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Jermy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * (1932–2014), British botanist *Isaac Jermy, two Stanfield Hall murder victims by this name * Louise Jermy (1877–1952), British domestic servant and autobiographer *Robert Jermy, one of the owners of Bayfield Hall, a historical country house in Norfolk, England * Seth Jermy (1653–1724), Royal Navy officer Several people also have a middle name Jermy: * Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1859–1908), English explorer * Richard John Philip Jermy Gwyn (1934–2020), Canadian writer See also * Jermy baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England *Jeremy (given name) Jeremy ( ) is an English-language masculine given name. Its meaning is "God will uplift" or "God will unloosen" in various interpretations. The name "Jeremy" is the diminutive, anglicized form of the given name Jeremiah. Notable people with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Jermy
Captain Seth Jermy (1653–1724) was an officer of the Royal Navy, famous for fighting a particularly hard-fought action against an overwhelming French force while commander of . Family and early life Jermy was born in 1653, the son of William Jermy (d. 1662) of Brightwell Hall, Suffolk, and Katherine Blackhurst. His father was a great grandson of Sir William FitzWilliam. The Jermy family were prominent members of the landed gentry in Norfolk and Suffolk between the 13th and 18th centuries. He appears to have joined the Navy at a rather later age than usual. He was a midshipman on from 2 July 1689 to 2 March 1689/90, and on from 3 March 1689/90 to 26 October 1691, and later from 16 December 1690 to 2 February 1690/1. By 1 July 1691 he was Second Lieutenant on , and was with her at the battle of Barfleur in 1692. He was First Lieutenant of the in 1694, the in 1695, and the in 1696. In January 1696/7 he was promoted to command the brigantine , and in 1702 was appointed to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayfield Hall
Bayfield Hall is a Grade II* listed building which stands in a small estate close to the village of Letheringsett and the hamlet of Glandford in the English county of Norfolk within the United Kingdom. The house that stands today was built in the last part of the 18 century replacing an earlier manor house thought to have been built in the 16 century. That house had been constructed of an early medieval manor house. Description The house seen today is a late 18 century Georgian style construction built on a rectangular plan with a service wing running of to rear facing east forming a right angle to the body of the house. The main body of the house is built over three storeys with the front facade facing to the south. The south elevation has five bays with the centre three bays forward of the building line with stone quoins which match the same featured at the corners of the building. This facade is topped with a brick parapet set above a stone cornice with corbel or Modillion u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Jermy
Louise Jermy born Louise Withers (30 January 1877 – 28 October 1952) was a British domestic servant and autobiographer. Life Jermy was born in Romsey Romsey ( ) is a historic market town in the county of Hampshire, England. Romsey was home to the 17th-century philosopher and economist William Petty and the 19th-century British prime minister, Lord Palmerston, whose statue has stood in the t ... in Hampshire in 1877. She was adopted by her grandmothers after Jermy's mother died when she was a baby. Her grandmother, Sarah Medley, had worked in a laundry at "the big house" and Jermy lived with her at Romsey's Kent almhouses. The almshouses still exist and they date from a 1692 bequest. She was taken from school to work in a laundry that was run by her father's new wife when she was eleven. Her step father had small businesses including a fish shop and a stonemasons. Her step mother beat her and by thirteen she had a permanent disability. She was sent to recuperate but by 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murders At Stanfield Hall
The Murders at Stanfield Hall were a notorious Victorian era double murder on 28 November 1848 that was commemorated in print, pottery, wax, as well as a novel by Joseph Shearing. Additionally, it was the inspiration for the 1948 English film, ''Blanche Fury''. The victims, Isaac Jermy and his son Isaac Jermy were shot and killed on the porch and in the hallway of their mansion, Stanfield Hall, Norwich. The perpetrator, James Bloomfield Rush (1800–1849), their delinquent tenant-farmer, who had conducted a complex, devious scheme to defraud them of their property and their lives, was hanged at Norwich Castle on 21 April 1849. The unwitting accomplice to the attempted fraud was Emily Sandford, whom Rush had employed as a governess but who was also his mistress. Scenario In 1848, Isaac Jermy and his son Isaac Jermy were shot and killed on the porch and in the hallway of their mansion, Stanfield Hall, Wymondham, near Norwich, by James Bloomfield Rush. Rush had been their tenant fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Gwyn (Canadian Writer)
Richard John Philip Jermy Gwyn (May 26, 1934 – August 15, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, author, historian, and civil servant. Early life Richard Gwyn was born on May 26, 1934, in Bury St. Edmunds, England. He was the second son to Brigadier Philip Eustace Congreve Jermy-Gwyn, an Indian Army officer, and Elizabeth Edith Jermy-Gwyn (née Tilley), eldest daughter of Sir John Anthony Cecil Tilley. His older brother died in infancy. At the age of 20, in 1954, he emigrated to Canada. Education Gwyn was educated at Stonyhurst College, a co-educational Jesuit-run Roman Catholic boarding school in Lancashire, England. He also attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Career Gwyn began his career as a radio reporter in Halifax, Nova Scotia. From 1957 to 1959, Gwyn was the parliamentary correspondent for United Press International, in Ottawa. Later in 1959 to 1960, he worked for Thomson Newspapers. From 1960 to 1962, he was the Ottawa editor for Maclean-Hunter Business Publica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jermy Baronets
The Jermy Baronetcy was a title in the Baronetage of England Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) King James I .... It was created in November 1663 for Robert Jermy. However, nothing further is known of the title. 1663 *Sir Robert Jermy, 1st Baronet (died after 1663) References * Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of England 1663 establishments in England {{Baronet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Jephson
Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1859–1908) was an English merchant seaman and army officer. He became an adventurer and African explorer, who accompanied H. M. Stanley on the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1887–1889. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition Jephson's diary from the expedition was published half a century after his death, and provides a record of the late Victorian African expeditions, of which this expedition was to be the last. References and further reading Primary sources * Jephson, A. J. Mounteney : ''Diary'', Edited by Dorothy Middleton, Hakluyt Society, 1969 * Stanley, Henry Morton : '' In Darkest Africa'', 1890 Secondary works * Liebowitz, Daniel; Pearson, Charles : ''The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo'', 2005, * Moorehead, Alan : ''The White Nile'', London, 1960, 1971 * Smith, Iain R. : ''The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1890'', Oxford University Press, 1972 * Gould, Tony : ''In Limbo: The Story of Stanley's Rear Column ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
