Payn
Payn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Graham Payn (1918–2005), South African-born English actor and singer * John Payn (other), multiple people *James Payn (1830–1898), British novelist *Richard Payn, MP for Shaftesbury (UK Parliament constituency) See also * Payne (other) Payne may refer to: People *Payne (surname) Organisations *Payne (company) Places ;United States *Payne, Georgia *Payne, Ohio *Payne County, Oklahoma *Payne's Prairie, Florida *Fort Payne, Alabama ;Elsewhere *Payne Creek (other) *Payne ...

Graham Payn
Graham Payn (25 April 1918 – 4 November 2005) was a South African-born English actor and singer, also known for being the life partner of the playwright Noël Coward. Beginning as a boy soprano, Payn later made a career as a singer and actor in the works of Coward and others. After Coward's death, Payn ran the Coward estate for 22 years. Early life, education and early career Payn was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, the son of Francis Dawney Payn and his wife, Sybil, née Graham.''The Times''. 7 September 1943. p. 6. He was educated in South Africa and, after his parents divorced, in England, where he made his first stage appearance, aged 13, at the London Palladium, as Curly in ''Peter Pan''.Vosburgh, Dick (29 November 2005). "Obituary: Graham Payn". ''The Independent''. p. 59. In October 1931, he broadcast as a boy soprano on the BBC in a programme featuring Derek Oldham and Mabel Constanduros, and made further broadcasts in 1932 and 1933. At the age of 14, he ...
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James Payn
James Payn (; 28 February 1830 – 25 March 1898) was an English novelist and editor. Among the periodicals he edited were ''Chambers's Journal'' in Edinburgh and the ''Cornhill Magazine'' in London. Family Payn's father, William Payn (1774/1775–1840), was clerk to the Thames Commissioners, and at one time treasurer to the county of Berkshire. Payn was educated at Eton and then entered the Military Academy at Woolwich, but his health was unequal to a military career and he proceeded in 1847 to Trinity College, Cambridge. There he was among the most popular men and served as president of the Union. Before going to Cambridge he had published some verses in Leigh Hunt's Journal, and while still an undergraduate put out a volume of ''Stories from Boccaccio'' in 1852 and one of ''Poems'' in 1853. In the year Payn left Cambridge, he met and soon married Miss Louisa Adelaide Edlin (born 1830 or 1831),ODNB biography, subscription requiredRetrieved 3 December 2010./ref> sister of Jud ...
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John Payn (other)
John Payn may refer to: * John Payn (MP for Cambridge), in 1391 MP for Cambridge *John Payn (died 1402), MP for Norfolk See also *John Payne (other) *John Paine (other) John Paine may refer to: * John Paine (North Carolina politician), 18th Century politician * John Paine (sport shooter) (1870–1951), American shooter, competed at the 1896 Olympics * John Paine (cricketer) (1829–1859), English cricketer * John ...

Richard Payn
Richard Payn (fl. 1383–1386), of Shaftesbury, Dorset, was an English Member of Parliament. Payn was married with one son. His wife and son's names are unrecorded. He was a Member of Parliament, Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Shaftesbury (UK Parliament constituency), Shaftesbury in 1386. He was Mayor of Shaftesbury Michaelmas in 1383–84. References

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Shaftesbury (UK Parliament Constituency)
Shaftesbury was a parliamentary constituency in Dorset. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1295 until 1832 and one member until the constituency was abolished in 1885. History Boundaries and franchise before 1832 Shaftesbury was one of the towns summoned to send representatives to the Model Parliament of 1295, and thereafter was continuously represented (except during the temporary upheavals of the Commonwealth) until the 19th century. The constituency was a parliamentary borough, which until 1832 consisted of parts of three parishes in the town of Shaftesbury, a market town in Dorset. In the 17th century the Mayor and Corporation attempted to restrict the right to vote to themselves, but after a decision in 1697 the vote was exercised by all inhabitant householders paying scot and lot. Shaftesbury being a prosperous town this included the vast majority of households, and in 1831 when the borough containe ...
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