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Richard Spencer (1553-1624)
Richard Spencer may refer to: Politicians *Richard Spencer (died 1414), MP for Salisbury *Richard Spencer (Royalist) (1593–1661), English politician and Royalist *Richard Spencer (Maryland politician) (1796–1868), American politician and member of the United States House of Representatives *Richard Austin Spencer, MP for St. Helens *Richard V. Spencer (born 1954), United States Secretary of the Navy 2017–2019 Other *Richard B. Spencer (born 1978), American neo-Nazi and white supremacist *Richard Spencer (Royal Navy officer) (1779–1839) *Richard Lewis Spencer, American musician *Richard Spencer (journalist) (born 1965), British journalist *F. Richard Spencer (born 1951), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, U.S. *Richard Spencer (athlete) (born 1955), Cuban former high jumper *Richard Ball Spencer (1812–1897), British marine painter *Rick Spencer (singer) (born 1952), American folk singer-songwriter and musical historian * Rick Spencer ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Spencer (died 1414)
Richard Spencer (died 1414) was the member of the Parliament of England for Salisbury Salisbury ( ) is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately from Southampton and from Bath. Salisbury is in the southeast of Wil ... for multiple parliaments from 1395 to 1411. He was also coroner and mayor of Salisbury.SPENCER, Richard (d.1414), of Salisbury, Wilts. ''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 18 December 2018. References External links Members of Parliament for Salisbury[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Spencer (Royalist)
Sir Richard Spencer (1593 − 1 November 1661) was an English nobleman, gentleman, knight, and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1629 and in 1661. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Early life Spencer was the son of Robert Spencer, 1st Baron Spencer of Wormleighton and his wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Francis Willoughby and Elizabeth Lyttelton. He was baptised on 21 October 1593. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1609 and was awarded BA in 1612. His brothers were Sir Edward Spencer, Sir John Spencer, and William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton. Parliamentary career In 1621, Spencer was selected Member of Parliament for Northampton. He was a student of Gray's Inn in 1624. In 1624 and 1625 he was re-elected MP for Northampton. He became a gentleman of the bedchamber in 1626. He was re-elected MP for Northampton in 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Spencer (Maryland Politician)
Richard Spencer (October 29, 1796 – September 3, 1868) was an American farmer, writer, and politician who represented the seventh congressional district of the state of Maryland from 1829 to 1831. Early life and education Richard Spencer was born at ''Spencer Hall'', the family plantation in Talbot County, Maryland, and attended the common schools.Spencer was descended from Robert Spencer, an English emigrant who arrived in Maryland in the seventeenth century by way of Virginia and Barbadoes. Robert Spencer's brother was Col. Nicholas Spencer, acting Governor of Virginia. He studied law in Baltimore and was admitted to the Talbot County bar in 1819. He moved to his farm, ''Solitude'', near St. Michaels, Maryland in 1822 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He also served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1823 to 1825. Writing Spencer engaged in literary pursuits and, in 1828, he contributed to the establishment of the newspaper ''Eastern Shore Whig'', which he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Austin Spencer
Richard Austin Spencer (8 August 1892 – 8 December 1956) was Conservative MP for St Helens (UK Parliament constituency), St Helens. Educated at the Salford Grammar School and Borough Road College, London, Spencer took a first-class honours BA and MA in Modern Languages from the University of London. During the First World War, he joined the Manchester Regiment, before transferring to the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of captain, and was mentioned in despatches. After the war, he turned to teaching, becoming senior lecturer in English at Manchester Training College, then taught French at Manchester Central High School. Interested in local government, Spencer was elected chairman of the Hale Urban district (England and Wales), Urban District Council. He contested St Helens (UK Parliament constituency), St Helens in the 1929 general election, won the seat from Labour in the National Government landslide in 1931, but lost it back to them in 1935. He was called to the bar by Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard V
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard B
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", "Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Spencer (Royal Navy Officer)
Captain Sir Richard Spencer KCH (9 December 1779 – 24 July 1839) the son of Richard Spencer, a London merchant.Australian Encyclopaedia, Vol VIII; Angus & Robertson Ltd for Grolier Society of Australia PL (1958) Editor-in-Chief Alec H Chisholm He was a captain of the Royal Navy who served in a number of battles, particularly against the French. In 1833 he was appointed Government Resident at King George's Sound, now Albany, Western Australia. He was born in Southwark, London, and died at Strawberry Hill Government Farm, Mira Mar in Albany, Western Australia. Naval career Spencer joined the ship's complement of the 38-gun frigate HMS ''Arethusa'', in 1793, as captain's servant. He joined the 74-gun in 1794. He took part in the 4th Battle of Ushant, also known as the Glorious First of June, in 1794. He transferred to after she was captured in the battle. He was wounded in action on 23 June. Spencer was appointed a midshipman in 1795 and moved to , a 16-gun sloop, under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Lewis Spencer
Richard Lewis Spencer (May 1942 – 27 December 2020) was an American musician and teacher. He played tenor saxophone in Otis Redding's band, behind Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions with the Winstons. He was awarded the Grammy Award (R&B Songwriter of the Year 1969) for his composition "Color Him Father". Spencer wrote "Color Him Father" and Richard was the singer of the mega-hit with the Winstons on Metromedia Records. Early life Spencer was a Wadesboro, North Carolina native who, at the ages of 11 and 12, studied classical piano at the famed Beckwith Piano School in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the age of 13, he became the organist and pianist for the late Bishop J.H. Sherman of The Church of God in Christ. Music career In 1962, Spencer moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked with various bar bands including recording with Leroy Taylor and the 4k's as one of the first acts to sign with historic Shrine Records. In 1969, Spencer was bandleader for the Winstons, an R&B gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Spencer (journalist)
Richard John Spencer (born 3 June 1965) is a British journalist. He is the middle east editor for ''The Times'' and previously in the same post at ''The Daily Telegraph''. Background Spencer was educated at Sherborne School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He has previously worked for six years as the newspaper's Beijing correspondent before moving to Dubai, United Arab Emirates to take up his new post as one of their Middle East correspondents. Spencer moved to Cairo, Egypt in the wake of the Arab Spring for ease of coverage. A former blogger for ''The Daily Telegraph'', he is known for his witty anecdotes and dry sense of humour. Spencer was the first Western journalist to reach Yingxiu after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake where 80% of the town had been destroyed. Spencer left ''The Telegraph'' in August 2016. He joined ''The Times'' newspaper in 2016 and is based in Beirut, Lebanon Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Spencer (athlete)
Richard Spencer (born 16 July 1955) is a Cuban former high jumper who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi .... References 1955 births Living people Cuban male high jumpers Pan American Games competitors for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Pan American Games Olympic athletes for Cuba Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics 20th-century Cuban people 21st-century Cuban people {{Cuba-athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Ball Spencer
Richard Ball Spencer (also, incorrectly, Richard Barnett Spencer)Biography of the artist undeThe Ship Australia National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 3 March 2017 was a British marine painter, active from 1840 to 1874. A son William Ball Spencer (1854-1923) (sometimes, incorrectly known as, Richard Barnett Spencer) also became active as a ship portraitist.Biography of the artist undeThe Ship Deva National Maritime Museum The National Maritime Museum (NMM) is a maritime museum in Greenwich, London. It is part of Royal Museums Greenwich, a network of museums in the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. Like other publicly funded national museums in the United .... Retrieved 24 September 2021 Richard Barnett Spencer - Barque 'Randolph'.jpg, Barque 'Randolph' Richard B. Spencer - Rescue off Eddystone Light.jpg, Rescue off Eddystone Light Clipper Queen of Nations.jpg, Queen of Nations References * Bonhams {{DEFAULTSORT:Spencer, Richard Ball 19th-century English painte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Spencer (singer)
Rick Spencer (born October 21, 1952) Ft. Huachuca, Arizona is an American folk singer-songwriter and musical historian. He grew up in Newtown, Connecticut and graduated from Western Connecticut State University in 1975. Associated acts Spencer was a founding member of Forebitter with whom he toured extensively and recorded five albums. He is a current member of the Jovial Crew, and the trio, LongSplice, with Joseph Morneault and Dawn Indermuehle. Spencer worked with Stan Hugill delving into the history of sea music and singing sea shanties. He worked for 20 years as a staff musician, interpreter, researcher and program developer at Mystic Seaport Museum. Spencer is recognized internationally, as an authority on the history and presentation of English language maritime music. He has been on stage with Pete Seeger, Oscar Brand, Paul Winter, John Roberts John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as the 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |