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Henry Davies (other)
Henry Davies may refer to: *Henry Davies (journalist) (1804–1890), British journalist and publisher *Henry E. Davies (judge) (1805–1881), Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, 1866–1867 *Sir Henry Davies (1824–1902), British colonial official, Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab *Henry Eugene Davies (1836–1894), American soldier, writer and lawyer *Henry Davies (Hampshire cricketer) (1865–1934), British cricketer *Henry Davies (Oxford University cricketer) (born 1970), English cricketer *Henry Rodolph Davies (1865–1950), British Army general *Henry Lowrie Davies (1898–1975), British Army general *Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941), British composer *Henry Thomas Davies (1914–2002), British lifeboatman *Henry Davies (Baptist minister) (1753–1825), Welsh Baptist minister See also *Harry Davies (other) *Henry Davis (other) Henry Davis may refer to: Arts and acting *Henry Davis (performer) (1886–1946), American Broadway singer and act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Davies (journalist)
Henry Davies (2 March 1804 – 4 March 1890) was a Wales-born journalist, publisher and librarian at Cheltenham, England, who took an active part in the town’s political life, and edited the ''Cheltenham Looker-On'' for 57 years. Early life Davies was the son of John and Ann Davies and was born at Bridgend, Glamorgan. Little is known of his childhood, but he had a good literary education, while at the same time becoming steeped in the traditions of Wales and the Welsh language. At the age of 18 in 1822 he wrote patriotic Welsh poetry that was read at the Brecon Eisteddfod. In his early twenties, he spent a few years in London, establishing friendships at the London Institution, and began his literary career by contributing both prose and verse to the ''Literary Souvenir'' and other publications edited by Alaric Watts. He was living at Throgmorton Street in 1826 when he wrote another "spirited poetic address" for the opening of the Brecon Eisteddfod that year. He was librarian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry E
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, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany ** Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Henry Davies
Sir Robert Henry Davies, (20 September 1824 – 23 August 1902), known as Sir Henry Davies, was a British colonial official in British India, who served as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. Biography Davies was born in 1824, the son of a Welsh physician, Sir David Davies, who was a physician to King William IV. He was educated at Charterhouse School and the East India Company College ("Haileybury"). He became a writer (clerk) in the Bengal civil service in 1844 and was an official under the East India Company and the British Raj for the rest of his career. He served as assistant to the Commissioner of the Sutlej states, and later as settlement officer of the Lahore division. Transferring to Oudh State, he was Chief Commissioner there from 1868 until 1871 (having acted in the post 1865–66), then became Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab in 1871, serving until 1877. Davies was created a Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India (KCSI) in 1874, and appointed a Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Eugene Davies
Henry Eugene Davies (July 2, 1836 – September 7, 1894) was an American soldier, writer, public official and lawyer. He served in the Union Army as a brigadier general of volunteers in cavalry service during the American Civil War ("Civil War") and was promoted to the grade of major general of volunteers at the end of the war. Davies was one of the few nonprofessional soldiers in the Union cavalry in the East to be promoted to the grade of general. He led his brigade in several major battles, especially during the Overland Campaign, the Battle of Trevilian Station, the Siege of Petersburg and the Appomattox Campaign at the end of the war. Early life Henry Eugene Davies was born in New York City, the eldest son of Judge Henry E. Davies. He was educated at Harvard, Williams, and Columbia colleges, and was admitted to the bar in 1857. On August 10, 1858, he married Julia Rich, daughter of John T. Rich and Julia Van Voorhies, at Fishkill-on-Hudson, New York. They had one son, He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Davies (Hampshire Cricketer)
Henry Gwyn Saunders Davies (2 February 1865 – 4 December 1934) was a Welsh horse racing jockey and first-class cricketer. Biography The son of Arthur Henry Saunders Davies, he was born in Pembroke in January 1865. He was educated in England at Winchester College, where he played for his college cricket team. In 1882, Davies had his first competitive ride as a jockey in the Lawrenny Hunt Cup, while the following year he rode his first winner, Jane Shore, in the Tivyside Hunt steeplechase meeting. Davies represented Hampshire in a single first-class match in 1883 against Sussex, where he scored 42 in Hampshire's first innings and a 3 in their second innings.http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11820.html Henry Davies at Cricinfo In March 1921, Henry changed his name to Henry Gwyn Davies-Scourfield. Davies died in Patching, Sussex on 4 December 1934. References External linksHenry Daviesat Cricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Davies (Oxford University Cricketer)
Henry Richard Davies (born 2 September 1970) is an English former first-class cricketer. Davies was born at Camberwell in September 1970. He was educated at St Dunstan's College, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Hampshire in 1990. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1992, making a total of seventeen appearances. He scored a total of 178 runs in his seventeen matches, averaging 12.71 and with a high score of 39. With his right-arm off-break bowling, he took 13 wickets at a bowling average In cricket, a player's bowling average is the number of runs they have conceded per wicket taken. The lower the bowling average is, the better the bowler is performing. It is one of a number of statistics used to compare bowlers, commonly use ... of 105.92, with best figures of 3 for 93. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Henry 1970 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Rodolph Davies
Major-General Henry Rodolph Davies, (21 September 1865 – 4 January 1950) was a British Army officer, who commanded the 11th (Northern) Division during the First World War. Military career He was born in 1865, the younger son of Henry Fanshawe Davies, an army officer who would later rise to the rank of Lieutenant-General. His grandfather was General Francis John Davies (died 1878) and his great-grandfather was Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin. The family seat was Elmley Castle, Pershore, Worcestershire. His elder brother was General Francis Davies (British Army officer), Sir Francis Davies). Henry junior was educated at Eton College, Eton, where he was proficient in Oriental languages.Mullaney, p. 45 Davies joined the Army, and was sent to British-controlled Burma in 1887 and to Siam in 1892. In 1893 he was attached to a survey unit which surveyed the passes between Burma and China which located the Crouching Tiger Pass, the Heavenly Horse Pass and the Han Dragon Pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lowrie Davies
Major General Henry Lowrie Davies (25 January 1898 – 6 July 1975) was a British Indian Army officer, who commanded the 25th Indian Division during the Second World War. Following the Partition of India, he briefly served as Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Pakistan before returning to the United Kingdom to work as a civil servant. Early life and military career Davies was born in 1898, to a British Army officer. He was educated at Dover College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, before joining the 39th Garhwal Rifles (later the 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles) in India in 1916. He served with them in the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War and as part of the "Army of the Black Sea" during the Turkish War of Independence. It was for 'distinguished service in the Field with the British Army of the Black Sea' that he was awarded the Military Cross as a captain with the 2/39th Garhwal Rifles. Returning to British India, he was in service during operations i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walford Davies
Sir Henry Walford Davies (6 September 1869 – 11 March 1941) was an English composer, organist, and educator who held the title Master of the King's Music from 1934 until 1941. He served with the Royal Air Force during the First World War, during which he composed the ''Royal Air Force March Past'', and was music adviser to the British Broadcasting Corporation, for whom he gave commended talks on music between 1924 and 1941. Life and career Early years Henry Walford Davies was born in the Shropshire town of Oswestry close to the border with Wales. He was the seventh of nine children of John Whitridge Davies and Susan, ''née'' Gregory, and the youngest of four surviving sons.Dibble, Jeremy"Davies, Sir (Henry) Walford (1869–1941)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, online edition, January 2011, retrieved 6 December 2015 It was a musical family: Davies senior, an accountant by profession was a keen amateur musician, who founded and conduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Thomas Davies
Henry "Shrimp" Thomas Davies BEM (19 February 1914 – 25 June 2002) was a lifeboatman from Cromer on the north coast of Norfolk, England. His uncle, Henry Blogg, gave him the nickname "Shrimp" after seeing him as a tiny baby. In 1931 he joined the crew of the Cromer lifeboat ''H F Bailey'' and became coxswain in 1947, taking over from Henry Blogg. Davies retired in February 1976, after serving as coxswain of lifeboats ''Henry Blogg'' and '' Ruby and Arthur Reed'', having been one of Cromer Lifeboat Station's longest serving coxswains. ''English Trader'' Shrimp Davies had a near-fatal involvement in the famous rescue of the on 26 October 1941. At 8.15 am the Cromer lifeboat ''H F Bailey'', crewed by twelve men including Shrimp Davies and coxswain Henry Blogg, was launched to aid the stricken ship. By 11.35 am the lifeboat had reached the site, the Hammond Knoll sandbank. The gale was at full force and three of the ''English Traders crew had been swept off the fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Davies (Baptist Minister)
Henry Davies (1753 – 9 May 1825) was a Welsh Baptist minister. His family lived in the Letterston area of Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; cy, Sir Benfro ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and the rest by sea. The count ..., where he trained to work as a shoemaker. He attended services at the local chapel, and in 1775 began to preach at Letterston, before, in 1780, being ordained a joint pastor of Llangloffan (a position which he held for forty-five years). After marrying, he lived as a farmer on a farm at Pencerrig near Fishguard. When the French landed near Fishguard in 1797, the invaders raided his farm, but, despite this, he was charged with ‘collaboration.’ The charge was later dropped, but his effigy was burnt by demonstrators at Fishguard Fair in February 1798. He died in 1825, in his early seventies, and was bur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Davies (other)
Harry Davies may refer to: * Harry Davies (footballer, born in Chorley) (fl. 1922–1923), English footballer for Chorley, Port Vale and Bacup Borough * Harry Davies (footballer, born 1876) (1876–?), English footballer for Doncaster Rovers, Gainsborough Trinity, Hull City and Wolverhampton Wanderers * Harry Davies (footballer, born 1888) (1888–1958), English footballer for Stoke *Harry Davies (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1975), English footballer for Huddersfield Town, Port Vale and Stoke City * Harry Davies (rugby union) (born 1994), Welsh rugby player * Harry Davies (politician) (1878–1957), Southern Rhodesian politician * Donny Davies (Harry Donald Davies, 1892–1958), English cricketer, amateur footballer and journalist *Harry Davies (socialist) (1888–1927), Welsh socialist politician and trade unionist * Harry Elinder Davies (1915–2005), Rhodesian and Zimbabwean lawyer and judge See also *Harry Parr-Davies (1914–1955), Welsh composer and songwriter * Harry Davis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
