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John Tillard (author)
John Robert Tillard (26 May 1924 – 16 December 2019) was an English cricketer. Tillard was a right-handed Batting (cricket), batsman. Early life The younger son of Brigadier John Arthur Stuart Tillard (1889–1975), Order of the British Empire, OBE, Military Cross, MC, of The Hooke, Chailey, Sussex, who served with the Royal Corps of Signals, and his wife Margaret Penelope, daughter of John Blencowe, of Chailey, Sussex, Tillard was born in Kensington, London in May 1924. Both parents were of landed gentry families, the Tillards being of The Holme, Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire. Tillard was educated at Winchester College. Military and cricket career Tillard was enlisted into the British Army as an Emergency Commission in the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1943. He held the rank of 2nd lieutenant throughout World War II, following the war he was promoted to lieutenant in April 1947, Tillard made a single first-class cricket appearance for Sussex County Cricket Club, Sussex agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kensington
Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensington Gardens, containing the Albert Memorial, the Serpentine Gallery and John Hanning Speke, Speke's monument. South Kensington and Gloucester Road, London, Gloucester Road are home to Imperial College London, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Albert Hall, Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Science Museum, London, Science Museum. The area is also home to many embassies and consulates. Name The Manorialism, manor of ''Chenesitone'' is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086, which in the Old English language, Anglo-Saxon language means "Chenesi's List of generic forms in place names in Ireland and the United Kingdom, ton" (homestead/settlement). One early spelling is ''Kesyngton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
