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Rees-Jones
Rees-Jones is a compound surname of Welsh origin. It is composed of the names Rees (surname), Rees and Jones (surname), Jones. People with this name include * Deryn Rees-Jones, Anglo-Welsh poet * Sarah Rees Jones, British historian * Trevor Rees-Jones (businessman), billionaire, president and CEO of Chief Oil & Gas * Trevor Rees-Jones (bodyguard) (born 1968), British bodyguard and sole survivor of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales See also * Sir Edgar Rees Jones (1878–1962), Welsh barrister and Liberal Party politician * Peter Rees Jones (1843–1905), department store founder {{surname, Rees-Jones Compound surnames Surnames of Welsh origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Rees-Jones (businessman)
Trevor D. Rees-Jones (born 1951) is an American attorney, billionaire businessman, and philanthropist from Texas. He is the founder and chairman of Chief Oil and Gas. He has a net worth of approximately $4.4 billion. Early life Trevor D. Rees-Jones was born in 1951. He grew up in University Park, Texas, Dallas, the eldest of three children of Trevor William Rees-Jones (1923–2009) and Billye June Kay of Dallas (1924–2008). He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout out of Boy Scout Troop 70 in 1966. His father was a lawyer with Locke Lord, Locke Liddell & Sapp in Dallas. His paternal grandfather, David Rees-Jones, was a Presbyterian minister from Trefor, Gwynedd, Trefor, Wales who immigrated to the United States to serve as a pastor in Oklahoma and Texas. His paternal grandmother, Mary Edith Holmes, was a secretary for William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme from Cheshire, England; she immigrated to the United States with her husband. Rees-Jones was educated at Highland Park High Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Rees-Jones (bodyguard)
Trevor Rees-Jones (also known as Trevor Rees; born 3 March 1968) is a British author and former bodyguard who was badly injured in a car crash in Paris that killed Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997. Because he suffered a serious head injury, he does not recall any details from the crash. Some media reports claimed he was wearing a seat belt and survived, but investigations revealed that none of the occupants of the car were wearing their seat belts. Early life Rees-Jones was born on 3 March 1968 in Rinteln, West Germany, the middle-born of three boys of Colin Rees, a surgeon in the British Army, and Gill, a nurse. He has an older brother, Gareth, and younger brother, John.Searching His Memory People.com At ten, he returned with his family to [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deryn Rees-Jones
Deryn Rees-Jones is an Anglo-Welsh Welsh writing in English ( Welsh: ''Llenyddiaeth Gymreig yn Saesneg''), (previously Anglo-Welsh literature) is a term used to describe works written in the English language by Welsh writers. The term ‘Anglo-Welsh’ replaced an earlier atte ... poet, who lives and works in Liverpool. Although, Rees-Jones has spent much of her life in Liverpool, she spent much of her childhood in the family home of Eglwys-bach in North Wales. She considers herself a Welsh writer. Rees-Jones did doctoral research on women poets at Birkbeck College, and is now a Professor of Poetry at Liverpool University. She won an Eric Gregory Award in 1993, and an Arts Council of Arts Council England, England Writer's Award in 1996. Works She has published three poetry books with Seren Books, Seren, ''The Memory Tray'' (1994), which was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection; ''Signs Round a Dead Body'' (1998), a Poetry Book Society Special Commend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rees (surname)
Rees ( ) is a very common Welsh name that traces back to the ancient Celts known as the Britons. The surname was first recorded in Carmarthenshire, and is derived from the personal name Rhys. Rhys is very common in Wales, and some parts of England. Rees is also a German surname. Notable individuals named Rees include the following: * Abraham Rees (1743–1825), compiler of ''Rees's Cyclopaedia'' and a botanist * Alan Rees, British Formula One driver * Albert E. Rees (1921–1992) American economist, presidential adviser, and Princeton provost. * Albert E. Rees (actor) 19th-century comic opera actor * Aneurin Rees (1858–1932), Wales rugby union international * Angharad Rees (1949–2012), British actress * Billy Rees (1924–1996), Welsh international footballer * Brinley Rees (1919–2004), British classicist * Celia Rees, British author * Clive Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international * Conway Rees (1870–1932), Welsh rugby union internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compound Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jones (surname)
Jones is a surname of English and Welsh origin meaning "son of John". The surname is common in Wales. It evolved into variations of traditionally Welsh names: Ieuan, Iowan, Ioan, Iwan, or even Siôn (note how the letter 'J' was originally being pronounced as 'i', akin to how J is pronounced in the Latin alphabet). The sound generated from ‘Si-’ in Siôn is a Welsh approximation of the English ‘J’ sound that does not exist natively to the language (refer to Irish ''Seán''), equivalent to the English ‘Sh’ such as in “''shed''.” It may exist as an anglicisation of these names during periods in which many Welsh were changing their names and ridding their patronymic names (“''Ap Rhys''” to “''Prys''” and then “''Price''” in English, or attaching an ‘-s’ to the end of a given name to signify an old patronym: “''Owain''” to “''Owen''” to finally “''Owens''”), or English speakers transliterating these names to a more conventional spelling thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Rees Jones
Sarah Ruth Rees Jones (born 1957) is a British historian. She is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History and a former director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students .... Career Rees Jones received her PhD in 1987 from the University of York with a thesis titled 'Property, Tenure and Rents: Some Aspects of Topogaphy and Economy of Medieval York'. Rees Jones is a Trustee of the Historic Towns Trust. She was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 5 February 2009. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. She was the principal investigator on the team that discovered the story of Joan of Leeds; a 14th-century nun who faked her own death to leave St. Clement's Nunnery in York to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Rees Jones
Sir Edgar Rees Jones (27 August 1878 – 16 June 1962) was a Welsh barrister and Liberal Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil from 1910 to 1918, and then for Merthyr from 1918 to 1922. During World War I he served as head of the Priorities Division of the Ministry of Munitions. Biography Early life and background Edgar Rees Jones was born on 27 August 1878, the son of the Baptist minister Morgan Humphrey Jones and Margaret Ann Jones of Gorwel, Rhondda. A Welsh speaker, he was educated in law at the University of Wales and Cardiff University College, receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1900 and Master of Arts degree in 1903; his MA thesis was on "Political theories in England in the Seventeenth Century". In September 1919, he married Lillian Eleanor May, daughter of George Brackley. He was known to reside at 28 Westminster Mansions, Great Smith Street, Westminster. Career Jones came to prominence during David Lloyd George's educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rees Jones
Peter Rees Jones (1843 – 1905) was the founder of the Peter Jones (department store), Peter Jones department store in Sloane Square, London, England. Biography Jones was born in Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, Wales, the son of Thomas Jones, a hat maker, and at the age of 24, after serving an apprenticeship with a draper in Carmarthen, and with £14 savings in his pocket, he moved to London. Jones initially took a position with a draper in London Borough of Hackney, Hackney before moving on to apprenticeships with William Tarn in Newington, London, Newington and then Stagg & Mantle at Leicester Square. He opened his own small draper's shop, ‘Peter Jones' in 1871 on Marlborough Road (now Draycott Avenue), Chelsea, London, Chelsea. Six years later, in 1877, he moved to numbers 4 and 6 Kings Road — on the site of the present shop. Chelsea, at that time, was growing in affluence and the business flourished, quickly expanding into 26 neighbouring properties before bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compound Surnames
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
