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Broadwood Hall
Broadwood may refer to: ;A surname * Henry Fowler Broadwood (181193), English piano maker, son of James Shudi Broadwood *Henry Broadwood, 1793 or 1795 to 1878, son of John, Conservative MP * James Shudi Broadwood (17721851), English piano maker, son of John Broadwood * John Broadwood (17321812), Scottish piano maker * John Broadwood (song collector) (17981864), English folk song collector, son of James Shudi Broadwood * Lucy Broadwood (18581929), English folk song collector, daughter of Henry Fowler Broadwood * Robert George Broadwood (18621917), British general, grandson of John Broadwood ;A place name * Broadwood (constituency), of Wan Chai District Council, Hong Kong * Broadwood Stadium, a football stadium in Cumbernauld, Scotland and the home of Clyde F.C. * Broadwood, New Zealand, a town * Broadwood, Western Australia, a suburb of Kalgoorlie which includes a street of the same name ;Other uses * Broadwood and Sons John Broadwood & Sons is an English piano manufacturer, fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Fowler Broadwood
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Henry Broadwood
Henry Broadwood (8 August 1795 or 1793 – 1878) was a British Conservative politician. He was a younger son of John Broadwood (by his second wife) and came from the famous piano-making family who owned John Broadwood & Sons, and supplied Beethoven with his favourite piano. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1813.Collins, 92 He became a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King George IV in 1826, continuing under William IV after 1830. After unsuccessfully contesting the 1835 general election for Bridgwater, Broadwood became Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the same seat at a by-election in 1837—caused by the resignation of John Temple Leader. He then held the seat until 1852 when he did not seek re-election. On 19 May 1840 he married Fanny Lowther (1818-1890) at Saint Martin in the Fields, a few hundred yards from the homes of both. She was the "natural" (illegitimate) daughter of the unmarried Viscount Lowther, the future William Lowther, 2nd Earl o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Shudi Broadwood
James Shudi Broadwood (20 December 1772 – 8 August 1851) was a piano maker in Middlesex and a magistrate in Surrey. His son, Henry Fowler Broadwood (1811–1893), took control of the family piano-manufacturing business in 1836. He was also the father of the folk song collector John Broadwood John Broadwood (6 October 1732 – 17 July 1812) was the Scottish founder of the piano manufacturer Broadwood and Sons. Life Broadwood was born 6 October 1732 and christened 15 Oct 1732 at St Helens, Cockburnspath in Berwickshire, and grew up in ... (1798–1864). References Citations Bibliography * External links John Broadwood and Sons official website John Broadwood and Sons Piano Manufacturersby Sally Jenkinson, Surrey County CouncilBroadwood in the grand piano-Photoarchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Broadwood, James Shudi 1772 births 1851 deaths English musical instrument makers High Sheriffs of Surrey Piano makers People from Crawley People from Warnham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Broadwood
John Broadwood (6 October 1732 – 17 July 1812) was the Scottish founder of the piano manufacturer Broadwood and Sons. Life Broadwood was born 6 October 1732 and christened 15 Oct 1732 at St Helens, Cockburnspath in Berwickshire, and grew up in Oldhamstocks, East Lothian. He inherited his father James Broadwood's (b1697 Oldhamstocks) profession, that of a wright or carpenter/joiner, and as a young man walked from Oldhamstocks to London, a distance of almost , where he worked for the harpsichord maker Burkat Shudi. Burkat Shudi died in 1773, and John Broadwood took control of the company from his brother-in-law in 1783. Broadwood is credited, together with Robert Stodart, founder of another famous firm of piano makers, of helping Americus Backers to perfect the English Grand Action, which remained in use by many makers virtually unchanged for 70 years and, in Broadwoods' case over 100 years, and continued in use in various improved forms until the early years of the 20th cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Broadwood (song Collector)
Rev. John Broadwood (13 May 1798 – 26 January 1864) was the first English folk song collector. Life and legacy He was born in 1798 in Marylebone, London, the son of James Shudi Broadwood and the grandson of John Broadwood, both piano makers in London. When he was young, his family moved to the Broadwood family home: Lyne House in Capel, Surrey. In 1825, he married Charlotte King of Loxwood, Sussex. He was a clergyman, and officiated at a wedding in 1850. In the 1851 Census of Horsham he is living at Wiggonholt and is described as the "Curate of Wiggonholt". He died at Lyne House in 1864. He is known for the book or pamphlet dated 1843, originally published anonymously, usually known as ''Old English Songs''. It contains 16 folk songs, "set to music exactly as they are now sung", and with the words "given in their original rough state with an occasional slight alteration to render the sense intelligible". His niece, the noted song collector Lucy Broadwood, said that ''Old E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Broadwood
Lucy Etheldred Broadwood (9 August 1858 – 22 August 1929) was an English folksong collector and researcher, and great-granddaughter of John Broadwood, founder of the piano manufacturers Broadwood and Sons. As one of the founder members of the Folk-Song Society and Editor of the Folk-Song Journal, she was one of the main influences of the British folk revival of that period. She was an accomplished singer, composer, piano accompanist, and amateur poet. She was much sought after as a song and choral singing adjudicator at music festivals throughout England, and was also one of the four main organisers of the Leith Hill Music Festival in Surrey from its commencement in 1904 until her death in 1929. Life and work Early life and family She was born at 2am on 9 August 1858, at the Pavilion, the summer residence that her father rented at Melrose in Scotland, the daughter of the piano manufacturer (1811–1893) (eldest son of James Shudi Broadwood) and his wife Juliana Maria née Birc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert George Broadwood
Lieutenant General Robert George Broadwood, CB (14 March 1862 – 21 June 1917) was Commander of British Troops in South China and also served in the Boer War where played a large role in the Battle of Driefontein. Military career Robert was the third son and child of Thomas Broadwood and Mary Athlea Matthews and a grandson of John Broadwood, the founder of the Broadwood Piano Company. He was educated at Charterhouse School. He never married. He joined the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales) in 1881 and participated in the Dongola Expeditionary Force and Egyptian Campaign in 1896. Between 1893 and 1896 he worked closely with Egyptian forces allied with Great Britain and was present at Atbara and Khartoum. As a Lieutenant Colonel he served under Lord Kitchener in the Battle of Omdurman in Sudan during the Nile Campaign of 1898 launched to suppress the Sudanese Mahdist revolt. In this capacity he was placed in charge of the contingent of Egyptian cavalry fighting alongs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadwood (constituency)
Broadwood is one of the 13 constituencies of the Wan Chai District Council in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt .... The seat elects one member of the council every four years. it was first created in 1999 and is now held by Legislative Councillor Paul Tse Wai-chun. The boundary is loosely based on the area of Broadwood Road. Councillors represented Election results 2010s 2000s 1990s References 2011 District Council Election Results (Wan Chai) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadwood Stadium
Broadwood Stadium is a multi-use community stadium and sports complex in the Westfield area of Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. The stadium is currently the home of Cumbernauld Colts and Open Goal Broomhill of the Scottish Lowland Football League,Broadwood stadium welcomes Open Goal Broomhill FC as new tenants , 14 June 2022 as well as Rangers W.F.C of the |
Broadwood, New Zealand
Broadwood is a town about 25 km to the north of the north side of the Hokianga harbour, in Northland, New Zealand. Herekino is 21 km to the west, and Mangamuka Bridge is the same distance to the east. The Broadwood area was first settled by Pakeha in the 1880s, and an access road was constructed through the area from Takahue to Motukaraka on the Hokianga harbour. An unmetalled road through the Te Karae Valley to Kohukohu was constructed in 1908. Demographics The SA1 statistical area which includes Broadwood covers . The SA1 area is part of the larger Kohukohu-Broadwood statistical area. The SA1 statistical area had a population of 135 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 15 people (12.5%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 27 people (−16.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 48 households, comprising 75 males and 57 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.32 males per female. The median age was 45.5 years (compared with 37.4 years nationally), with 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadwood, Western Australia
Broadwood is a mixed-use suburb of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, a city in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. It contains a small residential area, an industrial area in the west adjoining West Kalgoorlie, the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport is an airport in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The airport is south of the city. The airport handled 299,055 passengers in the 2021–22 financial year. The airport is a major hub for fly-in fly-out service due t ... in the south, and large areas of undeveloped bushland. References {{Suburbs of Kalgoorlie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is sometimes referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder, as the surrounding urban area includes the historic townsite of Boulder and the local government area is the City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder. Kalgoorlie-Boulder lies on the traditional lands of the Wangkatja group of peoples.The name "Kalgoorlie" is derived from the Wangai word ''Karlkurla'' or ''Kulgooluh'', meaning "place of the silky pears". The city was established in 1893 during the Western Australian gold rushes. It soon replaced Coolgardie as the largest settlement on the Eastern Goldfields. Kalgoorlie is the ultimate destination of the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme and the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail. The nearby Super Pit gold mine was Australia's largest open-cut gold mine for many years. At August 2021, Kalgoorlie–Boulder had an estimated urban population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
