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	Ryves Holt House Exterior Ryves is a surname, and may refer to: * Bruno Ryves (1596–1677), English royalist churchman * Elizabeth Ryves (1750–1797), Irish author * George Ryves, English academic * Lavinia Ryves (1797–1871), British claimant * P.M. Ryves, English astronomer who discovered the Ryves Comet * Richard Ryves (1643-1693), Irish judge * Thomas Ryves (c.1583-1652), English civil lawyer * William Ryves (c.1570-1648), English lawyer See also Ryves Holt Ryves Holt (1696 – May 8, 1763) was an American judge who served as chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1745 to 1763. Biography Born in 1696, Holt, a resident of Philadelphia, was involved in trade with the West Indies before being ... (1696–1763), Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bruno Ryves Bruno Ryves (1596–1677) was an English royalist churchman, editor in 1643 of the Oxford newsbook ''Mercurius Rusticus'', and later dean of Chichester and dean of Windsor. His first name was variously spelt Brune, Bruen, Brian, Bruno, and his surname Reeves, Rives, Ryve, Reeve, and Ryves. Life Ryves was son of Thomas, and grandson of John Ryves of Damory Court, Dorset. George Ryves, Sir Thomas Ryves and Sir William Ryves were his first cousins. He was educated at Oxford, subscribing as a clerk of New College in 1610. He graduated B.A. in 1616, and in the following year became a clerk of Magdalen College, proceeding M.A. 9 June 1619, B.D. 20 June 1632, and D.D. 25 June 1639. He was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1634. In the meantime he was instituted to the vicarage of Stanwell in Middlesex, where he made a name by his preaching; he obtained in September 1628 the additional benefice of St. Martin-le-Vintry. About 1640 he became chaplain to Charles I. The inhabitants of Stanwell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Elizabeth Ryves Elizabeth "Eliza" Ryves (175029 April 1797) was an Irish author, poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and translator. Biography Eliza Ryves came from an old wealthy Irish family connected with Bruno Ryves. Her father was a long-serving Irish army officer and when he died she was swindled out of her inheritance "by the chicanery of the law." Poverty stricken, Ryves travelled to London in 1775 to petition the government, unsuccessfully, for her inheritance, as well as to try to make a living as a writer. She produced work in an assortment of genres including plays, poetry, political journalism, and a novel entitled ''The Hermit of Snowden'' (1789), which is thought to be autobiographical. Ryves commonly wrote for magazines without payment. The poetry of her later years displays her Whig politics and was directed toward public figures. In addition to being an author, Ryves learned French in order to translate several works into English including ''The Social Contract'' (Jean-Jac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	George Ryves George Ryves ( – 31 May 1613) was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford. He was born in Dorset, second of the eight sons of John Ryves (1532-1587) of Damory Court near Blandford and Elizabeth Marvyn, daughter of Sir John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, and his first wife Jane Baskerville. He came from a gifted clan: of his brothers, Sir Thomas Ryves was an acknowledged expert on maritime law, and another brother, Sir William Ryves, had a highly successful career as a Law Officer and High Court judge in Ireland. Bruno Ryves, Dean of Windsor was a cousin. His widowed mother made her home with George in New College, and died at a ripe age in 1609. Ryves was educated at Winchester College, where he gained a scholarship aged 12 in 1574, and New College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1579, graduating B.A. 1582, M.A. 1586, B.D. 1594, D.D. 1599. In the church, Ryves became chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester and canon of Winchester Cathedral in 159 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lavinia Ryves Lavinia Jannetta Horton Ryves (née Serres; 16 March 1797 – 7 December 1871), was a British woman claiming to be a member of the British royal family, calling herself "Princess Lavinia of Cumberland". Born in Liverpool, England, Lavinia was the daughter of Olivia Serres and John Thomas Serres. Olivia Serres gained notoriety by claiming to be the daughter of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, a younger brother of King George III of the United Kingdom. In 1822 Lavinia married Anthony Ryves, a portrait painter. They were divorced in 1841. In 1844 "Princess Lavinia" tried to take Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington to court for having "overlooked", as George III's executor, a bequest of £15,000 to Olivia. In 1850 Lavinia published a pamphlet requesting financial aid from Queen Victoria. In 1866, aged sixty-nine, Princess Lavinia asked the Court of Probate to declare her the legitimate granddaughter of the Duke of Cumberland and award her the £15,000 bequest " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ryves Comet Ryves Comet, also known as C/1931 P1, 1931 E or 1931c, was discovered by Percy Mayow Ryves, an English amateur astronomer, on August 10, 1931. The comet passed perihelion on 25 August 1931 at a distance of 7 million miles from the Sun. Observational history The comet was discovered by amateur astronomer Percy Mayow Ryves on 10 August 1931. His find was made using a small telescope in Zaragoza, Spain. He noted that the comet was faintly visible with naked eye. The comet was later observed from the Yerkes Observatory and the University of California Leuschner Observatory. George van Biesbroeck observed the comet on 14 August 1931 and noted it had a tail one degree long and estimated its apparent magnitude to be 4. It appeared as a ball of hot gas traveling at one hundred miles per second from the Naval Observatory. Soon the comet became unobservable as it passed between the Sun and Earth. The comet passed within 7,000,000 miles of the Sun on August 25. It is estimated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Richard Ryves Sir Richard Ryves (1643–1693) was a seventeenth-century Irish judge who served for several years as Recorder of Dublin, and subsequently as a Baron of the Exchequer.Ball, F. Elrington "The Judges in Ireland 1221-1921" London John Murray 1926 p.60 Background He was born in Dublin, eldest son of Charles Ryves, examiner of the Court of Chancery (Ireland), who died in 1675, and his wife Jane Ogden.Burke, John ''"Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland"'' London Henry Colburn 1836 Vol.3 p.51 He was a grandson of Sir William Ryves, judge of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland) 1636-1648, by his first wife, of whom little is known. The Ryves family were originally from Damory in Dorset, and Sir William later held lands in County Wicklow, County Kilkenny and County Carlow, most of which he lost in the Irish Rebellion of 1641. Richard however prided himself on being "a true-born Dubliner". He had one brother, Jerome Ryves, Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and one sister Dorothy w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thomas Ryves Sir Thomas Ryves (c.1583–1652) was an English civilian. He was a member of a prominent Dorsetshire gentry family. He became a specialist in ecclesiastical law and Admiralty law. Background and early career He was born around 1583, eighth son of John Ryves(1532-1587) of Damory Court, near Blandford, Dorset and his wife Elizabeth Marvyn (died 1609), daughter of Sir John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford and his first wife Jane Baskerville. He belonged to a highly talented family: one of his brothers, Sir William Ryves, became Attorney General for Ireland and a judge of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland); another brother, George Ryves, became Warden of New College, Oxford. Dr. Bruno Ryves, royal chaplain and Dean of Windsor was a first cousin; and Sir John Davies, William Ryves' predecessor as Irish Attorney General, was his relative by marriage (he married a descendant of Sir John Marvyn). Sir Robert Napier, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, was the father-in-law of Thomas' el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	William Ryves Sir William Ryves (1570–1647) was a barrister and judge , and a member of a distinguished Dorsetshire family. He enjoyed a successful legal career in Ireland, holding office as Attorney-General for Ireland and as a justice of the Court of King's Bench (Ireland). For a time he acted as Deputy to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Family and early career He was born in 1570, the sixth son of John Ryves (1532–1587) of Damory Court, near Blandford, Dorset, and Elizabeth Marvyn (died 1609), daughter of Sir John Marvyn of Fonthill Gifford and his first wife Jane Baskerville of Sherborne. He belonged to a gifted family: one of his brothers, Sir Thomas Ryves, was considered to be the leading expert on ecclesiastical and Admiralty law of his time, and another brother George Ryves was Warden of New College, Oxford. Dr. Bruno Ryves, royal chaplain and later Dean of Windsor, was his first cousin, and Sir John Davies, whom William replaced as Irish Attorney General, was a close connec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]