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Everard (surname)
Everard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Harriett Everard Harriett Everard (12 March 1844 – 22 February 1882) was an English singer and actress best known for originating the role of Little Buttercup in the Gilbert and Sullivan hit ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' in 1878. The character regretfully reveals a key s ... (1844–1882), English singer and actress * James Everard (born 1962), British Army officer * Thomas Everard (died 1781), mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia * Thomas Everard (1560–1633), English Jesuit {{surname, Everard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriett Everard
Harriett Everard (12 March 1844 – 22 February 1882) was an English singer and actress best known for originating the role of Little Buttercup in the Gilbert and Sullivan hit ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' in 1878. The character regretfully reveals a key secret that sets up the ending of the opera. Everard had a stage career of 20 years, although she died at the age of 37. She appeared, for the first 15 of these, in numerous burlesques, pantomimes, comic operas, comic plays and even some dramas. She played in a few of W. S. Gilbert's early plays before becoming part of Richard D'Oyly Carte's company at the Opera Comique, creating the role of Mrs. Partlett in ''The Sorcerer'' as well as the part of Little Buttercup. She was scheduled to originate the role of Ruth in ''The Pirates of Penzance'', but she was forced to withdraw after an onstage accident during a rehearsal that caused her serious injury. She returned to the stage, briefly, but it is said that she never fully recovered. Early li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Everard
General Sir James Rupert Everard, (born 23 September 1962) is a retired senior British Army officer who served as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Career Educated at Uppingham School,Blue Beret December 2000 Everard was commissioned into the in June 1983. In 1995, as , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Everard (mayor)
Thomas Everard (1719–1781) served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1766 to 1767. He was a clerk at the House of Burgesses and lived in the Brush-Everard House in Colonial Williamsburg. He supported the fight for independence from the British Empire, including serving on the committee that selected delegates from Virginia for the Continental Congress. Orphaned at the age of 10, he was admitted to Christ's Hospital, where he obtained an education. He then immigrated to Virginia, where he entered into an apprenticeship with Matthew Kemp. Upon the end of his apprenticeship, he obtained his first position as a clerk. He bought the house and property now called Brush-Everard House in Williamsburg and 1600 acres in western Virginia and at the edge of Williamsburg. Early life and education Everard was born about 1719 in St. Paul's Parish, Shadwell, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. He was baptized in August 1719. His father, William, was a skinner by trade. At the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |