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Harold Ernest Brassey
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Ernest Brassey (29 March 1877 – 15 July 1916) was a polo champion who was killed in World War I. Personal life Brassey was the third of five sons (there being also seven daughters) of politician Henry Arthur Brassey (1840–1891), J.P., D.L., of Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent. His grandfather, Thomas Brassey, was a civil engineer, responsible at the time of his death for one in every twenty miles of railway in the world, and his uncle, also Thomas Brassey, Governor of Victoria from 1895 to 1900, was created Baron Brassey in 1886, and Earl Brassey in 1911. An elder brother, Conservative politician Henry Brassey, was created a baronet in 1922, and Baron Brassey of Apethorpe in 1938. In 1906, Brassey married Lady Norah Hely-Hutchinson (1880–1964), daughter of the 5th Earl of Donoughmore; they had three daughters. His widow subsequently remarried twice. Polo and military career He won the Inter-regimental cup in polo in 1910 and 1912. He was kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo
Polo is a ball game played on horseback, a traditional field sport and one of the world's oldest known team sports. The game is played by two opposing teams with the objective of scoring using a long-handled wooden mallet to hit a small hard ball through the opposing team's goal. Each team has four mounted riders, and the game usually lasts one to two hours, divided into periods called ''chukkas'' or "''chukkers''". Polo has been called "the sport of kings", and has become a spectator sport for equestrians and high society, often supported by sponsorship. The progenitor of the game and its variants existed from the to the as equestrian games played by nomadic Iranian and Turkic peoples. In Persia, where the sport evolved and developed, it was at first a training game for cavalry units, usually the royal guard or other elite troops. A notable example is Saladin, who was known for being a skilled polo player which contributed to his cavalry training. It is now popular around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFarland & Company
McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction. Its president is Rhonda Herman. Its former president and current editor-in-chief is Robert Franklin, who founded the company in 1979. McFarland employs a staff of about 50, and had published 7,800 titles. McFarland's initial print runs average 600 copies per book. Subject matter McFarland & Company focuses mainly on selling to libraries. It also utilizes direct mailing to connect with enthusiasts in niche categories. The company is known for its sports literature, especially baseball history, as well as books about chess, military history, and film. In 2007, the ''Mountain Times'' wrote that McFarland publishes about 275 scholarly monographs and reference book titles a year; Robert Lee Brewer reported in 2015 that the number is about 350. List of scholarly journals The following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alastair Innes-Ker
Alistair is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic '' Alasdair''. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic variant of the Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexander, which was incorporated into English in the same form as Alexander. The deepest etymology is the Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (man-repeller): ἀλέξω (repel) + ἀνήρ (man), "the one who repels men", a warrior name. Another, not nearly so common, Anglicization of ''Alasdair'' is ''Allaster''. Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 399. People Alastair * Alastair, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914–1943), a great-grandson of Queen Victoria * Alastair Bray, Australian footballer * Alastair Aiken, British YouTuber * Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former director of communications * Alastair Clarkson, head coach of Hawthorn Football Club * Alastair Cook, English cricketer * Alastair Fothergill, British film producer, best known for BBC nature documentaries * Alastai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoffrey V (died 1218)
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Geoffrey V may refer to: *Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (died 1151), also Geoffrey V of Anjou *Geoffrey V of Joinville (died 1204) *Geoffrey V, Viscount of Châteaudun Geoffrey V (Geoffroy V) (died 1218), Viscount of Châteaudun, son of Hugh VI, Viscount of Châteaudun, and Jeanne de Preuilly, daughter of Gosbert de Preuilly, Seigneur of Bouchet and Guerche, and Adela de Vendôme. Geoffrey’s first marriage was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John F
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles B
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Carton De Wiart
Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, (; 5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer born of Belgian and Irish parents. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries. He served in the Boer War, First World War, and Second World War. He was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear; was blinded in his left eye; survived two plane crashes; tunnelled out of a prisoner-of-war camp; and tore off his own fingers when a doctor declined to amputate them. Describing his experiences in the First World War, he wrote, "Frankly I had enjoyed the war." After returning home from service (including a period as a prisoner-of-war) in the Second World War, he was sent to China as Winston Churchill's personal representative. While ''en route'' he attended the Cairo Conference. In his memoirs, Carton de Wiart wrote, "Governments may think and say a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertie Wilson
Bertie may refer to: People *Bertie (given name) *Bertie (nickname) *Bertie (surname) Places * Bertie County, North Carolina * Bertie Township, subsequently amalgamated into Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada Other uses * Bertie (TV series), ''Bertie'' (TV series), a 2008 miniseries documenting the life of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern * Bertie Correctional Institution, Windsor, North Carolina, a state men's prison * Bertie High School, Windsor, North Carolina * Bertie Memorial Hospital, Windsor, Bertie, County, North Carolina * Bertie the bus, a fictional character from ''The Railway Series'' books and it’s TV series adaptation ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' See also * Bert (name) * Berti, a given name and Italian surname * Bertrand (other) * Berty (other), a given name and surname {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Osborne (polo)
Brian Osborne (26 March 1940 – 8 July 2021) was an English actor. He was best known for his roles in ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' and ''The Sandbaggers''. Osborne also had minor roles in six ''Carry On'' films as well the TV series '' Carry On Laughing''. Early life Brian Osborne was born in 1940 in Bath, Somerset. He started acting while at school. Later he toured school with a children's theatre company and he played The Pied Piper of Hamelin. His first television role was in 1966 in an episode of '' Softly, Softly''. After this he toured Europe and the United States with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as having roles in '' Bless This House'' and '' Follyfoot''. 1970s and 1980s In 1971, Brian Osborne secured the role of Pearce, the coachman, in the period drama ''Upstairs, Downstairs''. This role did not play a large part in the programme and Pearce left Eaton Place in the programme's second series in 1972. In the same year, Osborne was in '' Carry On Matron''. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Hugh Grosvenor
Captain Lord Hugh William Grosvenor (6 April 1884 – 30 October 1914) was a son of Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster and his second wife, formerly Katherine Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, The Hon. Katherine Cavendish. WWI service and death Grosvenor was the commander of C Squadron, 1st Life Guards (British Army), Life Guards, and was killed in action, aged thirty, during World War I. Lord Hugh's unit deployed at Zandvoorde, Zonnebeke, Zandvoorde and participated in the First Battle of Ypres. In an exposed position for six days they held the shallow trench in front of Zandvoorde on the forward slope. Grosvenor sent a message back to his headquarters - The British trenches were attacked and the cavalry fighting as infantry was overwhelmed in hand-to-hand fighting. By 08.30 on the morning of 30 October 1914 news reached HQ that the 7th Cavalry Brigade had been forced off the Zandvoorde Ridge. With no survivors there was initially some confusion as to Lord Grosveno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Octavius Grenfell
Francis Octavius Grenfell, VC (4 September 1880 – 24 May 1915) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross. Early life and family He was born on 4 September 1880 to Sophia and Pascoe Du Pré Grenfell. He was one of fifteen children. He had a twin brother, Riversdale Grenfell, also in the 9th Lancers, who was killed in action in September 1914. Their maternal grandfather was Admiral John Pascoe Grenfell and other relatives included their uncle, Field Marshal Francis Grenfell, 1st Baron Grenfell. An older brother, Lieutenant Robert Septimus Grenfell, 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers, was killed in a cavalry charge during the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. Three other brothers, Cecil Grenfell, Howard Maxwell Grenfell and Arthur Morton Grenfell all reached the rank of lieutenant colonel in the British Army. A cousin, Lieutenant Claude George Grenfell (Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry) was killed at Spion Kop during the Boer War and two other cousins Julian Grenfell, the poet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
