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Leonard Stowe
Leonard Stowe Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (1837-1920) was a New Zealand politician and inventor. He was Clerk of the Legislative Council and Clerk of Parliament. Stowe was born in 1837 in Buckinghamshire, the son of William Stowe (1791-1860). The scholar and journalist William Henry Stowe was his brother. On 31 May 1871, he married Jane Stowe, Jane Greenwood at Christ Church Cathedral, Nelson. Stowe died in 1920. He was buried in the Bolton Street Cemetery. His daughter Emily Muriel Lysaght was the mother of Averil Lysaght and Muriel Mary Lysaght. References 1837 births 1920 deaths British emigrants to New Zealand Burials at Bolton Street Cemetery Greenwood family of New Zealand Officers of the Parliament of New Zealand {{NewZealand-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard And Jane Stowe (née Greenwood)
Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English language, English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek wikiwikiweb:Λέων, Λέων ("lion") through the Latin ''Leo (given name), Leo,'' and the suffix ''hardu'' ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners. Leonard is also an Irish people, Irish origin surname, from the Irish language, Gaelic ''O'Leannain'' also found as O'Leonard, but often was anglicised to just Leonard, consisting of the prefix ''O'' ("descendant of") and the suffix ''Leannan'' ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany. Variations The name has variants in other languages: * Leen, Leendert, Lenard (Dutch) * Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |