Peirse (other)
Peirse may refer to: People with the surname *Henry Peirse (1750s-1824), English politician * Richard Peirse (Royal Navy officer) (1860-1940), English Royal Navy officer *Richard Peirse (1892-1970), English RAF commander * Richard Peirse (RAF officer) (1931-2014), English RAF officer *Sarah Peirse, New Zealand actress People with the double-barrelled name * Beresford-Peirse baronets * Noel Beresford-Peirse (1887-1953), British Army officer See also * Peirce (other) * Pierse * Piers (other) * Pierce (other) Pierce may refer to: Places Canada * Pierce Range, a mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia United States * Pierce, Colorado * Pierce, Idaho * Pierce, Illinois * Pierce, Kentucky * Pierce, Nebraska * Pierce, Texas * Pierce, West ...

Henry Peirse
Henry Peirse (1695 – 2 October 1759) of Bedale in Yorkshire was an English landowner and Member of Parliament. He was born the eldest son of John Peirse of Lazenby, Yorkshire and inherited the manor of Bedale from his grandfather. In the 1730s he transformed the old manor house into a Palladian mansion, renaming it Bedale Hall. He served as a Member of Parliament for Northallerton in Yorkshire between 1713 and 1715 and between 1722 and 1754. He married Anne Johnson on 15 February 1754 and had one son, Henry Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, ..., who was also MP for Northallerton for many years. He was assassinated in Birkshire on 2 October 1759. References 1695 births 1759 deaths People from Bedale Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for E ...
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Richard Peirse (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir Richard Henry Peirse, (4 September 1860 – 10 July 1940) was a senior Royal Navy officer during the First World War. Naval career Peirse joined the Royal Navy in 1873 and, in 1885, developed a new naval director which was to become the fire-control system used in all ships with large guns. Promoted to captain in 1900, he commanded during the Second Boer War. Promoted to rear admiral in February 1909, Peirse was appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1913. Then promoted to vice admiral in October 1914, he served in the First World War taking part in the attack on Smyrna in 1915, where he outgunned the Turkish Fleet. He continued in his role on the East Indies Station until December 1915. He was promoted to admiral in March 1918. After the war Peirse became Naval Member of the Central Committee of the Board of Invention and Research. He retired from the navy in January 1919. Personal life Peirse lived in Upper Norwood in London and there is a mem ...
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Richard Peirse
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Edmund Charles Peirse, (30 September 1892 – 5 August 1970), served as a senior Royal Air Force commander. RAF career The son of Admiral Sir Richard Peirse and his wife Blanche Melville Wemyss-Whittaker, Richard Peirse was educated at the Junior School section of Monkton Combe School, Bath, Somerset, on and at King's College London. He became a midshipman in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and was commissioned in 1912.Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse
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Richard Peirse (RAF Officer)
Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Charles Fairfax Peirse, (16 March 1931 – 8 February 2014) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Services Secretary from 1985 to 1988. Early life Peirse was born on 16 March 1931, the son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse. He was educated at Bradfield College. Military career He attended the Royal Air Force College Cranwell.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, Commissioned a pilot officer in the RAF on 9 April 1952, he was promoted to flying officer on 9 April 1953 and to flight lieutenant on 9 October 1954. He was promoted to squadron leader on 1 July 1959 and to wing commander on 1 July 1965. Peirse became Commanding Officer of No. 51 Squadron in 1968. Promoted to group captain on 1 July 1969, he became Deputy Captain of the Queen's Flight that year. He was Station Commander at RAF Waddington in 1973 and Deputy Director of Operational Requirements in 1976, and Director of Personnel (Air) in 1977. Promoted t ...
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Sarah Peirse
Sarah Peirse is a New Zealand actress. She works both on screen and stage, best known for her portrayals of two very different mothers — the kind-hearted yet stricken mother Honora Rieper in ''Heavenly Creatures'', and the disaffected sophisticate Kate in ''Rain''. More recently she appeared as Hilda in Peter Jackson's ''Hobbit'' trilogy, as well as ''The Shannara Chronicles ''The Shannara Chronicles'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. It is an adaptation of ''The Sword of Shannara'' trilogy of fantasy novels by Terry Brooks. It follows three heroes as they pro ...''. Selected filmography References Living people New Zealand film actresses New Zealand stage actresses New Zealand television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Helpmann Award winners 20th-century New Zealand actresses 21st-century New Zealand actresses {{NewZealand-actor-stub ...
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Beresford-Peirse Baronets
The Beresford, later Beresford-Peirse Baronetcy, of Bagnall in the County of Waterford, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 May 1814 for John Beresford. He was an admiral in the Royal Navy and also represented Coleraine, Berwick-on-Tweed, Northallerton and Chatham in the House of Commons. Beresford was the illegitimate son of George Beresford, 1st Marquess of Waterford, and the brother of William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet, from his first marriage to Mary Molloy. He died without surviving male issue and was succeeded by his nephew, the third Baronet. He was the eldest son of Henry William de la Poer Beresford-Peirse (1820–1859), eldest son of the first Baronet's second marriage to Harriett Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Peirse. He served as Chairman of the North Riding of Yorkshire County Council. His grandson, the fifth Baronet, was Director-General of the Forestry Commission between 1 ...
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Noel Beresford-Peirse
Lieutenant-General Sir Noel Monson de la Poer Beresford-Peirse KBE, CB, DSO (22 December 1887 – 14 January 1953) was a British Army officer. Family background Beresford-Peirse was the son of Colonel William John de la Poer Beresford-Peirse and Mary, daughter of Thomas Chambers of Aberfoyle, County Londonderry. He was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and commissioned into the Royal Artillery. Beresford-Peirse was great-grandson to Adm. John Beresford, and a cousin to the Beresford-Peirse baronets. He was married three times. The first marriage (in 1912) was to Hazel Marjorie, daughter of J.A. Cochrane, Riverina, Australia. The marriage ended in divorce in 1924. The second marriage (in 1925) was to Jean, only child of Surgeon- Captain R.D. Jameson, CMG, RN. Jean died in 1926. In 1929 he married Katharine Camilla, daughter of Colonel James Morris Colquhoun Colvin, VC. All three marriages were childless. Military ...
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Peirce (other)
Peirce may refer to: Schools * Peirce College, Philadelphia, formerly known as Peirce College of Business, Peirce Junior College and Peirce School of Business Administration * Peirce School (also known as Old Peirce School), West Newton, Massachusetts * Helen C. Peirce School of International Studies, an elementary school in Chicago Others * Peirce (crater), a lunar crater * Peirce (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Peirce (surname), including a list of people with the surname See also * * * Pierce (other) * Peirse (other) Peirse may refer to: People with the surname *Henry Peirse (1750s-1824), English politician * Richard Peirse (Royal Navy officer) (1860-1940), English Royal Navy officer *Richard Peirse (1892-1970), English RAF commander * Richard Peirse (RAF offic ...

Pierse
Pierse is both a surname and a given name. The name originated from the Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain during the late Middle Ages, meaning "son of Peter". Notable people with the surname or given name include: Surname *Annamay Pierse (born 1983), Canadian swimmer *Catherine Pierse, Irish solicitor *Peter Pierse (1947-1991), Australian rugby league referee *Toddy Pierse (1898-1968), Irish Gaelic footballer Given *Pierse Loftus (1877-1956), Irish-born British businessman and politician *Pierse Long (1739-1789), American merchant *Pierse Joseph Mackesy (1883-1956), Irish-born British Army officer See also *Peirse (other) *Pierce (other) *Piers (other) Piers may refer to: * Pier, a raised structure over a body of water * Pier (architecture), an architectural support * Piers (name), a given name and surname (including lists of people with the name) * Piers baronets, two titles, in the baronetages ...

Piers (other)
Piers may refer to: * Pier, a raised structure over a body of water * Pier (architecture), an architectural support * Piers (name), a given name and surname (including lists of people with the name) * Piers baronets, two titles, in the baronetages of Ireland and Nova Scotia * Piers Island, British Columbia, Canada * PIERS: The Port Import/Export Reporting Service, an American trade intelligence company See also * Pier (other) * Pierres (other) * Pierse * Pierce (other) * Peirse (other) Peirse may refer to: People with the surname *Henry Peirse (1750s-1824), English politician * Richard Peirse (Royal Navy officer) (1860-1940), English Royal Navy officer *Richard Peirse (1892-1970), English RAF commander * Richard Peirse (RAF offic ...