of a civil servant at the Foreign Office (not a diplomat), Sir Francis Alston KCMG. Beilby Alston started as a clerk in the Librarian's Department of the Foreign Office in 1890 and later that year in the Political Division. In 1895 he was posted to Copenhagen as acting 3rd Secretary in the Diplomatic Service. He was Secretary to the British Plenipotentiaries at a conference in Paris in 1896 to revise the Berne Convention, then acting 2nd Secretary and ''chargé d'affaires'' at Buenos Aires 1896–97. He was Secretary to British representatives at conferences at Brussels in 1898, 1901, and 1902, leading to the Brussels Sugar Convention of 5 March 1902. Returning to London, Alston was attached to Prince Tsai Suun of China on his mission to England in 1909, and to Prince Tsai-Chen who represented the Emperor of China at the coro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beilby Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock
Beilby Richard Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock (2 April 1818 – 6 November 1880) was an English nobleman, eldest son of Paul Thompson, 1st Baron Wenlock and 8th Baronet. He succeeded in the Barony and Baronetcy and to the family estate at Escrick, Yorkshire on the death of his father in 1852. He served in the Yorkshire Hussars latterly as Colonel, was Member of Parliament for Pontefract 1851–1852 and was Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1864–1880. He married Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster, and had eight children, including four sons who each in turn succeeded to the titles. Among his children were: *Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Lawley (1848 – 13 July 1934), married Lt.-Col. Caryl Molyneaux (d. 1912), son of Charles Molyneux, 3rd Earl of Sefton and had issue *Hon. Alethea Jane Lawley (1851 1929), historian, married the Italian musicologist and composer Taddeo Wiel (1849–1920) *Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock (1849 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock
Beilby Lawley, 3rd Baron Wenlock (12 May 1849 – 15 January 1912) was a British soldier, Liberal politician and colonial administrator who was the Governor of Madras from 1891 to 1896. Early life Lawley was the son of Beilby Lawley, 2nd Baron Wenlock and his wife Lady Elizabeth Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster. He was educated at Eton College and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was commissioned into the Yorkshire Hussars in 1869, and rose to the rank of Captain. Political career Wenlock was active in local affairs as a Justice of the Peace for the East and North Ridings of Yorkshire and as Chairman of East Riding County Council. At the 1880 general election he was elected Member of Parliament for Chester but inherited his peerage later in the year and was elevated to the House of Lords. Governor of Madras In 1890, Lawley was appointed Governor of Madras by the Conservative Party which came to power in the United Kingdom. Beilb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beilby Porteus
Beilby Porteus (or Porteous; 8 May 1731 – 13 May 1809), successively Bishop of Chester and of London, was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery. Early life Porteus was born in York on 8 May 1731, the youngest of the 19 children of Elizabeth Jennings and Robert Porteus (''d''. 1758/9), a planter. Although the family was of Scottish ancestry, his parents were Virginian planters who had returned to England in 1720 as a result of the economic difficulties in the province and for the sake of his father's health. Educated at York and at Ripon Grammar School, he was a classics scholar at Christ's College, Cambridge, becoming a fellow in 1752. In 1759 he won the Seatonian Prize for his poem ''Death: A Poetical Essay'', a work for which he is still remembered. He was ordained as a priest in 1757, and in 1762 was appointed as domestic chaplain to T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beilby Thompson
Beilby Thompson (17 April 1742 – 10 June 1799) was a British landowner and politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1768 to 1796. Beilby was the son of Beilby Thompson (died 1750) and Sarah Dawes (died 1773). The Thompsons were a prominent Yorkshire family; Beilby senior was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1730 and the son of Henry Thompson, MP. On his father's death in 1750, Beilby, still a boy, inherited the family estate of Escrick, under the tutelage of his mother. He attended Cambridge between 1759 and 1764. Urged by Rockingham to stand for York (the seat once held by his grandfather) in 1768, his mother objected on grounds of expense. He was instead elected Member of Parliament for Hedon and held that seat until 1780, then for Thirsk Thirsk is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England known for its racecourse; quirky yarnbomber displays, and depiction as local author James Herriot's fictional Darrowby. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Thomas Beilby
Sir George Thomas Beilby (17 November 1850 – 1 August 1924) was a British chemist. Early life and education He was born in Edinburgh, the son of a doctor and educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University. Career In 1869, he joined the Oakbank Oil Company to work in the oil shale industry where he and colleague William Young were able to increase the yield of oil, ammonia, and other useful materials from the shale by retorting and fractional distillation improvements. Their Young and Beilby patent retort was patented in 1882. In 1892, Beilby patented a production method for hydrogen cyanide. This new method used ammonia and coal as starting materials and was able to meet the rising demands on sodium cyanide for the gold leaching by the MacArthur-Forrest process. He became director of the profitable Cassel Cyanide Company and then became a director of the Castner-Kellner Company at Runcorn, for whom he developed their new Wallsend factory. Organisational affiliation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beilby Medal And Prize
The Beilby Medal and Prize is awarded annually to a scientist or engineer for work that has exceptional practical significance in chemical engineering, applied materials science, energy efficiency or a related field. The prize is jointly administered by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Chemical Industry, who make the award in rotation. The award is open to members of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Chemical Industry as well as other scientists and engineers worldwide. The aim of the award is to recognise the achievements of early-career scientists, and nominees should be no older than 39 years of age. The Beilby Medal and Prize is awarded in memory of Scottish scientist Sir George Thomas Beilby FRS. Born in 1850, he joined the Oakbank Oil Company in 1869 following his studies at the University of Edinburgh. He later became President of all three o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Beilby
Marcus Charles Beilby (born 20 November 1951, in Western Australia), is an Australian realist painter. Beilby grew up in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant. He was educated at Applecross Senior High School and the Claremont Technical College, where he received a Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting) in 1975. Beilby was the winner of the 1987 Sir John Sulman Prize for Australian Genre Painting. The winning painting, ''Crutching the ewes'' has been described as a homage to Tom Roberts' ''Shearing the Rams''. In 1988, Charles Bush received a royal commission from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to depict the inauguration of the permanent Parliament House. Bush died the next year, leaving behind an initial sketch. As a result, Marcus Beilby was chosen to finalize the artwork and carry out the completion of the painting. He currently resides in East Fremantle East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Beilby
Ralph Beilby (1744–1817) was a British engraver, working chiefly on silver and copper. He was the son of William Beilby, a jeweller and goldsmith of Durham who later moved to Newcastle upon Tyne to look for better opportunities. Ralph became a silversmith, jeweller, and seal-engraver under his father and elder brothers Richard and William junior. In addition, he became a copper engraver to meet the demand of the then North England market. His plate "Thornton's Monument" in John Brand's ''History of Newcastle'' shows his craftsmanship in that field. In 1767 Thomas Bewick was apprenticed to him. They became partners 10 years later. The texts in Bewick's ''A General History of Quadrupeds'' (1790) and ''History of British Birds: Land Birds'' (1797) were drafted by Beilby and revised by Bewick. According to Bewick's account, Beilby wanted to have his name appear in ''Land Birds'' as the sole author; however, upon Bewick's disagreement, neither of them was named as the author. The p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Beilby
William Beilby (1740 – 8 October 1819) was an English glassworker known to have produced eminent enamelled glass during the later half of the 18th century. Beilby's father William senior was a goldsmith and jeweller in Durham. Beilby, along with his brothers Richard, Ralph and Thomas were sent to grammar school during their childhood. Richard and Beilby, the oldest two, later went as apprentices to Birmingham, the former learning seal engraving and the latter enamelling and drawing. Soon the business of William senior failed, and in 1757 the whole family moved to Newcastle upon Tyne to start again. William senior died eight years later. Richard also died afterwards. Beilby and his sister Mary (1749–97) worked as enamellers for local glass makers. As Ralph emerged as the business head of the family, Mary spent much of her time with Beilby, who had fallen in love with medieval Newcastle. Beilby was at once fascinated by the thriving glass industry about him, and it seems that i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
