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Robert Henry Meade
Sir Robert Henry Meade (16 December 1835 – 8 January 1898) was a British civil servant and the Head of the Colonial Office between 1892 and 1897. Life Meade was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam and Lady Elizabeth Herbert. Clanwilliam, an Irish peer, had served as Private Secretary to Lord Castlereagh and subsequently as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Meade was educated at Harrow School and matriculated at Exeter College, Oxford in 1854, graduating B.A. in 1859 and M.A. in 1860. He formed a close and affectionate relationship with his mother’s brother, Sidney Herbert. In 1859, he sat the examination for the Foreign Office, which he entered as a third class clerk. The work of a junior clerk in the Foreign Office at the time was tedious, consisting mostly of the copying of confidential documents, but the hours were short (11.00 am to 5.00 pm) and the holidays long. Meade escaped this routine in 1860, when he was chosen to a ...
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Portrait Of Sir Robert Henry Meade
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Permanent Under-Secretary
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Civil Servants In The Colonial Office
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Knights Grand Cross Of The Order Of The Bath
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Permanent Under-Secretaries Of State For The Colonies
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Edward Wingfield (civil Servant)
Sir Edward Wingfield KCB (6 March 1834 – 5 March 1910), was a British barrister and civil servant who held the position of Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1897 to 1900.Joseph Foster, ''Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886''.''Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland'' (1905). Family and education Born in Bath, Somerset, Wingfield was the fourth son of John Muxloe Wingfield JP DL (1790–1869) and Catherine Anne Harriett Lee (1798–1863), of Tickencote Hall, Rutland. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.Arthur C. Fox-Davies, ''Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour'' (1905). In 1872 he married Mary Georgina Sheringham (1849–1918), daughter of the Ven. John Sheringham, later Archdeacon of Gloucester. Career and retirement Wingfield entered Lincoln's Inn in 1856 and was called to the bar in 1859. From 1865 to 1878 he was a reporter for th ...
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Robert Herbert
Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert, (12 June 1831 – 6 May 1905), was the first Premier of Queensland, Australia. At 28 years and 181 days of age, he was the youngest person ever to be elected premier of an Australian state. Early years Born in Brighton, England, on 12 June 1831, Herbert was the only son of the Hon. Algernon Herbert, a younger son of the first Earl of Carnarvon. He was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He won a Balliol scholarship in 1849 and, subsequently, the Hertford and Ireland scholarships. He took a first-class in Classical Moderations, won the Latin verse prize in 1852, and obtained second-class final honours in the classical school. He was elected Fellow of All Souls in 1854, and was Eldon law scholar. In 1855, he became private secretary to William Ewart Gladstone and was called to the bar of the Inner Temple in 1858. Queensland colony When Queensland was formed into a separate colony, Sir George Bowen was appointed the first governor. H ...
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Permanent Under-Secretary Of State For The Colonies
Permanent may refer to: Art and entertainment * ''Permanent'' (film), a 2017 American film * ''Permanent'' (Joy Division album) * "Permanent" (song), by David Cook Other uses * Permanent (mathematics), a concept in linear algebra * Permanent (cycling event) * Permanent wave, a hairstyling process See also * Permanence (other) *'' Permanently'', a 2000 album by Mark Wills * Endless (other) * Eternal (other) * Forever (other) *Impermanence Impermanence, also known as the philosophical problem of change, is a philosophical concept addressed in a variety of religions and philosophies. In Eastern philosophy it is notable for its role in the Buddhist three marks of existence. It ...
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Charles Francis Meade
Charles Francis Meade (born 25 February 1881 – died 1975) was an English mountaineer and author. Origins Born in England, Meade was the only surviving child of the Hon. Sir Robert Henry Meade and Caroline Georgiana Grenfell. His mother died shortly after his birth and his father before he reached the age of 17. Climbing Meade climbed extensively in the Alps and the Himalayas, often accompanied by his guide, Pierre Blanc (d. 1966). In particular, he made a number of early attempts on Kamet, camping overnight in 1913 at Meade’s Col, at a height of 7,138 metres. He was an original member of the Mount Everest Committee. Meade Nunatak, a hill in the Antarctic, is also named after him. Meade also developed the Meade tent, a design which was extensively used by other climbers for a number of years and at the highest camp on the first ascent of Everest. Personal life Meade married Aileen Hilda Brodrick, the daughter of St.John Brodrick (later Earl of Midleton), by whom he had th ...
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Charles William Grenfell
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depr ...
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