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Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke
Fulke may refer to: *Fulke d'Aunou, also written Fulco and Foulques (1004-1080?), Baron of Aunou-le-Faucon, Normandy. Second cousin of William of Normandy and one of 30 knights named as present with William at the Battle of Hastings (1066), he was awarded lands around High Littleton, Somerset, England *Fulke Lovell (or Fulk Lovel) was a medieval Bishop of London elect *Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628), Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman *Fulke Greville (1717–1806) (1717–1806), the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort *Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (1821–1883), Irish politician *Fulke Johnson Houghton (b. 1940), British racehorse trainer *Fulke Walwyn (1910–1991), British jockey and racehorse trainer *Pierre Fulke (born 1971), Swedish golfer who played on the European Tour *Robert Fulke Greville (1751–1824), British Member of Parliament (MP) and courtier *Robert Fulke Greville (landowner) (1800–1867), politician, soldier an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulke D'Aunou, Also Written Fulco And Foulques
Fulke may refer to: *Fulke d'Aunou, also written Fulco and Foulques (1004-1080?), Baron of Aunou-le-Faucon, Normandy. Second cousin of William of Normandy and one of 30 knights named as present with William at the Battle of Hastings (1066), he was awarded lands around High Littleton, Somerset, England *Fulke Lovell (or Fulk Lovel) was a medieval Bishop of London elect *Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke (1554–1628), Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman *Fulke Greville (1717–1806) (1717–1806), the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort *Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (1821–1883), Irish politician *Fulke Johnson Houghton (b. 1940), British racehorse trainer *Fulke Walwyn (1910–1991), British jockey and racehorse trainer *Pierre Fulke (born 1971), Swedish golfer who played on the European Tour *Robert Fulke Greville (1751–1824), British Member of Parliament (MP) and courtier *Robert Fulke Greville (landowner) (1800–1867), politician, soldier an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulke Lovell
Fulke Lovell (or Fulk Lovel; died 1285) was a medieval Bishop of London-elect. Lovell held the prebends of Islington and Caddington Major in the diocese of London before he became Archdeacon of Colchester between 1263 and 1267.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Archdeacons: Colchester' He was elected bishop on 18 February 1280 but resigned the election before 8 April 1280.Greenway Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops' He died on 21 November 1285 while holding the office of archdeacon. Citations References * * Bishops of London Archdeacons of Colchester 1285 deaths Year of birth unknown 13th-century English Roman Catholic bishops {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, ''de jure'' 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke Order of the Bath, KB Privy Counsellor, PC (; 3 October 1554 – 30 September 1628), known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan era, Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and politician, statesman who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1621, when he was raised to the peerage. Greville was a capable administrator who served the English Crown under Elizabeth I and James I of England, James I as, successively, treasurer of the navy, chancellor of the exchequer, and commissioner of the Treasury, and who for his services was in 1621 made Baron Brooke, peer of the realm. Greville was granted Warwick Castle in 1604, making numerous improvements. Greville is best known today as the biographer of Sir Philip Sidney, and for his sober poetry, which presents dark, thoughtful and views on art, literature, beauty and other philoso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulke Greville (1717–1806)
Fulke Greville (1717–1806) of Wilbury House, Newton Toney, Wiltshire, England, was an English landowner and diplomat. He was the son of Algernon Greville and Mary Somerset, daughter and coheiress of Lord Arthur Somerset, the youngest son of Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort. His father was a son of Fulke Greville, 5th Baron Brooke.''Burkes Peerage'' (1939 edition), ''s.v.'' Warwick, Earl. For a time around 1731 he was educated as a gentleman commoner at Winchester College. His wife was the poet Frances Greville,Betty Rizzo, ‘Greville , Frances (1727?–1789)’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, January 2008 accessed 15 September 2008. daughter and coheir of James Macartney (1692–1770), James Macartney, Irish MP for Longford and Granard and his wife Catherine Coote. They eloped on 26 January 1748. They had several children, including: * Frances Anne Greville (born November 1748), married John Crewe, later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville
Colonel Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville (17 February 1821 – 25 January 1883), known as Fulke Greville until 1866, was an Irish Liberal politician. Early life Greville was the second son of Algernon Greville, Esq., of North Lodge in Hertford, and the former Caroline Graham. His mother was the second daughter of Sir Bellingham Graham, 6th Baronet. He was a member of a junior branch of the Greville family headed by the Earl of Warwick. Political career Greville sat as Member of Parliament for Longford County as a Liberal from 19 July 1852 until 1869, when he was raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Greville, of Clonyn in the County of Westmeath. He had adopted the surname of Nugent-Greville by Royal Patent in 1866. He subsequently served as Lord Lieutenant of Westmeath from 1871 to 1883. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulke Johnson Houghton
Richard Fulke Johnson Houghton (born 1940) is a British retired Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He trained over 1,200 winners in a career which lasted from 1961 until 2006. The best of his horses included Ribocco, Ribero, Habitat, Rose Bowl, Ile de Bourbon and Double Form. Background Johnson Houghton was born in 1940 to the trainer Gordon Johnson Houghton and his wife Helen. He was named after his mother's twin brother Fulke Walwyn. Johnson Houghton was educated at Eton College before working as an assistant trainer in Britain and France. When Gordon Johnson Houghton died in 1952 Helen took over the Woodway stable at Blewbury in Berkshire but under Jockey Club rules, women were not allowed to hold a training licence. She therefore managed the yard through assistants including Charles Jerdein and Peter Walwyn. When Walwyn set up his own stable in 1961 the 20-year-old Fulke, then working on a cattle farm in Australia, was recalled to England to take over the licence at Woodway. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulke Walwyn
Fulke Thomas Tyndall Walwyn CVO (8 November 1910 – 18 February 1991) was a British jockey and a celebrated racehorse trainer, who was particularly successful in National Hunt racing. Life Walwyn was born in Wrexham. His twin sister, Helen Johnson Houghton (1910–2012), was a racehorse owner and trainer who was one of the first women elected as a member of the Jockey Club. Their cousin, Peter Walwyn (1933–2017), was also a racehorse trainer. His father, Colonel Fulke Walwyn, was an officer in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, and Master of the Monmouth Hounds from 1922 to 1931. His mother died when Helen and Fulke were still young. He was educated at Malvern College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and then became an officer in the 9th Lancers but resigned his commission in 1935. He was a military policeman for two years in the Second World War, before serving with the 9th Lancers in France. Career As a jockey, his most notable victory came as an amateur rider on Reyno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Fulke
Pierre Olof Fulke (born 21 February 1971) is a Sweden, Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour. Early life and amateur career Fulke was born in Nyköping. He came to represent Eksjö Golf Club, situated in the province of Småland in Sweden, through his entire career. 14 years old, he qualified for the 1985 unofficial Swedish Youth Championship (Colgate Cup) at his age level and finished 8th. He represented Sweden twice at the European Boys' Team Championship and the continent of Europe once at Jacques Léglise Trophy. Professional career He turned professional before the 1990 season, only 18 years old, and began playing on the Swedish Golf Tour, at the time co-sanctioned by the newly founded European second tier Challenge Tour. In May 1990, he reached a third place finish in an international field at the Ramlösa Open at Vasatorp Golf Club, Helsingborg. In 1992, Fulke won twice on the Challenge Tour, to qualify for membership of the main European Tour. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fulke Greville
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Fulke Greville FRS (3 February 1751 – 27 April 1824) was a British Army officer, courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1807. Life The son of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick, and his wife, the former Elizabeth Hamilton, he was a younger brother of George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick, and of Charles Francis Greville. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh. He was commissioned as a cornet in the 10th Dragoons in 1768, and promoted to lieutenant in 1772; he transferred to the 1st Foot Guards in April 1775 and became captain the same year, then lieutenant-colonel in 1777. He saw little or no active service and perhaps the most notable aspect of his army career was as an equerry to King George III from 1781 to 1797. This included the king's first bout of physical and mental illness, then known as madness, for which Greville's diaries are a valuable primary source. Some incidents from them were incorporat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Fulke Greville (landowner)
Robert Fulke Greville (8 January 1800 – 12 September 1867) was a politician, soldier and landowner of the early Victorian era, the son of Regency courtier Robert Fulke Greville and Louisa, 2nd Countess of Mansfield. Greville stood as a Parliamentary candidate for Pembrokeshire in the general election of 1831, but was defeated, and went to live abroad, embarking on a military career. Returning to Milford Haven in 1853, he took up residence in Castle Hall. He served as High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire for 1854. He made great efforts to have the railway extended to the town of Milford Haven, which had been founded by Sir William Hamilton, aided by his nephew, (Robert's uncle) Charles Francis Greville. He constructed a pier and other facilities to encourage sea traffic with Ireland. He also constructed gasworks and waterworks, eventually running out of money for improvements and dying in debt. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Greville, Robert Fulke 1800 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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