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Claud Biggs
Claud is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Claud Allister (1888–1970), English actor *Claud Beelman (1883–1963), American architect *Claud Irvine Boswell (1742–1824), Scottish judge *Claud Thomas Bourchier (1831–1877), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Claud E. Cleeton (1907–1997), physicist notable for his work on the microwave spectroscopy of ammonia *Claud Cockburn (1904–1981), radical English journalist controversial for communist sympathies * Claud Derrick, former Major League Baseball shortstop *Claud Lovat Fraser (1890–1921), English Artist, designer and author *Claud Hamilton, 1st Lord Paisley (1543–1621), Scottish politician *Claud Hamilton, 2nd Baron Hamilton of Strabane (1606–1638), the third son of James Hamilton *Claud Hamilton, 4th Earl of Abercorn, PC (1659–1691), Scottish and Irish peer and Jacobite *Claud Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (1872–1950), British Conservative Party politician * Alfred Claud Hollis (1874–196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud Allister
Claud Allister (born William Claud Michael Palmer, 3 October 1888 – 26 July 1970) was an English actor with an extensive film career in both Britain and Hollywood, where he appeared in more than 70 films between 1929 and 1955. Life and career He was born in London. After receiving his education at Felsted School in Essex, he began his career as a stockbroker's clerk in the City of London, but gave up a life in the Square Mile on deciding that he preferred the stage, upon which he made his début in 1910. He toured England's repertory theatres playing minor parts up to the outbreak of World War I, when he was commissioned into the British Army as a subaltern, and saw active service with the Suffolk Regiment and the Machine Gun Corps. Post-war he returned to acting, appearing in the West End in ''Bulldog Drummond'', and in 1924 went to America to perform on the stage there initially. In 1929 he made his film début in ''The Trial of Mary Dugan''. In 1934 he appeared in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud O'Donnell
Claud Augustus O'Donnell (30 January 1886 – 4 August 1953) was an Australian rugby union and rugby league player and represented his country at both sports as a dual-code rugby international. Rugby union career O'Donnell played rugby union with the Glebe club in inner city Sydney. He made his representative debut for New South Wales in 1912 and the following year made two Test appearances as hooker for the Wallabies against the All Blacks in the 1913 tour of New Zealand. Rugby league career Switching to rugby league O'Donnell joined the Glebe Dirty Reds in 1915 and had three seasons in the Sydney premiership. In 1918 he moved to Brisbane and joined the Carltons club, one of the early incarnations of the Souths Magpies. From there he made state appearances for Queensland against New South Wales over four years and in 1919 was selected in the Australian team as hooker. He played in all four Tests of the 1919 rugby league tour of New Zealand. He is listed as Australia's 97th re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Claud Hamilton (1889–1975)
Lord Claud Nigel Hamilton (10 November 1889 – 2 August 1975) was a British Army officer and courtier. Family and education The youngest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, and Lady Mary Anna Curzon-Howe, he was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire. On 11 July 1933 he married Violet Ruby Newall (née Ashton), mother of Pamela Newall (later Baroness Sharples). They had no children. Career Army In 1907 Hamilton joined the 3rd Battalion (Lothian Regiment) of the Scots Guards as a Second Lieutenant, and transferred to the Grenadier Guards in 1909, having been promoted to the rank of Captain the previous year. During the First World War he was mentioned in despatches in 1914 for having "commanded a machine-gun for five days and nights without relief". The same year he was made a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. In 1916 he was made an MVO, and in 1918 he became an Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925)
Rt. Hon. Lord Claud John Hamilton (20 February 1843 – 26 January 1925) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) during the Victorian era, and a noted railway director. Family and education Born the second son of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn (later the 1st Duke of Abercorn The title Duke of Abercorn () is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created in 1868 and bestowed upon James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn. Although the Dukedom is in the Peerage of Ireland, it refe ...) and his wife Lady Louisa Jane Russell, Hamilton was educated at Harrow School. He married Carolina Chandos-Pole (19 July 1857 – 21 September 1911) (a granddaughter of the Leicester Stanhope, 5th Earl of Harrington, 5th Earl of Harrington) on 20 July 1878 and they had two children: *Gilbert Claud Hamilton (1879–1943), who gained the rank of colonel in service of the Grenadier Guards, fought in the Second Boer War and was decorated several t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884)
Lord Claud Hamilton PC (27 July 1813 – 3 June 1884) was a British Conservative politician. He notably served as Treasurer of the Household in 1852 and between 1858 and 1859 and as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1866 and 1868. Background and education Hamilton was the second son of James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, eldest son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn. His mother was Harriet Douglas, daughter of the Honourable John Douglas, younger son of James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton. James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, was his elder brother. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. Political career Hamilton sat as Member of Parliament for County Tyrone from 1835 to 1837 and again from 1839 to 1874. When the Conservatives came to power in February 1852 under the Earl of Derby, Hamilton was admitted to the Privy Council and appointed Treasurer of the Household, a post he held until the government fell in December 1852. He held the same of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Claud Hamilton (1787–1808)
Lord Claud Hamilton (1 November 1787 – June 1808) was a British nobleman and politician. He sat briefly in the House of Commons before dying of illness in Madeira at the age of 20. The younger son of John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, he was evidently educated at Harrow School, where he was a lieutenant of volunteers in 1803. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford on 24 October 1805, s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Hamilton, Claud but left there for Cambridge, where he was admitted as a nobleman to St John's College on 19 October 1807. In the meantime, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Dungannon at the general election in May 1807, though underage, through the patronage of his father's political ally, Thomas Knox, 1st Viscount Northland. It was intended that he should later contest County Donegal or County Tyrone, but he suffered from illness, and may not ever have taken his seat. In January 1808, he sailed for Brazil in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud Woolley
Claud Neville Woolley (5 May 1886 – 3 November 1962) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire. He also served as a first-class umpire and stood in one Test during the 1948 Ashes series. A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow-medium bowler, he was the older brother of Frank who had a more successful playing career, including representing England in 64 Tests. Born in Tonbridge, Woolley began his cricket career with Kent however he failed to break into the first team, making 18 second XI appearances between 1906 and 1908. He joined Gloucestershire but once again failed to establish himself, making just one first-class appearance in two seasons with the club, the appearance came in 1909 against the touring Australians, he opened the bowling but took no wickets in eight overs, he batted at number seven and scored 22. He joined Northamptonshire in 1911, making his debut for the club against the Indian tourists, he scored 1 n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud Thomas Thellusson Wood
The Rt Rev Claude Thomas Thelluson Wood (27 February 1885 – 17 January 1961) was an eminent Bishop in the mid part of the twentieth century. He was born on 27 February 1885 and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. After a curacy at Hatfield he spent ten years in the Army Chaplains' Department to the Territorial Army. He was in France from 1915 where he was awarded the Military Cross 'for service in the Field' and was Mentioned in Despatches. His service was summarised in 1918 as 'good report'. He served as vicar at Croydon and Tring and was then successively Rural Dean of Berkhamsted, Archdeacon of St Albans and then Bishop of Bedford The Bishop of Bedford is an episcopal title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop of St Albans, oversees 150 parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire. The title, which takes its name after the tow .... Wood was recommended for the post in 1948 by the Bishop of St Albans who, in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud Buchanan Ticehurst
Claud Buchanan Ticehurst FRGS (8 January 1881 – 17 February 1941) was a British people, British ornithologist. Early years Born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex he was a brother of Norman Frederic Ticehurst (1873-1960) and their father was Dr. A. R. Ticehurst. Ticehurst received early education at a preparatory school and then went to Tonbridge School (1892-1900) and subsequently attended St John's College, Cambridge, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1903. Career Following the family tradition he trained as a medical physician, receiving an MRCS and LRCP from Guy's Hospital. In 1910 he worked at Lowestoft as a doctor while also being a surgeon at the North Suffolk Hospital. In 1917 he joined as a Temporary Lieutenant in the RAMC where he was promoted to a Temporary Captain on 5 June 1918. He was posted to India but stopped at Sierra Leone and South Africa. He served in British India, mainly in Karachi but with visits to Basra and Quetta from 23 September 1917 to 14 January 1920 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud Eustace Teal
Claud Eustace Teal is a fictional character who made many appearances in a series of novels, novellas and short stories by Leslie Charteris featuring '' The Saint'', starting in 1929. A common spelling variation of his first name in reference works and websites is Claude, however in his works Charteris uses the spelling without the 'e'. History Teal was a London-based police detective for Scotland Yard, with which he initially held the rank of Inspector. He first appeared not in a Saint story, but in a 1929 novel entitled '' Daredevil'' as a friend of that book's hero, "Storm" Arden. When Charteris decided to launch an ongoing series of stories featuring his Robin Hood-inspired anti-hero, Simon Templar (a.k.a. The Saint) in late 1929, he imported the character of Teal though it's not known if ''Daredevil'' plays any role in the actual continuity of the Saint series. (The first Saint story, 1928's '' Meet - The Tiger!'', predated ''Daredevil'' and featured a character named Dete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud Severn
Sir Claud Severn ( Chinese Translated Name: 施勳) (1869–1933) was a British colonial administrator. Severn joined the colonial civil service in British Malaya in 1894 and worked under the Governor of the Straits Settlements. In 1912, he became Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong and remained in the post until 1925. During this period, Severn governed Hong Kong twice as acting administrator during transition periods between Governors. Early life Sir Claud Severn was born on 9 September 1869 in Adelaide, South Australia, to Walter Severn (1830－1904) (at one time British Consul in Rome) and Mary Dalrymple Fergusson (1845-1916). His mother was the daughter of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet. Severn went to St Peter's College, Adelaide and studied Latin and chemistry at the University of Adelaide."Severn, Sir Claud", ''Who Was Who'', London: A & C Black, 1996. He later graduated from Selwyn College, Cambridge with a BA in 1890 and MA in 1913. Colonial service Havi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claud Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott
Brigadier Claud Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott, DSO (13 July 1906 – 24 January 1971) was the first child and only son born to Lieutenant Colonel Lord Herbert Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott and Marie Josephine Edwards. He was a grandson of William Henry Walter Montagu Douglas Scott, 6th Duke of Buccleuch & 8th Duke of Queensberry and Louisa Montagu Douglas Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and a paternal first cousin to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester. He was a maternal first cousin once removed to Prince William of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a paternal great-uncle to Sarah, Duchess of York, and a maternal second great-uncle to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York. Early life and family As was the case with his father, Claud Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott was known most commonly by his middle name, Andrew. He was educated at Eton College. On 10 August 1929, Montagu Douglas Scott married Lady Victoria Doris Rachel "Doria" Haig (1908 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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