|
George Gifford (engraver)
George Gifford may refer to: *George Gifford (Puritan) (c. 1548–1600), Puritan preacher * George Gifford (by 1502-43 or later), Member of Parliament (MP) for Midhurst *George Gifford (died 1557) (by 1496–1557), MP for Buckingham * George Gifford (died 1613) (1552–1613), MP for Morpeth and Cricklade * George Gifford (cricketer) (1891–1972), English cricketer See also * George Gifford Symes (1840–1893), U.S. Representative *George Giffard General (United Kingdom), General Sir George James Giffard (27 September 1886 – 17 November 1964) was a British military officer, who had a distinguished career in command of African troops in World War I, rising to command an Army Group in S ... (1886–1964), British military officer * George Markham Giffard (1813–1870), English barrister and judge {{hndis, Gifford, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gifford (Puritan)
George Gifford (c. 1548–1600) was a Puritan preacher at Maldon, Essex. Life Gifford was born in Dry Drayton, near Cambridge and attended Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1570 and MA in 1573. He afterwards lived at Maldon, but was discharged from the priesthood for refusing to subscribe to Archbishop Whitgift's articles of conformity. He was later reinstated as a lecturer at Maldon, serving there as a lecturer until his death in 1600. It is possible that in 1586 he attended the deathbed of Sir Philip Sidney in the Low Countries, where Gifford was serving as chaplain to the Earl of Essex's troops. Gifford may well have penned ''The Manner of Sir Philip Sidney's Death''. Works Gifford wrote some twenty-two published works. These include a translation of William Fulke's ''Praelections vpon the sacred and holy Reuelation of S. Iohn'' (1573; STC:11443); ''A briefe discourse of certaine points of the religion which is among the common sort of Christians, which may bee te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gifford (by 1502-43 Or Later)
George Gifford may refer to: *George Gifford (Puritan) (c. 1548–1600), Puritan preacher * George Gifford (by 1502-43 or later), Member of Parliament (MP) for Midhurst *George Gifford (died 1557) (by 1496–1557), MP for Buckingham * George Gifford (died 1613) (1552–1613), MP for Morpeth and Cricklade * George Gifford (cricketer) (1891–1972), English cricketer See also *George Gifford Symes (1840–1893), U.S. Representative *George Giffard General (United Kingdom), General Sir George James Giffard (27 September 1886 – 17 November 1964) was a British military officer, who had a distinguished career in command of African troops in World War I, rising to command an Army Group in S ... (1886–1964), British military officer * George Markham Giffard (1813–1870), English barrister and judge {{hndis, Gifford, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midhurst (UK Parliament Constituency)
Midhurst was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1311 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished. Before the Great Reform Act of 1832, it was one of the most notorious of England's rotten boroughs. History From its foundation in the 14th century until 1832, the borough consisted of part of the parish of Midhurst, a small market town in Sussex. Much of the town as it existed by the 19th century was outside this ancient boundary, but the boundary was in any case academic since the townsfolk had no votes. As a contemporary, writer, Sir George Trevelyan explained in writing about the general election of 1768,G O Trevelyan, ''Life of Fox'', quoted by Porritt ''the right of election rested in a few small holdings, on which no human being resided, distinguished among the pastures and the stubble that surrounded them by a large stone set up on end in the middle of ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gifford (died 1557)
George Gifford (by 1496–1557) was an English politician. Life Gifford was the son of Roger Gifford of Middle Claydon by Mary, daughter of William Nansiglos of London and Redfans, Essex. He was brother of Ralph Gifford. He married: Margaret Bardfield, who died in 1539, daughter and coheir of John Bardfield of Shenfield, Essex, and widow of Robert Gedge (d. 1528/31) of London. His second wife was Philippa Trappes, daughter of Robert Trappes of London, and widow of Edmund Shaa (d. Nov./Dec. 1539) of London. Despite remarrying after his death, Philippa asked to be buried next to Gifford. Career Gifford studied at the Inner Temple. Gifford was put forward by Thomas Cromwell as MP for Buckingham; the previous MPs had been tainted by their association with Henry VIII's second wife, Anne Boleyn, who had just been executed for treason and adultery. Gifford was Member of Parliament for Buckingham in 1536 and Buckinghamshire in April 1554. He was the Chamberlain of the Household of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gifford (died 1613)
Sir George Gifford (1552 – June 1613) was the member of Parliament for Morpeth in 1584 and Cricklade Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. History Cricklade ... in the parliaments of 1597 and 1601.GIFFORD, George (1552-1613), of Weston-under-Edge, Glos. ''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 1 December 2017. References Members of the Parliament of England ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gifford (cricketer)
George Cooper Gifford was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire from 1923 to 1929. He was born in Huntingdon on 17 November 1891 and died there on 16 September 1972. He appeared in fourteen first-class matches as a right-handed batsman In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since September 2021, officially referred to as a batter (historically, the ... who scored 387 runs with a highest score of 98. Notes 1891 births 1972 deaths English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gifford Symes
George Gifford Symes (April 28, 1840November 3, 1893) was an American lawyer, Republican Party (United States), Republican politician, and pioneer of Wisconsin, Montana, and Colorado. He was a member of congress, representing Colorado's at-large congressional district, Colorado's at-large district during the 49th United States Congress, 49th and 50th United States Congress, 50th U.S. congresses (1885–1889), and was a justice of the Montana Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the Montana Territory. Earlier in his life, he served as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War. Biography George G. Symes was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, in April 1840. He received his early education there, then moved with his parents to La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 1852, where he completed his education. At age 20, he began the study of law in the offices of Angus Cameron (American politician), Angus Cameron (later a U.S. senator). Civil War service At the outbreak of the American Civil War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Giffard
General (United Kingdom), General Sir George James Giffard (27 September 1886 – 17 November 1964) was a British military officer, who had a distinguished career in command of African troops in World War I, rising to command an Army Group in South East Asia in World War II. Early career Giffard was the eldest son of George Campbell Giffard, Clerk of the Journals, House of Commons, and Jane Lawrence, granddaughter of the Vice-Chancellor Sir James Bacon (judge), James Bacon. He was thus a nephew of the Socialist politician Susan Lawrence. After attending Rugby School and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment in 1906. In 1913, while serving with its 1st Battalion, he saw action in East Africa. He transferred into a unit of the King's African Rifles. Giffard saw active service in World War I, his unit serving in the East African campaign (World War I), East Africa campaign against the German colonial forces (Schutz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
