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Robert Hoblyn
Robert Hoblyn MP FRS (1710–1756) was an English politician and book collector. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1745. He was a Member of Parliament representing the city of Bristol (UK Parliament constituency), Bristol in 1741 and 1747. Life Hoblyn was born at Nanswhyden House, and baptised at St. Columb Major in Cornwall 5 May 1710. His father, Francis Hoblyn, born in 1687, a J.P. for Cornwall and a member of the Stannary parliament, was buried at St Columb on 9 November 1711. His mother was Penelope, daughter of Colonel Sidney Godolphin (colonel), Sidney Godolphin of Shropshire. She married secondly, on 5 September 1714, Sir William Pendarves of Pendarves. Hoblyn was educated at Eton College, matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, on 18 December 1727, took a B.C.L. degree in 1734, and in the same year contributed verses to the ''Epithalamia Oxoniensia.'' He sat as one of the Member of Parliament, members for the city of Bristol (UK Parliament constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Née
A birth name is the name of a person given upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a birth certificate or birth register may by that fact alone become the person's legal name. The assumption in the Western world is often that the name from birth (or perhaps from baptism or '' brit milah'') will persist to adulthood in the normal course of affairs—either throughout life or until marriage. Some possible changes concern middle names, diminutive forms, changes relating to parental status (due to one's parents' divorce or adoption by different parents). Matters are very different in some cultures in which a birth name is for childhood only, rather than for life. Maiden and married names The French and English-adopted terms née and né (; , ) denote an original surname at birth. The term ''née'', having feminine grammatical gender, can be used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |