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Francis Chamberlain (other)
Francis Chamberlain or Chamberlayne may refer to: * Francis Chamberlain (Australian politician), (1900–1984), Australian politician *Francis Chamberlain (governor) Sir Francis Chamberlain (1561–1570) was Governor of Guernsey The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British crown dependency off the coast of France. Holders of the post of Governor of Guernsey, until the role was abolished in 1835. Since then, onl ..., governor of Guernsey * Francis Chamberlayne, MP for New Shoreham See also * Frances Chamberlain, First Lady of Maine * Frances Chamberlaine, playwright * Frank Chamberlain (other) * {{hndis, Chamberlain, Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Chamberlain (Australian Politician)
Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 – 2 July 1914) was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal Party (UK), Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist after opposing home rule for Ireland, and eventually served as a leading New Imperialism, imperialist in coalition with the Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives. He split both major British parties in the course of his career. He was the father, by different marriages, of Nobel Peace Prize winner Austen Chamberlain and of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. Chamberlain made his career in Birmingham, first as a manufacturer of screws and then as a notable List of Lord Mayors of Birmingham, mayor of the city. He was a radical Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party member and an opponent of the Elementary Education Act 1870 on the basis that it could result in subsidising Church of England schools with local Rates in the United Kingdom#England, ratepayers' money. As a self-made businessman, he had never attended university and had con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Chamberlain (governor)
Sir Francis Chamberlain (1561–1570) was Governor of Guernsey The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British crown dependency off the coast of France. Holders of the post of Governor of Guernsey, until the role was abolished in 1835. Since then, only Lieutenant-Governors have been appointed (see Lieutenant Gover ....Berry, William. The History of the Island of Guernsey. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. p. 214 References 1561 births 1570 deaths Governors of British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies Guernsey people {{Guernsey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Chamberlayne
Francis Chamberlayne (after 1667–1728), of Stoneythorpe, Warwickshire and London, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1713 and 1728. Chamberlayne was the son of Francis Chamberlayne, a London grocer, whom he succeeded in 1695, inheriting Stoney Thorpe Hall (or Stoneythorpe Hall) near Southam, Warwickshire. The Chamberlaynes were originally a Warwickshire family. Chamberlayn was a Member Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in ... (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for New Shoreham 1713 - 1715 and 11 June 1720 – 26 September 1728. Chamberlayn died unmarried. in 1728. References 17th-century births 1728 deaths People from Warwickshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Chamberlain
Frances Caroline "Fanny" Chamberlain, née Adams (August 12, 1825 – October 18, 1905) was the wife of Joshua Chamberlain. Biography Frances was born in the Greater Boston area, daughter of Asher (or Ashur) and Amelia (née Wyllys) Adams. As a small child she was shuffled to different family members until she settled with Rev. George Eliashib Adams, a nephew of her father's, in Brunswick, Maine. She grew up an educated and artistic girl with a talent for music and singing, which is what made her play music in the First Parish Congregationalist Church (her adoptive father's church). It was at First Parish that Fanny first met Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, one of the many students at nearby Bowdoin College, in 1849. The two had a difficult and slow courtship due to several factors including Fanny's apparent lack of interest early on and that Reverend Adams did not feel Chamberlain was good enough for his adopted daughter. Despite this, the couple became engaged in the autum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Chamberlaine
Frances Sheridan (''née'' Chamberlaine) (1724 – 26 September 1766) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and playwright. Life Frances Chamberlaine was born in Dublin, Ireland. Her father, Dr. Phillip Chamberlaine, was an Anglican minister. In 1747 she married Thomas Sheridan, who was then an actor and theatre director, and at the same time she began work on her first novel, ''Eugenia and Adelaide''. The couple moved to London permanently in 1758 for business reasons (after an earlier sortie to London in 1754). In London Frances was introduced to Samuel Richardson, who encouraged her in her writing. Her most successful novel, ''Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph'' (1761), in diary format, was influenced by Samuel Richardson's ''Pamela''. She then turned to drama, and two of her plays were produced at London's Drury Lane theatre by David Garrick's company in the 1760s. Frances Sheridan was the mother of the famous playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, and her son's early successful plays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
