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Penry may refer to: Surname *David Penry-Davey (1942–2015), Judge of the High Court of England and Wales *John Penry (1559–1593), Welsh Protestant *Johnny Paul Penry (born 1956), American rapist *Josh Penry (born 1976) American politician *Mary Penry (1735–1804), Welsh-born woman in colonial Pennsylvania *Peter Penry-Jones (1938–2009), Welsh actor * Richard Allen Penry (1948–1994), United States Army soldier *Rupert Penry-Jones (born 1970), English actor Given name * Penry Powell Palfrey (1830–1902), British stained glass designer and painter *Penry Williams (1866–1945), English politician * Penry Williams (artist) (1802–1885), Welsh artist *Penry Williams (historian) (1925-2013), Welsh historian * Penry Gustavson (born 1970), American politician See also *Penry v. Johnson ''Penry v. Johnson'', 532 U.S. 782 (2001), is a United States Supreme Court case which concerned whether instructions given to a Texas jury were constitutionally adequate to emphasize th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Penry-Davey
Sir David Herbert Penry-Davey (16 May 1942 – 10 October 2015) was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales. He was educated at Hastings Grammar School and at King's College London (LLB, 1964). He was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1965. He was made a Crown Court recorder in 1986, a QC in 1988, and a judge of the High Court of Justice The High Court of Justice in London, known properly as His Majesty's High Court of Justice in England, together with the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court, are the Senior Courts of England and Wales. Its name is abbreviated as EWHC (Englan ... (Queen's Bench Division) in 1997. He died on 10 October 2015. References 1942 births 2015 deaths Alumni of King's College London Fellows of King's College London Queen's Bench Division judges 21st-century English judges English King's Counsel Knights Bachelor Members of the Inner Temple 20th-century King's Counsel People educated at Hastings Grammar School 20th-centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Penry
John Penry (1563 – 29 May 1593), who was executed for high treason during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, is Wales' most famous Protestant Separatist martyr. Early life He was born in Brecknockshire, Wales; Cefn Brith, a farm near Llangammarch, is traditionally recognised as his birthplace. His parents were Meredydd (Meredith) Penry and Eleanor (nee Godley). He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December 1580, being then probably a Roman Catholic, but soon became a Protestant, with strong Puritan tendencies. Having graduated B.A., he moved to St Alban Hall, Oxford, and gained his M.A. in July 1586. He did not seek ordination, but was licensed as University Preacher. Career as a preacher and pamphleteer There is not much evidence for his preaching tours in Wales; they could only have been made during a few months of 1586 or the autumn of 1587. In 1562 an act of parliament had made provision for translating the Bible into Welsh, and the New Testament was issued in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Paul Penry
Johnny Paul Penry (born May 5, 1956) is a Texas prisoner serving three consecutive sentences of life imprisonment without parole for rape and murder. He was on death row between 1980 and 2008, and his case generated discussion about the appropriateness of the death penalty for offenders who are thought to be intellectually disabled. Penry's case went twice to the United States Supreme Court: '' Penry v. Lynaugh'' (1989) found that executing intellectually disabled persons is not cruel and unusual punishment; ''Penry v. Johnson'' (2001) found that the jury's instructions regarding mitigating factors were incomplete and that Penry should be re-sentenced. Prosecutors reached a plea agreement with him in 2008 under which he was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences. Early life Penry sustained brain damage at birth related to complications from breech positioning. His mother had paranoid schizophrenia.Hall, p. 342. One of Penry's siblings said that their mother would threaten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Penry
Josh Penry (born February 1, 1976) is the former minority leader of the Colorado Senate. Elected in 2006, Penry was the youngest member of the Colorado state Senate. According to ''The Denver Post'', Penry played a leadership role in opposing regulation for the oil and gas industry and a labor bill. Penry has been identified by several newspapers as a "rising star" in Colorado politics. Prior to serving in the state Senate, Penry served in the state House of Representatives for one term. Penry is a native of Colorado and a long-time resident of Western Colorado. Penry graduated from Grand Junction High School and Mesa State College, where he quarterbacked the Mesa State Mavericks football team and served as student body President. In 1998, Penry was named the National Scholar Athlete of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association and the Burger King Corporation, an award given to Peyton Manning the previous year. Penry graduated summa cum laude from Mesa State in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Penry
Mary Penry (12 November 1735 — 17 May 1804) was a Welsh-born woman in colonial Pennsylvania. As a longtime member of the Moravian community at Lititz, she served as "diarist, accountant and guide" for the single sisters' house.Scott Paul Gordon"Glad Passivity: Mary Penry of Lititz and the Making of Moravian Women"''Journal of Moravian History'' 13(1)(March 2013): 1-26. Early life Mary Penry was born at Abergavenny, the daughter of Hugh and Mary (Stocker) Penry. She left Wales with her widowed mother as a young girl, in about 1744. They moved in with Mary Stocker Penry's married sister and her husband, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary Penry was educated with Elizabeth Drinker and Hannah Callender as a young woman. Penry converted to Moravianism and left Philadelphia in 1756, but maintained an ongoing correspondence with her schoolmates for decades. In colonial Pennsylvania Unhappy in her stepfather's home, Miss Penry moved to the Sisters' House at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Penry-Jones
Peter David Penry Jones (20 May 1938 – 11 March 2009) was a Welsh actor, born in Cardiff. Career Jones's television credits include: ''Colditz'', ''The Professionals'', ''To the Manor Born “Connections in High Places”,'' '' Bergerac'', ''Howards' Way'', ''Kavanagh QC'' and ''Midsomer Murders “The Electric Vendetta”'' He also worked with Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre. Personal life The son of the Rev. David Penry Jones, a Presbyterian minister in South Wales, in September 1967 in Westminster Jones married the actress Angela Thorne, and they had two sons, actors Laurence Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from ... and Rupert. Jones died of bowel cancer in 2009. Filmography and television * 1969 - Dance of Death - Lieutenant - Film * 1972 - Love Story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Allen Penry
Richard Allen Penry (November 18, 1948 – May 9, 1994) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Biography Born in Petaluma, California, Penry joined the Army from Oakland, California in March 1969, and by January 31, 1970, was serving as a Sergeant in Company C, 4th Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade. On that day, in Binh Tuy Province of the Republic of Vietnam, his unit came under an intense enemy attack. After the company commander was wounded, Penry helped organize the defense of the area and repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to retrieve supplies and return fire. He was honorably discharged from the Army in March 1971. Penry died at age 45 and was buried in Cypress Hill Memorial Park in Petaluma. Penry has two namesakes in his hometown: a park that was renamed in his honor, and a small military museum, the Sgt. Richard Penry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Penry-Jones
Rupert William Penry-Jones (born 22 September 1970) is a British actor, known for his performances as Adam Carter in '' Spooks'', Clive Reader in ''Silk'', DI Joseph Chandler in ''Whitechapel'', and Mr Quinlan in the American horror series ''The Strain''. Early life Penry-Jones was born in London, the son of Welsh actor Peter Penry-Jones and English actress Angela Thorne. His brother, Laurence Penry-Jones, is an actor turned ambulance driver who is married to actress Polly Walker. On BBC One's '' Who Do You Think You Are?'', broadcast in August 2010, it was revealed that Penry-Jones' maternal grandfather, William, had served with the Indian Army Medical Corps at the Battle of Monte Cassino and that his earlier ancestors had a long-standing connection with the Indian Army. Penry-Jones also discovered that he had Indian ancestry from the early 19th century. Penry-Jones was educated at Dulwich College in Dulwich, London, until the age of 19 when he was enrolled at Bristol Old Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penry Powell Palfrey
Penry Powell Palfrey (6 June 1830 – 22 August 1902) was a British stained glass designer and painter in watercolour of horses and coaching scenes. Early life Penry Powell Palfrey was born in London on 6 June 1829. He was interested in horses and coaching from a very young age and made models of out of cardboard of the coaches that stopped in London. His father died when Penry was 16, making him the main provider for his mother and five siblings. Career Around 1850, he obtained employment with Forsyth & Phyffers in Guilford Street, Russell Square. He soon after was allowed by his employer to work in the studio of John Richard Clayton in Albany Street, the founder in 1855 of the stained glass workshop Clayton and Bell. Palfrey soon became skilled in stained glass designs himself and produced many with his special interest of heraldic symbolism. He retained his interest in horses and coaching and painted those subjects in his spare time but did not practice in that area until la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penry Williams
Penry Williams (5 September 1866 – 26 June 1945) was a Liberal Party politician in England. He was born in Middlesbrough, the son of Edward Williams, a Cleveland ironmaster. He was a brother of Aneurin Williams MP. He was elected at the January 1910 general election as the Member of Parliament for the usually Liberal Middlesbrough constituency in the North Riding of Yorkshire. When the constituency was divided at the 1918 general election, he was elected for the new Middlesbrough East constituency, but was defeated at the 1922 general election by the Conservative Party candidate John Wesley Brown. With rifts in the Liberal Party healed, the party's fortunes recovered at the 1923 general election, and Williams regained his seat. His return was short-lived, because at the 1924 general election he was unseated in a close three-way contest by the Labour Party candidate Ellen Wilkinson. At the 1929 general election, he stood as the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penry Williams (artist)
Penry Williams (1802 – 27 July 1885) was a Welsh artist who spent most of his life in Rome. Life He was baptised in February 1802 at Merthyr Tydfil, and was the son of a house-painter. Sent to London by Sir John Guest and others, he studied in the schools of the Royal Academy under Henry Fuseli, and in 1821 gained a silver medal from the Society of Arts for a "drawing from the antique". From 1822, he was a frequent exhibitor of portraits and views at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Society of British Artists until 1827, when he settled in Rome. In April 1828 Williams was elected an associate of the Society of Painters in Watercolours, exhibiting annually until 1833, when he resigned. Williams's Rome studio was one of the recognised attractions for English visitors, for half a century. He died in Rome on 27 July 1885, and his remaining works were sold at Christie's in the following year. Personal life Throughout most of his time in Rome Williams had a relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penry Williams (historian)
Penry Herbert Williams (25 February 1925 – 30 April 2013) was a Welsh historian of Elizabethan Britain.Stephen Bates, Penry Williams obituary, ''The Guardian'' (15 May 2013). Retrieved on 13 November 2020. Early life He was born in Calcutta to a father from Brecknockshire and he was educated at Marlborough College.George Bernard and Robert Evans, ‘Penry Williams (1925—2013)’, ''The English Historical Review'', Vol. 129, No. 537 (April 2014), pp. 267–268. During the Second World War Williams served in India and Java as a member of the Royal Artillery. He then read history at New College, Oxford, where J. E. Neale suggested he study Wales under the government of Elizabeth I.Bernard and Evans, p. 268. His doctoral thesis, ''The Council in the Marches of Wales under Elizabeth I'', was published in 1958.Bernard and Evans, p. 267. Academic career He taught history at the Victoria University of Manchester from 1951 until 1964 and at New College from 1964 until 1992. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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