Comyns (other)
Comyns can refer to: People * Arthur Comyns Carr (1882–1965), English politician * Barbara Comyns Carr (1907–1992), English author * Comyns Berkeley (1865–1946), obstetric physician * Ethel Harriet Comyns-Lewer (1861–1946), British ornithologist and periodical editor, publisher and owner * John Comyns (1667–1740), English judge * Joseph Comyns Carr (1849–1916), English art critic and theatre manager * Louis Comyns (1904–1962), British politician * Tom Comyns (born 1973), Irish Olympic sprinter * William Comyns Beaumont William Comyns Beaumont, also known as Comyns Beaumont and Appian Way, (17 October 1873 – 30 December 1955)
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Arthur Comyns Carr
Sir Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr (19 September 1882 – 20 April 1965) was a British Liberal politician and lawyer. Family and education Comyns Carr was the son of J. Comyns Carr, a dramatist and art critic. His mother, Alice Comyns Carr (1850–1927), was a costume designer for the theatre. He was born in Marylebone and educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford. In 1907, he married Cicely Raikes Bromage, the daughter of a clergyman. They had three sons including Richard Strettell Comyns Carr, the second husband of the avant garde English novelist Barbara Comyns Carr.Roy Douglas, "Sir Arthur Comyns Carr", Brack et al. (eds.) ''Dictionary of Liberal Biography''; Politico’s 1998, pp. 84-85 Career In 1908, Comyns Carr was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn. He became a King's Counsel in 1924, a Bencher of the Inn in 1938, and, eventually, Treasurer in 1951. Comyns Carr's reputation as a barrister was confirmed in a libel action brought by Horatio Bottomley against ...
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Barbara Comyns Carr
Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns Carr (born Barbara Irene Veronica Bayley; 27 December 1907Celia Brayfield (2004)Carr, Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns (1907–1992) ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. – 14 July 1992), known as Barbara Comyns, was an English writer and artist. Early life Born in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, to Margaret Eva Mary (née Fenn) and Albert Edward Bayley, Comyns was the fourth of six children. The family home was Bell Court, a manor on the banks of the River Avon. Her father was a Birmingham brewer and industrialist who died in 1922 when she was 15. Artist After her father's death, Bell Court was sold and Comyns left to attend art school, first in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, then she moved to London to attend Heatherley School of Fine Art. In 1931 she married fellow artist and childhood friend John Pemberton, nephew of the London Group president and noted artist Rupert Lee. Comyns and her husband exhibit ...
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Comyns Berkeley
George Harold Arthur Comyns Berkeley (16 October 1865 – 27 January 1946) was an obstetric physician, gynaecological surgeon and medical writer. Berkeley was most notable along with William Blair-Bell and Sir William Sinclair for creating the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Berkeley was also noted for his writing collaborations with Victor Bonney, the book ''A Textbook of Gynaecological Surgery'' that is still considered a medical classic. It was as teacher that he excelled. Life Comyns Berkeley was the eldest son of G. A. Berkeley and Sarah Berkeley née Louisa. G. A. Berkeley was a wine importer and was related to the Earls of Berkley. Berkeley was educated both at Dulwich College and Marlborough College. Berkeley subsequently enrolled for matriculation at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he studied natural science, completing his bachelor's degree in 1887 and achieving a third-class honours in Natural Sciences Tripos Part I. In April 189 ...
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Ethel Harriet Comyns-Lewer
Ethel Harriet Comyns-Lewer (, – ) was a British ornithologist, Newspaper publisher, periodical publisher and Newspaper editor, editor. Her work ''Feathered World'' would lead her to be the first women editor, owner and/or publisher outside of the traditional 'Woman's' magazine sphere. Life Ethel Harriet Garrett was born on the 28 January 1861, in Dum Dum, India. The eldest child of Newson Dunnell Garrett, an Anglo-Indian officer in the Royal Artillery, and Elizabeth Kate Louisa Jane. She was niece of both the suffragette Millicent Fawcett and the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, as well a cousin Philippa Fawcett, the first woman Senior Wrangler. In 1884, she was involved in the founding of the Ladies' Typewriting Office of Chancery Lane. This society, with links to the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, Society for the Employment of Women and Women's Printing Society, trained young women for careers in the ...
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