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Holford (surname)
Holford is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Castello Holford (1845 - 1905), American author of ''Aristopia'' * David Holford (born 1940), West Indian cricketer * George Holford (1860–1926), British soldier and courtier * Karen Holford, Welsh engineer and academic * Ingrid Holford (1920–2012), English meteorologist and author * John Holford (1909–1997), Royal Navy medical officer * Margaret Holford (the elder) (1757–1834), English novelist, playwright, and poet * Margaret Holford (1778–1852), (also published as Margaret Hodson), English poet and translator * Michael Holford (born 1983), English rugby player * Patrick Holford, controversial British nutritionist * Robert Stayner Holford (1808–1892), British politician * Thomas Holford (1541–1588), Catholic priest and martyr * Tom Holford Thomas Holford (22 February 1878 – 6 April 1964) was an English footballer who played for Stoke, Manchester City, Port Vale and the England national tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castello Holford
Castello Holford (1845 - 1905) was an American writer best known for writing ''Aristopia'' in 1895. It is perhaps the first true alternative history novel to be written in English and imagines a utopian society founded by the first settlers of Virginia. He also wrote a 'History of Grant County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ... including its civil, political, geological, mineralogical, archaeological and military history, and a history of the several towns' in 1900. C.N. Holford served in Company D of the 33rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry with his older brother, William H. Holford. As his brigade lay before Vicksburg, his brother, Lyman, lay on the battlefield at Gettysburg, PA. having a leg wound suffered on the first day of battle. Their older broth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Holford
David Anthony Jerome Holford (16 April 1940 – 30 May 2022) was a West Indian cricketer who played in 24 Test matches between 1966 and 1977. Career Holford was born on 16 April 1940 at Upper Collymore Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados, and was a middle-order batsman and leg-spinner. In his second Test, at Lord's in 1966, he and his cousin Garry Sobers put on an unbroken partnership of 274 for the sixth wicket after West Indies had lost five for 95 in their second innings and were leading by only nine runs. Holford scored 105 not out, his only Test century. He took 5 wickets and made 80 in the First Test against India in 1966–67, but then suffered an attack of pleurisy and had to return home. He never had a regular place in the Test team after that. His best Test bowling figures came in 1975–76 when he took 5 for 23 on the first day against India in the First Test at Bridgetown. Holford played for Barbados from 1960–61 to 1978–79 (apart from a season in Trinidad in 1962†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Holford
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Lindsay Holford (2 June 1860 – 11 September 1926) was a British Army officer and courtier. The son of Robert Stayner Holford, he inherited his father's considerable fortune, which included the Westonbirt House in Gloucestershire and Dorchester House on Park Lane, London. He continued his father's work in developing the Westonbirt Arboretum, which still exists today and is open to the public. Early life George was the only son of Mary Ann Holford (''née'' Lindsay) and Robert Stayner Holford. He had three elder sisters, Margaret, Evelyn and Alice. In 1873 George went to Eton and was there for four years. At the age of 20 in 1880, George obtained a commission with the 1st Life Guards, where he remained for almost 30 years. During this time he was closely associated with royalty and court life. From 1888 to 1892 he was equerry An equerry (; from French ' stable', and related to 'squire') is an officer of honour. Historically, it was a senio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Holford
Karen Margaret Holford (born 1962) is a Welsh engineer, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Cranfield University. She was formerly Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Cardiff University. She is also a former Pro Vice-Chancellor of the College of Physical Sciences and Engineering and Head of the School of Engineering. She is an active researcher of acoustic emission and her work has been applied to damage assessment inspections on industrial components. Education Holford was educated at Newent Comprehensive School and read mechanical engineering at the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology with sponsorship from Rolls-Royce Holdings, Rolls-Royce and was the first member of her family to attend a higher education institution. She graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1984 followed by a PhD from University College, Cardiff in 1987. This came after her school art teacher encouraged her to pursue the course, even thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Holford
Ingrid Holford (1920–2012) was an English meteorologist and author. After graduating from University College London with a degree in economics, she was trained as a weather forecaster for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II. She was a fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society and published articles and books on weather. Early life, education and war Ingrid Bianchi was born on 10 January 1920. She attended Cheltenham Ladies' College and earned her first class honours B.S. in economics from University College London in 1941. She worked briefly as a statistician for the Central Statistical Office in London. In 1942, Holford answered an advertisement for science graduates to train in weather forecasting for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) during World War II. She had a direct entry commission and trained in theory at the Air Ministry for three months and at airfields before the Royal Air Force confirmed her as a forecaster. She worked as an officer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holford
John Morley Holford, CB, OBE (10 January 1909 – 4 November 1997) was a medical officer in the Royal Navy. Life Born the son of the reverend William James Holford and Amy Finnemore Lello, Holford was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He then went on to St George's Hospital Medical School where he qualified in 1933. He joined the Royal Navy as a surgeon-lieutenant in April 1935. He became second medical officer in HMS Valiant on the Mediterranean Station before becoming flotilla medical officer in HMS Grenville in December 1936 and then being posted to HMS Ganges in 1938. He joined HMS Nelson in April 1940, initially as medical officer and then as principal medical officer. He became a medical specialist at RNH Plymouth in March 1942 and maintained an interest in the use of mass miniature radiography in the diagnosis of diseases of the chest. He was appointed medical specialist at RNH Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, in 1944. He won the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Holford (the Elder)
Margaret Holford (1757–1834, sometimes known as "the elder") was an English novelist, playwright, and poet of the late 18th century. Both she and her daughter, likewise Margaret Holford, were accomplished authors. Life and family Born Margaret Wrench in Chester in 1757, she married Allen Holford of nearby Davenham. She died in Chester in November 1834. Holford's daughter, likewise Margaret Holford Margaret Holford (1778–1852) (also published as Margaret Hodson) was an English poet and translator. Her most successful work was a historical verse romance, ''Wallace, or, The Fight of Falkirk'' (1809). Life Her mother, also Margaret Holfo ... (1778–1852), was also an accomplished author. Their works are said to be "often confused in catalogues and dictionary entries." Works *''Fanny: A Novel: In a Series of Letters'', 1785 (anonymously) *''Gresford Vale; and Other Poems'', 1798 *"The Way to Win Her" (five-act play), in ''The New British Theatre'', 1814 References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Holford
Margaret Holford (1778–1852) (also published as Margaret Hodson) was an English poet and translator. Her most successful work was a historical verse romance, ''Wallace, or, The Fight of Falkirk'' (1809). Life Her mother, also Margaret Holford (1757–1834) was likewise an author, and their works have sometimes been confused in bibliographies. Her father, Allen Holford, died when Margaret Holford the younger was a child. She was the eldest of her parents' four daughters and educated herself through reading at home. Years later, she travelled to France and claimed that she was able to communicate with any of the locals whom she spoke there. Holford was baptised on 1 June 1778 in Chester and on 16 October 1826 married Septimus Hodson (1768–1833), chaplain in ordinary to the Prince of Wales, who was then Anglican rector of Thrapston, Northamptonshire. She was his third wife. The marriage took place in South Kirkby, Yorkshire and they lived in Sharow Lodge, Ripon. Her later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Holford
Michael Oliver Holford (born 11 August 1982 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England) is a rugby union player for Nottingham in the Aviva Championship. He previously played for Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its hom ..., 52 games, (where he also represented England at U19s and U21s) and London Wasps in the Premiership. His usual position is at prop. References External linksLeicester Tigers Profile 1982 births [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Holford
Patrick Holford is a British author and entrepreneur who endorses a range of controversial vitamin tablets. As an advocate of alternative nutrition and diet methods, he appears regularly on television and radio in the UK and abroad. He has 36 books in print in 29 languages. His business career promotes a wide variety of alternative medical approaches such as orthomolecular medicine, many of which are considered pseudoscience, pseudoscientific by mainstream science and medicine. Holford's claims about HIV and autism are not in line with modern medical thought, and have been criticised for putting people in danger and damaging public health. In 2006 Holford was discovered to be using his PR advisor to delete critical content from his Wikipedia page. Career Holford obtained a BSc in experimental psychology from the University of York in 1979.Holford, Patrick. Patrick Holford: Profile' howtoquit.co.uk. Accessed 29 May 2009. Books References Further reading * Ben Golda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Stayner Holford
Robert Stayner Holford (1808–1892), of Westonbirt, in the village of Weston Birt, co. Gloucestershire, MP for East Gloucestershire, was a wealthy landowner, gardening and landscaping enthusiast, and an art collector. With his vast wealth, he rebuilt Westonbirt House from the Georgian mansion erected only decades earlier by his father, and founded the Westonbirt Arboretum after succeeding his uncle and father between 1838 and 1839. His London home was Dorchester House. Holford served as MP for East Gloucestershire from 1854 when he was elected in a by-election on 19 December on the death of the member Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet (d. 22 November 1854), and continued in that office for eighteen years. He was re-elected in 1857 with Sir Christopher William Codrington and again in 1859 with Codrington (who died 1864 forcing another by-election). He was re-elected in 1864 with the new member Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 9th Bt. (son of the previous MP). In 1872, he vacated t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Holford
Thomas Holford (sometimes called Thomas Acton) (1541–1588) was an English Protestant schoolteacher who became a Catholic priest during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was martyred at Clerkenwell in London, and is recognised by the Catholic Church as having the status of ''Blessed''. Early life Thomas Holford, the son of a minister, was born in 1541 near Nantwich, Cheshire, at Aston'The Seminary Priests', Godfrey Anstruther, published by St Edmund's College, Ware and Ushaw College, Durham, 1968, entry for Thomas Holford in the parish of Acton.Nine Martyrs of the Shrewsbury Diocese by Kevin Byrne, accessed 7 November 2012 He was raised as a Protestant and became a schoolteacher. He moved to |
