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List Of Old Oakhamians
Alumni of Oakham School are known as Old Oakhamians. Oakham School is a British co-educational independent school in the market town of Oakham in Rutland, with a school roll of about 1,000 pupils, aged from 10 to 18. The school was founded in 1584 by archdeacon Robert Johnson (Archdeacon of Leicester), Robert Johnson, along with Uppingham School, a few miles away. Notable former pupils include: Academics * Joseph George Cumming, geologist and archaeologist, professor of classical literature and geology * Horace Donisthorpe, entomologist, myrmecologist and coleopterist * Peter North (academic), Peter North, principal of Jesus College and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford * John Henry Pratt, mathematician * Sir Michael Stoker, virologist and cancer biologist Armed forces * Rear Admiral Philip Wilcocks Ecclesiastics * James Atlay, 98th Bishop of Hereford * Godfrey Day, John Godfrey FitzMaurice Day, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin (1920-1938); Archbishop of Armagh (1938) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakham School
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King George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 β 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was the second son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and was third in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1892, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. On Victoria's death in 1901, George's father ascended the throne as Edward VII, and George was created Prince of Wales. He became king-emperor on his father's death in 1910. George's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the political landscape of the British Empire, which itself reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Bewley
Charles Martin Bewley (born 25 January 1981) is an English actor and producer best known for his role as the vampire Demetri in ''The Twilight Saga'' films, Charles Wentworth on ''Nashville'', and Galen Vaughn on '' The Vampire Diaries''. Personal life Bewley was born in London, England and raised on a farm in Leicester. He is the eldest of four children, having a sister Lydia and brothers James and Andrew. He attended Loughborough Grammar School in Leicestershire and Oakham School in Rutland. Bewley spent some time living in Vancouver. He now resides in Los Angeles. Career Since ''Twilight'', Charlie has starred in '' Hammer of the Gods'' and guest-starred on '' The Vampire Diaries''. Bewley's most recent project is a Kickstarter campaign for a film called ''Thunder Road'', he is working with partners Matt Dallas and Steven Grayhm. He also stars as Leon in the 2014 British adventure movie ''Rules of the Game ''The Rules of the Game'' (original French title: ''La rΓ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Harrisson
Kate Harrisson is a British diplomat. She was the British Ambassador to Peru from 2018 to 2022, when she was replaced by diplomat Gavin Cook. Career She graduated from Open University, and SOAS University of London. She gained first degrees in Modern Chinese studies and in psychology and she has a master's degree in social anthropology. She worked in business in China until in 2000 she decided to join the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Kate Harrisson and Allan Wagner Tizon signing an Infrastructure Task Force agreement in 2021 She was Deputy Head of Mission to Vietnam, Political Counselor in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ..., and Economic Consul in Hong Kong. She was a panelist at 2019 Latin American Cities Conferences: Lima. She signed a Infrastru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William George "Bill" O'Chee
William George "Bill" O'Chee (born 19 June 1965) is an Australian politician. He was a National Party member of the Australian Senate from 1990 to 1999, representing the state of Queensland. Biography O'Chee was born to a Chinese father and an Irish-Australian mother. He attended school at Belmont State School, The Southport School and Brisbane State High School in Australia, as well as Oakham School in England. He later read jurisprudence at Brasenose College at the University of Oxford, where he was a contemporary of Amanda Pullinger, Guy Spier and David Cameron. Prior to his election he was an investment banker specialising in Latin American debt. Parliamentary career Bill O'Chee was appointed to the Senate in 1990 to a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of John Stone. He was one of the first ethnic-Chinese Australians to become a member of the Parliament of Australia. At age 24, he was also the youngest person to have become a senator, until the appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Allmond Codrington Goode
Sir William Allmond Codrington Goode was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Singapore from 1957 to 1959, and Governor of North Borneo from 1960 to 1963. Early life Goode was born in Twickenham, Middlesex, and attended Oakham School and Worcester College, Oxford. Career Goode joined the Malayan Civil Service in 1931, studying law in his spare time. He was admitted to the bar by Gray's Inn in 1936. From 1936 to 1939 he served as district officer, Raub, and thereafter as assistant financial secretary of Singapore in 1939. He was appointed assistant commissioner for civil defence, Singapore in 1940, serving in the Singapore Volunteer Corps as a lance corporal during the Second World War. After the colony's capitulation in 1942, he was taken prisoner by the Japanese and sent to work in Siam on the Burma Railway from 1943 to 1945. He remained in Malaya after the war, and in 1948 became deputy economic secretary to the Federation. In 1949 he was posted to Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Filing
Paul Anthony Filing (born 20 December 1955) is an Australian former politician. Born in Wegberg, Germany, he was a police officer and company manager in Australia before entering politics. From 1987 to 1989, he was Campaign Co-ordinator for the Liberal Party in Western Australia. In 1990, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Liberal member for Moore, defeating sitting Labor member Allen Blanchard. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition, John Hewson and Opposition Deputy Whip. In April 1995, he was defeated for Liberal preselection to contest Moore at the next election, as part of "a bitter power struggle in the WA branch involving Senator Noel Crichton-Browne". He resigned from the party on 18 June 1995 to become an independent, although he stated he would continue to vote with the Coalition. He contested and won the seat of Moore as an independent in that election. His vote dropped dramatically in 1998 and he was elimi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paymaster General
His Majesty's Paymaster General or HM Paymaster General is a ministerial position in the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom. The incumbent Paymaster General is Jeremy Quin MP. History The post was created in 1836 by the merger of the positions of the offices of the Paymaster of the Forces (1661β1836), the Treasurer of the Navy (1546β1835), the Paymaster and Treasurer of Chelsea Hospital (responsible for Chelsea Pensioner, Army pensions) (1681β1835) and the Treasurer of the Ordnance (1670β1835). Initially, the Paymaster General only had responsibilities in relation to the armed services but in 1848 two more offices were merged into that of Paymaster General: the Paymaster of Exchequer Bills (1723β1848) and the Paymaster of the Civil Service (1834β1848), the latter followed by its Irish counterpart in 1861. They thus became 'the principal paying agent of the government and the banker for all government departments except the HM Revenue and Customs, revenue departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Cope Of Berkeley
John Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, PC (born 13 May 1937) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Education Cope was educated at Oakham School before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. Career Cope contested Woolwich East in the 1970 General Election, but was defeated by Labour's Christopher Mayhew. Thereafter he served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983. When that constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, he was returned for the new Northavon constituency, serving until his defeat in the 1997 general election by the Liberal Democrat Steve Webb. Within the Conservative Party, he was an Assistant Whip from June 1979 to June 1981. His first political office was as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (June 1981 to June 1983), and then he was Treasurer of HM Household (1983-1987), and was then appointed Minister of State for Employment (with a special focus on small businesses) 1987β1989. He was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Clarke, Baron Clarke Of Stone-cum-Ebony
Anthony Peter Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, (born 13 May 1943) is a British lawyer. He was one of the first 11 Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Justices and was the first High Court judge to be appointed directly to that court when it came into existence on 1 October 2009 without previously having sat as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. He was appointed to the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong on 11 April 2011 as a non-permanent judge. He was previously Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in England and Wales. He retired from the Supreme Court in September 2017. Early life and education Clarke was born to Harry and Isobel Clarke. He was educated at Oakham School. In 1957 the trial of suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams first made him interested in pursuing a career in the law. He read Economics and Law at King's College, Cambridge. Career He was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1965. He developed a commercial and maritime law practice. He b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trappist
The Trappists, officially known as the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance ( la, Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae, abbreviated as OCSO) and originally named the Order of Reformed Cistercians of Our Lady of La Trappe, are a Catholic religious order of cloistered monastics that branched off from the Cistercians. They follow the Rule of Saint Benedict and have communities of both monks and nuns that are known as Trappists and Trappistines, respectively. They are named after La Trappe Abbey, the monastery from which the movement and religious order originated. The movement first began with the reforms that Abbot Armand Jean le Bouthillier de RancΓ© introduced in 1664, later leading to the creation of Trappist congregations, and eventually the formal constitution as a separate religious order in 1892. History The order takes its name from La Trappe Abbey or ''La Grande Trappe'', located in the French province of Normandy, where the reform movement began. Arma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Merton
Thomas Merton (January 31, 1915 β December 10, 1968) was an American Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, poet, social activist and scholar of comparative religion. On May 26, 1949, he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood and given the name "Father Louis". He was a member of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, near Bardstown, Kentucky, living there from 1941 to his death. Merton wrote more than 50 books in a period of 27 years, mostly on spirituality, social justice and a quiet pacifism, as well as scores of essays and reviews. Among Merton's most enduring works is his bestselling autobiography '' The Seven Storey Mountain'' (1948). His account of his spiritual journey inspired scores of World War II veterans, students, and teenagers to explore offerings of monasteries across the US. It is on ''National Review''s list of the 100 best nonfiction books of the century. Merton became a keen proponent of interfaith understanding, exploring Eastern religions through h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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