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Pryce Pryce-Jones
Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones (16 October 1834 – 11 January 1920) was a Welsh entrepreneur who formed the first mail order business, revolutionising how products were sold. Creating the first mail order catalogues in 1861 – which consisted of woollen goods – for the first time customers could order by post, and the goods were delivered by railway. The BBC summed up his legacy as "The mail order pioneer who started a billion-pound industry". Pryce-Jones became hugely successful in the United Kingdom where he had over 100,000 customers, which included Florence Nightingale and Queen Victoria. In England he was able to promise next-day delivery. His business also took off overseas, selling Welsh flannel to the rest of Europe, the United States followed by Australia. During the 1870s he took part in exhibitions all over the world, winning several awards, and he became world famous. The Queen knighted him in 1887. Early years Pryce-Jones was born in Llanllwchaiarn, just outside New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanllwchaiarn
Llanllwchaiarn or Llanllwchaearn () in Welsh) is a village on the outskirts of Newtown in Powys, Wales. It forms part of the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn. Aberbechan Hall was a Tudor mansion in the eastern part of the parish demolished in 1870. The wards of Llanllwchaiarn North and Llanllwchaiarn West Newtown West (formerly Newtown Llanllwchaiarn West or Llanllwchaiarn West) is the name of an electoral ward in the community of Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Wales. Description Newtown West covers the largely rural northwest quadrant of th ... elect up to four councillors to Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn Town Council. See also * St Llwchaiarn's Church, Llanllwchaiarn Literature *Oliver H. N, (2000), ‘‘Llanllwchaiarn: Church and Parish’’, Newtown. References External links Photos of Llanllwchaiarn and surrounding area on geograph {{authority control Historic Montgomeryshire Parishes Villages in Powys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Army
The Russian Ground Forces (russian: Сухопутные войска [СВ], Sukhoputnyye voyska [SV]), also known as the Russian Army (, ), are the Army, land forces of the Russian Armed Forces. The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, and the defeat of enemy troops. The President of Russia is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Ground Forces. He is appointed by the President of Russia. The Main Command of the Ground Forces is based in Moscow. Mission The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, the security of occupied territories, and the defeat of enemy troops. The Ground Forces must be able to achieve these goals both in nuclear war a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Pryce-Jones
Sir Pryce Edward Pryce-Jones, 1st Baronet TD (6 February 1861–22 May 1926) was Conservative MP for Montgomery Boroughs. Early life Pryce Edward Pryce-Jones was born on 6 February 1861, the eldest son of Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones (1834–1920) of Dolerw, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, who established the mail-order clothing firm of Pryce-Jones Ltd and served as MP for Montgomery Boroughs in 1884–5 and 1892–5.''Burke's'': Pryce-Jones. He qualified as a Barrister-at-Law at the Inner Temple in 1892 and received his MA from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1893. He later served as chairman of Pryce-Jones Ltd. Political career He won his father's old seat of Montgomery Boroughs in 1895 and held it at the 1900 election. He lost to the Liberals in 1906 and failed to win the seat back in January 1910. However, he did win it at the second election that year, in December. He stood down in 1918 when the constituency was abolished. He was created a baronet on 4 July 1918. Military career He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 United Kingdom General Election
The 1895 United Kingdom general election was held from 13 July to 7 August 1895. William Gladstone had retired as Prime Minister the previous year, and Queen Victoria, disregarding Gladstone's advice to name Lord Spencer as his successor, appointed the Earl of Rosebery as the new Prime Minister. Rosebery's government found itself largely in a state of paralysis due to a power struggle between him and William Harcourt, the Liberal leader in the Commons. The situation came to a head on 21 June, when Parliament voted to dismiss Secretary of State for War Henry Campbell-Bannerman; Rosebery, realising that the government would likely not survive a motion of no confidence were one to be brought, promptly resigned as Prime Minister. Conservative leader Lord Salisbury was subsequently re-appointed for a third spell as Prime Minister, and promptly called a new election. The election was won by the Conservatives, who continued their alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party and won a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 United Kingdom General Election
The 1892 United Kingdom general election was held from 4 to 26 July 1892. It saw the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury again win the greatest number of seats, but no longer a majority as William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals won 80 more seats than in the 1886 general election. The Liberal Unionists who had previously supported the Conservative government saw their vote and seat numbers go down. Despite being split between Parnellite and anti-Parnellite factions, the Irish Nationalist vote held up well. As the Liberals did not have a majority on their own, Salisbury refused to resign on hearing the election results and waited to be defeated in a vote of no confidence on 11 August. Gladstone formed a minority government dependent on Irish Nationalist support. The Liberals had engaged in failed attempts at reunification between 1886 and 1887. Gladstone however was able to retain control of much of the Liberal party machinery, particularly the National Liberal Federation. Gladst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Stephen Archibald Hanbury-Tracy
The Hon. Frederick Stephen Archibald Hanbury-Tracy (15 September 1848 – 9 August 1906), was a British politician. Life Hanbury-Tracy was a younger son of Thomas Hanbury-Tracy, 2nd Baron Sudeley, and his wife Emma Elizabeth Alicia, daughter of George Hay Dawkins-Pennant, of Baron Penrhyn's family. Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 4th Baron Sudeley, was his elder brother. He was educated privately and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA. He served as a major in the Worcester Yeomanry, and retired as a lieutenant-colonel. He succeeded the latter as Member of Parliament for Montgomery in 1877, a seat he held until 1885, and again from 1886 to 1892. Family Hanbury-Tracy married in 1870 Helena Caroline Winnington, the only daughter of Sir Thomas Winnington, 4th Baronet by Anna Helena Domville. They had issue: * Eric Hanbury-Tracy (b1871), and officer in the Coldstream Guards, who married in 1902 Dorothy Greathed, daughter of General Sir Edward Greathed * Edith Julia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 United Kingdom General Election
The 1886 United Kingdom general election took place from 1 to 27 July 1886, following the defeat of the Government of Ireland Bill 1886. It resulted in a major reversal of the results of the 1885 election as the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, were joined in an electoral pact with the breakaway Unionist wing of the Liberals led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain. The new Liberal Unionist party gave the Conservatives their parliamentary majority but did not join them in a formal coalition. William Ewart Gladstone's Liberals, who supported the Irish Home Rule movement, and their sometimes allies the Irish Parliamentary Party, led by Charles Stewart Parnell, were placed a distant second. This ended the period of Liberal dominance—they had held power for 18 of the 27 years since 1859 and won five of the six elections held during that time, but would only be in power for three of the next nineteen years. This was also the first election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1885 United Kingdom General Election
The 1885 United Kingdom general election was held from 24 November to 18 December 1885. This was the first general election after an Representation of the People Act 1884, extension of the franchise and Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, redistribution of seats. For the first time a majority of adult males could vote and most constituencies by law returned a single member to Parliament, fulfilling one of the ideals of Chartism to provide direct single-member, single-electorate accountability. It saw the Liberals, led by William Ewart Gladstone, William Gladstone, win the most seats, but not an overall majority. As the Irish Nationalists held the balance of power between them and the Conservatives who sat with an increasing number of allied Unionist MPs (referring to the Acts of Union 1800, Union of Great Britain and Ireland), this exacerbated divisions within the Liberals over Irish Home Rule and led to a Liberal split and another 1886 United Kingdom general election, general elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis's
Lewis's was a chain of British department stores that operated from 1856 to 2010. The owners of Lewis's have gone into administration many times over the years, including 1991. The first store, which opened in Liverpool city centre, became the flagship of the chain of stores operating under the Lewis's name. Several stores in the chain were bought in 1991 by the company Owen Owen and continued to operate under the Lewis's brand name for several years, but after the closure of the Manchester store in 2001, only the original Liverpool store continued to trade under the Lewis's name. This store was sold in 2007 to the Vergo Retail Ltd and closed in 2010. Lewis's was briefly a member of the International Association of Department Stores, from 1951 to 1953. History The first Lewis's was opened in 1856 in Liverpool by entrepreneur David Lewis, as a men's and boys' clothing store, mostly manufacturing his own stock. In 1864, Lewis's branched out into women's clothing. In the 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wales National Football Team
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Albert Pryce-Jones
Albert Pryce-Jones ( – 17 August 1946) was a Welsh people, Welsh international association football, footballer. Pryce-Jones was born in Newtown, Powys, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales in 1870. He was the son of Pryce Pryce-Jones, Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, a former Conservative Party (UK), Conservative member of the British House of Commons. He was part of the Wales national football team, playing 1 match on 18 March 1895 against England. In 1895 he played for Newtown A.F.C., Newtown in their Welsh Cup victory. He appeared alongside his brother William Pryce-Jones who was also an international footballer for Wales. He emigrated to Calgary, Canada in 1910 where he established the department store Pryce-Jones Ltd. He served in the Canadian infantry in World War I. He died in August 1946 aged 76. See also * List of Wales international footballers (alphabetical) References 1870 births Welsh footballers Wales international footballers Place of birth missing Year of death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Pryce-Jones
William Ernest Pryce-Jones (29 December 1867 – 14 March 1949) was a Welsh people, Welsh international association football, footballer. He was born at Newtown, Montgomeryshire and educated at Shrewsbury School and Cambridge University. He died at Tywyn, Merionethshire.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. He was the son of Pryce Pryce-Jones, Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones, a former Conservatism, Conservative member of the British House of Commons. He was part of the Wales national football team between 1887 and 1890, playing five matches and scoring three goals. He played his first match on 21 March 1887 against Scotland whilst a Cambridge University A.F.C., Cambridge University player. His last match was on 8 February 1890 against Ireland. In 1895 he captained Newtown A.F.C., Newtown to Welsh Cup victory. He appeared alongside his brother Albert Pryce-Jones, Albert Westhead Pryce-Jones who was also an international footballer for Wales. He also played c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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