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Forbes-Robertson
Forbes-Robertson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Eric Forbes-Robertson (1865–1935), British figure and landscape painter *Frances Forbes-Robertson (1866–1956), British novelist * James Forbes-Robertson VC, DSO & Bar, MC (1884–1955), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross * Jean Forbes-Robertson (1905–1962), English actress *John Forbes-Robertson (actor) (1928–2008), British actor, played the title role in the Hammer horror series of Dracula films * Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853–1937), English actor and theatre manager *Norman Forbes-Robertson (1858–1932), actor and prominent member of London's exclusive Garrick Club See also *Forbes (name) Forbes is a surname. It derives from the Scottish Clan Forbes (after a toponym, from Gaelic ''forba'' "field"). Descendants of the Scottish clan have also been present in Ireland since the 17th century. The name of an unrelated Irish sept, Mac ... * Robertson (surname) * {{surname Compound surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (16 January 1853 – 6 November 1937''Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson, Beauty And Grace in Acting'', Obituaries, ''The Times'', 8 November 1937.) was an English actor and theatre manager and husband of actress Gertrude Elliot. He was considered the finest Hamlet of the Victorian era and one of the finest actors of his time, despite his dislike of the job and his lifelong belief that he was temperamentally unsuited to acting. Early life and education Born in London, he was the eldest of the eleven children of John Forbes-Robertson, a theatre critic and journalist from Aberdeen, and his wife Frances. One of his sisters, Frances (1866–1956), and three of his brothers, Ian Forbes-Robertson (1859–1936), Norman Forbes-Robertson (1858–1932) and John Kelt (Eric Forbes-Robertson) (1865–1935), also became actors. Through his wife Gertrude Elliot, he was the brother-in-law of famed actress Maxine Elliott, the uncle of Roy Harrod the economist, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Forbes-Robertson
Jean Forbes-Robertson (16 March 1905 – 24 December 1962) was an English actress. A versatile Shakespearean actress, she was often cast in boys' roles because of her slim build, playing Jim Hawkins in a stage version of ''Treasure Island'', Puck in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and, most famously, the title role in ''Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan''. After beginning her career in 1921 on tour in South Africa and Australasia with her mother's theatre company, she made her London debut in 1925, gaining wide notice by 1927. She played mostly in Shakespeare works and other classic plays, and was often employed by the actor-director Robert Atkins (actor), Robert Atkins. Her father was the actor Johnston Forbes-Robertson, her mother the actress Gertrude Elliot, her aunt the actress Maxine Elliott, and her daughter is the actress Joanna Van Gyseghem. Early years and ''Peter Pan'' Forbes-Robertson was born in London, the second daughter of the actors Johnston Forbes-Robertson and Gertrude ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Forbes-Robertson
Frances Forbes-Robertson (after marriage, Frances Harrod; 1866 – 23 May 1956) was a British artist, novelist, and actor. Among her publications can be counted ''The Devil's Pronoun'' (1894), ''Odd Stories'' (1897), ''The Potentate'' (1898), ''Mother Earth'' (1902), ''The Hidden Model'' (1902), ''What We Dream'' (1903), ''Trespass'' (1928), and ''Stained Wings'' (1930). Biography Frances Mary Desirée Forbes-Robertson was born in 1866. She was the youngest child of John Forbes-Robertson, a theatre critic and journalist from Aberdeen, and his wife Frances. The eldest of the eleven children in the family was Johnston Forbes-Robertson, the actor. Two other brothers, Ian Forbes-Robertson (1859–1936), and Norman Forbes-Robertson (1858–1932) also became actors, and a third, Eric Forbes-Robertson (1865–1935) became a painter. She was the sister-in-law of the actress Maxine Elliott, and the great-aunt of actress Meriel Forbes (granddaughter of her brother Norman), who married acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Forbes-Robertson
Colonel James Forbes-Robertson (7 July 1884 – 5 August 1955) was a British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth forces. Forbes-Robertson was born in 1884, aSlead Hall a Grade II listed Building, in Brighouse, West Yorkshire and was educated at Cheltenham College. During the First World War, he served as the Deputy Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment and as the unit's Acting Commanding Officer during the Monchy-le-Preux (Newfoundland) Memorial, Battle of Monchy-le-Preux in April 1917. When he was 33 years old, and an acting lieutenant colonel in the 1st Battalion, The Border Regiment, during the First World War at the Battle of the Lys (1918), Battle of Estaires, he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 11/12 April 1918 near Vieux-Berquin, France: Four times Lieutenant Colonel Forbes-Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Forbes-Robertson
Norman Forbes-Robertson (24 September 1858 – 28 September 1932), known professionally as Norman Forbes, was an English actor and art dealer. He was the brother of actor Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and a friend of Ellen Terry, Oscar Wilde, Edward Elgar and Henry Irving. Together with Bram Stoker, he helped to organize Irving's funeral; a large body of letters connected with this event still exist. Biography Forbes was the son of John Forbes-Robertson (1822–1903) and one of the 11 siblings of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson. He was educated at University College School, London and studied acting under Samuel Phelps. Forbes-Robertson was a prominent member of London's exclusive Garrick Club. According to "The History of the Tie", one afternoon in the 1920s, he wore a salmon-and-cucumber tie to lunch at the Garrick Club, joking that it was the official club tie. Thereafter it was adopted as such. His first stage appearance was on 20 November 1875 when he played Sir Harry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Forbes-Robertson
Eric Forbes-Robertson (1865–1935) was a British figure and landscape painter. He was the brother of two actors Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and Norman Forbes-Robertson. Biography Eric trained at the Académie Julian in Paris in the late 1880s. Amongst the other students at that time were Paul Sérusier, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard and Maurice Denis. In August 1890 he travelled to Pont-Aven, Brittany with his friend and fellow student Robert Polhill Bevan. It was there that he met Paul Gauguin and his name is inscribed along with those of Roderic O'Conor and Armand Séguin in Gauguin's portfolio (now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art). In 1897 Eric married a Polish art student, Janina Flamm, on the island of Jersey. Her bridesmaid was a fellow Pole Stanisława de Karłowska and it was here that the latter met her future husband Robert Polhill Bevan. Little is known of the Forbes-Robertsons' later work, although both exhibited at the August 1911 show of the Esperantist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Forbes-Robertson (actor)
John Forbes-Robertson (10 May 1928 – 14 May 2008) was a British actor best known for being the only actor other than Christopher Lee to play Count Dracula for Hammer Film Productions. He was born in Worthing, Sussex. He was not the son of actor-manager Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, as erroneously stated in the press at the time of his death; he was the grandson of one of Sir Johnston's brothers. He began his acting career on the stage, starting at the Intimate Theatre in Palmers Green, before pursuing a film and TV career in the 1950s and 1960s, usually in minor roles, in films such as '' The Battle of the River Plate'' (1956), ''Bunny Lake Is Missing'' (1965) and ''The Spy with a Cold Nose'' (1966). He made two films for Hammer - ''The Vampire Lovers'' (1970), as the Man in Black, and '' The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires'' (1974), as Dracula. Other film credits include ''Nicholas and Alexandra'' (1971), '' The Vault of Horror'' (1973), ''Venom'' (1981) and '' Lifeforce'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson (surname)
Robertson is a patronymic surname, meaning "son of Robert". It originated in Scotland and northern England. Notable people with the surname include: A *Rev. A. E. Robertson (1870–1958), first person to "bag" Scotlands 283 peaks *Absalom Willis Robertson (1887–1971), U.S. Senator from Virginia, father of Pat Robertson *Adam Robertson, musician with the Australian rock band Magic Dirt *Adam Robertson (Canadian politician) (died 1882), foundry owner and politician in Ontario, Canada *Alan Robertson (footballer), Scottish footballer and coach *Alan Robertson (geneticist) (1920–1989), English population geneticist *Alan Robertson (swimmer), New Zealand swimmer *Alan S. Robertson (born 1941), former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly *Alan W. Robertson (1906–1978), British philatelist *Albert Robertson (1864–1952), Canadian politician *Alec Robertson (bowls), lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand *Alec Robertson (music critic) (1892–1982), British writer, broadcaster and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes (name)
Forbes is a surname. It derives from the Scottish Clan Forbes (after a toponym, from Gaelic ''forba'' "field"). Descendants of the Scottish clan have also been present in Ireland since the 17th century. The name of an unrelated Irish sept, Mac Fhirbhisigh or MacFirbis, was also anglicised as Forbes.Michael C. O'Laughlin, ''The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small'', 2002p. 108 Notable people with the surname Forbes include: Aristocracy * Clan Forbes, descendants of Alexander de Forbes, 1st Lord Forbes (c. 1380–1448): see Lord Forbes, Lord Forbes of Pitsligo. ** Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes (1918–2013), Scottish soldier, businessman and politician * Forbes baronets of the Baronetage of Nova Scotia: four distinct baronetcies for people called Forbes: ** Forbes, later Stuart-Forbes, of Monymusk, created 1626 for William Forbes (died c. 1650) *** Sir William Forbes, 6th Baronet (1739–1806) ** Forbes, of Castle Forbes, created 1628 for Arthur Forbes (1590–1632 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compound Surnames
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surnames Of English Origin
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
