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John Seymour (Tudor)
John Seymour may refer to: Courtiers and politicians * John Hayward (MP for Bridport) (c. 1355–1407), alias Seymour, member of parliament for Bridport, U.K. * John Seymour (MP for Bristol) (fl. 1351), member of parliament for Bristol, U.K. * John Seymour (1425–1463), British landowner and member of parliament * John Seymour (died 1464), British knight and member of parliament * John Seymour (died 1491) (1450s–1491), member of the British landed gentry and grandfather of Queen Jane Seymour * Sir John Seymour (1474–1536), father of Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII of England *John Seymour (died 1567), member of parliament for Great Bedwyn, U.K. * John Seymour (died 1552), member of parliament for Wootton Bassett, U.K. * John Seymour (died 1618), member of parliament for Great Bedwyn, U.K. * John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset (before 1646–1675), British peer and member of parliament * John Seymour (Maryland governor) (1649–1709), royal governor of the Maryla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hayward (MP For Bridport)
John Hayward alias Seymour (c. 1355–1407), of Bridport, Dorset, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bridport Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker. Its origins are Saxon and it has a long history as a rope-making centre. On the coast and wit ... in 1373, October 1377, 1378, January 1380, February 1383, April 1384, November 1384, 1386, February 1388, January 1390, 1393, 1395, September 1397 and 1399. References 1355 births 1407 deaths English MPs 1373 People from Bridport English MPs October 1377 English MPs January 1380 English MPs February 1383 English MPs April 1384 English MPs November 1384 English MPs 1386 English MPs February 1388 English MPs January 1390 English MPs 1393 English MPs 1395 English MPs September 1397 English MPs 1399 {{14thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seymour (Maryland Governor)
Colonel John Seymour (1649 – July 30, 1709) was the 10th Royal Governor of Maryland from 1704 to 1709. Early life John Seymour was born in 1649 in Gloucestershire, England, the eldest son of Elizabeth Lyte and Thomas Seymour (d. 1678). He immigrated in 1704 to Annapolis, Maryland. Personal life Seymour married Margaret Bowles in 1672. He later married Hester Newton. Seymour had three children: John, Robert and Jane. Career Seymour served as captain of the colony service from 1667 to 1687. In 1687, he served as the lieutenant colonel of the Life Guards during the campaigns of William III. He also served in the Spanish campaigns in 1702. The Earl of Nottingham presented his royal nomination to the Council of Trade and Plantations on January 11, 1703. He succeeded Thomas Tench on April 12, 1704, and was succeeded by Edward Lloyd."America and West Indies: August 1709." ''Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies'': Volume 24, 1708-1709. Ed. Cecil Headlam. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seymour (author)
John Seymour (12 June 1914 – 14 September 2004) was a British author and pioneer in the self-sufficiency movement. In 1976, he wrote ''The Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency''. He had multiple roles as a writer, broadcaster, environmentalist, agrarian, smallholder and activist; a rebel against: consumerism, industrialisation, genetically modified organisms, cities, motor cars; an advocate for: self-reliance, personal responsibility, self-sufficiency, conviviality (food, drink, dancing and singing), gardening, caring for the Earth and for the soil. Early life Seymour was born in Hampstead, London, England; His father was Albert Angus Turbayne, a skilled bookbinder and designer. His parents separated and his mother, Christine Owens, remarried and the family moved to the seaside town of Frinton-on-Sea in north-east Essex. It was however surrounded by agricultural land, and the life led by those on the land and in small boats laid a foundation for his later vision of a si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Laurence Seymour
John Laurence Seymour (January 18, 1893, in Los Angeles – February 1, 1986, in San Francisco) was an American composer and playwright. As a composer Seymour is best known for his operas, which have "complex orchestral textures and italianate lyricism". Early life and education John Laurence Seymour was born on January 18, 1893, in Los Angeles, California. His parents were John L. Symour and Rose Anna La Pointe. He grew up in Sacramento, California. He attended Polytechnic High. Seymour graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1917 with a degree in Letters and Sciences. While in school he became a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society. He also obtained a degree in Russian in 1919. Seymour had a great interest in music. He played the violin. In 1922, he traveled to Europe. From 1923 to 1928, Seymour studied composition in Italy with Ildebrando Pizzetti and Felice Boghen. He also studied with Vincent d'Indy in France. In 1932, he traveled to Japan. Career Seymou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seymour (cricketer)
John Seymour was an English cricketer active from 1904 to 1931 who played for Northamptonshire (Northants) and Sussex. He was born in Brightling, Sussex on 24 August 1881 and died in Daventry on 1 December 1967. He appeared in 136 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled left-arm orthodox spin. He scored 3,430 runs with a highest score of 136 not out, his only century, and took 113 wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...s with a best performance of six for 58. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Seymour, John 1881 births 1967 deaths English cricketers Northamptonshire cricketers Sussex cricketers Berkshire cricketers People from Brightling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seymour (priest)
John Seymour (died 1501) was a Canon of Windsor from 1471 to 1501''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Career He was educated at All Souls' College, Oxford. He was appointed: *Proctor of Oxford *Rector of St James’ Church, Garlickhythe 1473 - 1488 *Prebendary of Yetminster Secunda in Salisbury 1476 He was appointed to the third stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gart ... in 1471 and held the canonry until 1501. Notes 1501 deaths Canons of Windsor Alumni of All Souls College, Oxford Year of birth unknown {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Webb Seymour
The Hon John Webb Seymour, called Lord Webb Seymour (7 February 1777 – 15 April 1819) was an English aristocrat and amateur geologist. Life John Webb Seymour was the fourth son of Webb Seymour, 10th Duke of Somerset and Mary Anne, Duchess of Somerset. He was educated at Edward Meyrick's school in Ramsbury. In 1793 his brother Edward Adolphus Seymour became the 11th Duke. On 29 January 1794 Webb John Seymour matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford and on 15 December 1797 graduated there M.A. At Oxford he was interested in anatomy and, especially, chemistry. In his rooms, he set up a chemical laboratory. After graduation, he went to Edinburgh and became friends with Francis Horner, the philosopher Thomas Brown and John Playfair. Seymour took trips with Playfair on a number of occasions studying the geology of Scotland and a few times in England. Seymour also learned mathematics from Playfair and studied political economy as well as Bacon's ''De Augmentis Scientiarum'' and ''No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seymour, 19th Duke Of Somerset
John Michael Edward Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset (born 30 December 1952), styled Lord Seymour between 1954 and 1984, is a British aristocratic landowner in Wiltshire and Devon, and a member of the House of Lords. Life Educated at Hawtreys and Eton College, he qualified as a chartered surveyor before succeeding to the dukedom in 1984 on the death of his father. Having lost his seat in the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999, he was elected at the December 2014 House of Lords by-elections, to sit as a crossbencher. The Duke's principal seat is Bradley House, Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, and he also owns Berry Pomeroy Castle in Devon. He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire in 1993 and for Devon in 2003. The Duke and his wife are patrons and official hosts of the Queen Charlotte's Ball. In 2015, the Duke was involved in a dispute over a plan to build housing on ancestral land he owns at Totnes, Devon. Family The present Duke is the son of Percy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seymour (California Politician)
John Francis Seymour Jr. (born December 3, 1937) is an American retired politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1991 to 1992. A member of the Republican Party, he was appointed to continue Pete Wilson's term but lost the special election to finish it to Democratic candidate and former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein. As of 2022, he is the most recent member of the Republican Party to serve as a U.S. Senator from California. Seymour was also the last U.S. Senator from Southern California until Alex Padilla took office on January 20, 2021, replacing Kamala Harris when she was inaugurated as Vice President of the United States. Life and career Born in Chicago, Seymour attended public schools in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1955 to 1959 and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1962. Seymour was the President of the California Association of Realtors from 1978 to 1982, and worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seymour (Gloucestershire MP)
Sir John Seymour (died 16 November 1663) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1646 to 1648. Seymour was the son of Sir Thomas Seymour of Frampton Cotterell. He was knighted at Greenwich on 9 April 1605. He succeeded to his father's estates in 1627, being then 40 years old or more. In November 1646, Seymour was elected Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire in the Short Parliament. He sat until 1648, when he was excluded under Pride's Purge Pride's Purge is the name commonly given to an event that took place on 6 December 1648, when soldiers prevented members of Parliament considered hostile to the New Model Army from entering the House of Commons of England. Despite defeat in the .... He married the daughter of John Syms of Poundesford, Somerset. Seymour died in 1663 and was buried at the church of St Mary at Bitton, Gloucestershire, where there is a monument decorated with female supporters and weepers. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Seym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seymour, 4th Duke Of Somerset
John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset and 3rd Marquess of Hertford (before 164629 April 1675) was an English peer and MP. He was the only surviving son of William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset, and Lady Frances Devereux. In 1656, he married Sarah, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Edward Alston and widow of George Grimston. He was elected Member of Parliament for Marlborough in 1661 and entered Gray's Inn in 1666. He succeeded his nephew as the 4th Duke of Somerset in 1671. He died in 1675, childless, and was buried in Salisbury Cathedral. He was succeeded in the dukedom by his cousin, Francis Seymour. The Marquessate of Hertford became extinct on his death. References 1640s births 1675 deaths 504 __NOTOC__ Year 504 (DIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Nicomachus without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1257 ... Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Seymour (MP For Bristol)
John Seymour may refer to: Courtiers and politicians * John Hayward (MP for Bridport) (c. 1355–1407), alias Seymour, member of parliament for Bridport, U.K. * John Seymour (MP for Bristol) (fl. 1351), member of parliament for Bristol, U.K. * John Seymour (1425–1463), British landowner and member of parliament * John Seymour (died 1464), British knight and member of parliament * John Seymour (died 1491) (1450s–1491), member of the British landed gentry and grandfather of Queen Jane Seymour * Sir John Seymour (1474–1536), father of Queen Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII of England *John Seymour (died 1567), member of parliament for Great Bedwyn, U.K. * John Seymour (died 1552), member of parliament for Wootton Bassett, U.K. * John Seymour (died 1618), member of parliament for Great Bedwyn, U.K. * John Seymour, 4th Duke of Somerset (before 1646–1675), British peer and member of parliament * John Seymour (Maryland governor) (1649–1709), royal governor of the Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |