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George Willoughby (MP)
George Willoughby may refer to: * George Willoughby (activist) (1914–2010), American Quaker activist * Sir George Willoughby (MP) (c. 1635–1695), English MP for Marlborough, 1685–1695 * George Willoughby, 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham (1638–1674), English peer * George Willoughby, 17th Baron Willoughby of Parham (1748/9–1779), English peer * George Willoughby (East India Company officer) (1828–1857), British soldier in India * George Willoughby (theatre entrepreneur) George Willoughby Dowse (c. 1869 – 23 December 1951), professionally known as "George Willoughby", was an English comic actor and theatre manager who had a substantial career in Australia. History George Willoughby Dowse was born in around 1 ... (1869–1951), English theatre entrepreneur * George Willoughby (producer), Norwegian film producer {{hndis, Willoughby, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Willoughby (activist)
George Willoughby (December 9, 1914 – January 5, 2010) was a Quaker activist who advocated for world peace, and conducted nonviolent protests against war and preparations for war. Biography Willoughby lived next to the Old Pine Farm Natural Land Trust in Deptford, Gloucester County, part of the New Jersey Green Acres program. He was raised in the Panama Canal zone. He met his wife, Lillian Willoughby, in Iowa in the 1930s. He was a conscientious objector during World War II and helped find homes for Japanese-Americans who had been put in camps at the outbreak of the war. He was involved with the Committee for Non-Violent Action (CNVA), formed in 1957 to resist the US Government's program of nuclear weapons testing, one of the first organizations to employ direct nonviolent action to protest against the nuclear arms race. He was a crew member of the Golden Rule, a small boat that in 1958 sailed into the South Pacific to protest atomic testing there by the United States. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Willoughby (MP)
George Willoughby may refer to: * George Willoughby (activist) (1914–2010), American Quaker activist * Sir George Willoughby (MP) (c. 1635–1695), English MP for Marlborough, 1685–1695 * George Willoughby, 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham (1638–1674), English peer * George Willoughby, 17th Baron Willoughby of Parham (1748/9–1779), English peer * George Willoughby (East India Company officer) (1828–1857), British soldier in India * George Willoughby (theatre entrepreneur) George Willoughby Dowse (c. 1869 – 23 December 1951), professionally known as "George Willoughby", was an English comic actor and theatre manager who had a substantial career in Australia. History George Willoughby Dowse was born in around 1 ... (1869–1951), English theatre entrepreneur * George Willoughby (producer), Norwegian film producer {{hndis, Willoughby, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlborough (UK Parliament Constituency)
Marlborough was a parliamentary borough centred on the town of Marlborough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons from 1295 until 1868, and then one member from 1868 until 1885, when the borough was abolished. Members of Parliament 1295–1640 1640–1868 1868–1885 Election results Elections in the 1830s * The mayor refused to accept the nominations of Malet and Mirehouse, and Bucknall-Estcourt and Bankes were declared elected unopposed. Elections in the 1840s Baring was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury In the United Kingdom there are at least six Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, serving as a commission for the ancient office of Treasurer of the Exchequer. The board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord of the ... and Bruce was appointed Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, requiring by-elections. Elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Willoughby, 7th Baron Willoughby Of Parham
George Willoughby, 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham (1638–1674) was an English peer of the House of Lords. He was born at Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England on 18 March 1639, the son of William Willoughby, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham and Anne Carey. On 9 October 1666, he married Elizabeth Clinton, daughter of Henry Clinton and Jane Markham. George and Elizabeth had three children: John Willoughby, 8th Baron Willoughby of Parham, his successor; Anne, who died in infancy; and Elizabeth, who married Hon. James Bertie, son of James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon. On the death of his father in 1673, he succeeded as the 7th Baron Willoughby of Parham. He died in Knaith, Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ..., England in 1674, aged 35. References Bibliogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Willoughby, 17th Baron Willoughby Of Parham
George Willoughby, 17th Baron Willoughby of Parham (c.1748/49 – 1779) was an English peer of the House of Lords. He was born on 24 April 1748 (or 1749), the son of Fortune Willoughby and Hannah, former wife of Cook Tollet and daughter of Thomas Barrow. On the death of his uncle Henry Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) * Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ... in 1775, he succeeded as the 17th Baron Willoughby of Parham. Four years later, he died without issue on 29 October 1779 and the barony became extinct. References Bibliography * . {{DEFAULTSORT:Willoughby of Parham, George, 17th Baron 1740s births 1779 deaths Barons Willoughby of Parham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Willoughby (East India Company Officer)
George Dobson Percival Willoughby (23 November 1828 – 12 May 1857) was a British soldier who served as a lieutenant in the Bengal Artillery of the East India Company. He is remembered for having blown up the powder magazine at Delhi during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 to prevent it from falling into the hands of the rebels. Early life Willoughby was born in Bath, the son of Harriet Lucas (''nee'' Boys) and George Thomas Railton Willoughby. His mother, the daughter of a naval officer, was principal of a seminary for young ladies who she instructed in her home in Camden Place. He was educated privately by the Reverend W. Williams, and later at Addiscombe Military Seminary (1845–6). Military service On completion of his studies Willoughby was commissioned into the Bengal Field Artillery in 1846. Little is known of him between then and May 1857. In 1857 he was stationed in Delhi with the rank of lieutenant, Commissary of Ordnance. This was the year that saw the start of the In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Willoughby (theatre Entrepreneur)
George Willoughby Dowse (c. 1869 – 23 December 1951), professionally known as "George Willoughby", was an English comic actor and theatre manager who had a substantial career in Australia. History George Willoughby Dowse was born in around 1869 at Southsea (near Portsmouth) in county Hampshire, England, the son of Henry James Dowse and Rosa (''née'' Stevens).Family records (per Ancestry.com). He may have been educated at Christ's Hospital. George Willoughby was a member of the Charles Arnold theatrical company when he married actress Alice Jackson who adopted the professional name Ada Willoughby. He later, and with her consent, toured South Africa but while there received a postcard informing him that she no longer wanted to live with him. He later came in contact with her in Melbourne, when she was living with another man and he sued her for divorce. Willoughby–Geach Company Late in 1901 Willoughby and Edwin Geach formed a company (took over from Charles Arnold Company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
