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Marlborough Robert Pryor
Marlborough Robert Pryor DL JP (16 October 1848 – 24 April 1920) was an English businessman, described in his '' Times'' obituary as a " savant, business expert and scholar" who was "a many sided man who devoted to business capacities which might have won him fame in science",The Times, Monday, Apr 26, 1920; pg. 18; Issue 42394; col B Death Of Mr. M. R. Pryor. Savant, Business Expert, And Scholar. Obituaries while '' Nature'' described him as being "well known in scientific circles at Cambridge" He was the eldest sonBurkes' Landed Gentry, Pryor of Weston Hall of Robert Pryor. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge (as had been his father, and younger brothers Frank and Selwyn). He was a member of the Cambridge Apostles. On 7 April 1875, he married Catherine Alice Hammond Solly, daughter of William Hammond Solly, of Serge Hill, Hertfordshire. Their son was the soldier Walter Marlborough Pryor. They also had six daughters; his wife died on 7 Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Exton Barclay
Edward Exton Barclay JP (16 February 1860 – 4 March 1948) was an English gentleman and foxhunter. Notes Barclay was the fourth son of Joseph Gurney Barclay (astronomer), (Joseph Gurney Barclay). His brothers included Francis Hubert Barclay, Henry Albert Barclay CVO. He was educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, Cambridge (BA 1882, Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Trinity), MA 1885) He was a partner in Barclays Bank from 1886 to 1896. In ''Who's Who'' he listed his career as "Lord of the Manor" (of Brent Pelham Hall). He was master of the Puckeridge Hunt, Puckeridge Hounds from 1896, from 1910 jointly so with his son Maurice Barclay, Maurice. His ''Who's Who'' recreations were listed as "hunting, shooting, fishing".‘BARCLAY, Edward Exton’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 200accessed 20 Dec 2013/ref> He married Elizabeth Mary Fowler, daughter of the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
