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Sedley (surname)
Sedley is a surname, and may refer to: *Amelia Sedley, fictional character from the novel '' Vanity Fair'' by William Makepeace Thackeray * Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657–1717), mistress of King James II *Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet (1721–1778), British politician * Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (1639–1701), English wit, dramatist and politician, and Speaker of the House of Commons *David Sedley (born 1947), the seventh Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University *Kate Sedley, the pen-name of Brenda Margaret Lilian Honeyman Clarke (1926–2022), English historical novelist *Stephen Sedley, (born 1939), (The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Sedley), a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales *William Sedley, High Sheriff of Kent The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown (prior to 1974 the office previously known as sheriff)."Sheriffs appointed for a county or Greater London shall be known as high sheriffs, and any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanity Fair (novel)
Vanity Fair may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Literature * Vanity Fair, a location in ''The Pilgrim's Progress'' (1678), by John Bunyan * ''Vanity Fair'' (novel), 1848, by William Makepeace Thackeray * ''Vanity Fair'' (magazines), the title of several magazines including: ** ''Vanity Fair'' (British magazine), 1868–1914 ** ''Vanity Fair'' (American magazine 1913–1936) ** ''Vanity Fair'' (magazine), 1983–present Film * ''Vanity Fair'' (1911 film), directed by Charles Kent * ''Vanity Fair'' (1915 film), a silent film directed by Charles Brabin and made by the Edison Company * ''Vanity Fair'' (1922 film), a silent British film directed by Walter Courtney Rowden * ''Vanity Fair'' (1923 film), a lost silent feature film directed by Hugo Ballin and produced by Samuel Goldwyn, with Prizmacolor sequence * ''Vanity Fair'' (1932 film), directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Myrna Loy, with the story updated to make Becky Sharp a social-climbing governess * ''V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray (; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist, author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel '' Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel ''The Luck of Barry Lyndon'', which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick. Biography Thackeray, an only child, was born in Calcutta, British India, where his father, Richmond Thackeray (1 September 1781 – 13 September 1815), was secretary to the Board of Revenue in the East India Company. His mother, Anne Becher (1792–1864), was the second daughter of Harriet Becher and John Harman Becher, who was also a secretary (writer) for the East India Company. His father was a grandson of Thomas Thackeray (1693–1760), headmaster of Harrow School."THACKE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Sedley, Countess Of Dorchester
Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, Countess of Portmore (21 December 1657 – 26 October 1717), daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, was the mistress of King James II of England both before and after he came to the throne. Catherine was noted not for beauty but for her celebrated wittiness and sharp tongue. Early life Catherine was the only legitimate child of the Restoration poet Sir Charles Sedley. Her mother was Lady Catherine Savage, daughter of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers. She grew up "notoriously plain" (being brunette and thin rather than plump and fair). While her father roistered around England, her mother spiralled into insanity until she entered a psychiatric hospital in Ghent in Catherine's early teens. At this low point in her life, Sir Charles introduced a common-law wife, Anne Ayscough, into the family and ejected his daughter from the house. Royal mistress She worked for Mary of Modena, who had just married James, Duke of York, heir presumpt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James II Of England
James VII and II (14 October 1633 16 September 1701) was King of England and King of Ireland as James II, and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland. His reign is now remembered primarily for conflicts over religious tolerance, but it also involved struggles over the principles of absolutism and the divine right of kings. His deposition ended a century of political and civil strife in England by confirming the primacy of the English Parliament over the Crown. James succeeded to the thrones of England, Ireland, and Scotland following the death of his brother with widespread support in all three countries, largely because the principles of eligibility based on divine right and birth were widely accepted. Tolerance of his personal Catholicism did not extend to tolerance of Catholicism in general, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet
Sir Charles Sedley, 2nd Baronet (c. 1721 – 23 August 1778), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1747 and 1778. Sedley was the eldest son of Sir Charles Sedley, 1st Baronet, son of Sir Charles Sedley, illegitimate son of Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet and was educated at Westminster School and University College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1739. He succeeded his father in 1730, and sat as Member of Parliament for Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ... from 1747 to 1754 and 1774 to 1778. Sedley died unmarried in August 1778, when the baronetcy became extinct. He left his estate to an illegitimate daughter, who married Henry Venables-Vernon, afterwards the 3rd Baron Vernon. References External linksInformation on the Sed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet
Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (March 1639 – 20 August 1701), was an English noble, dramatist and politician. He was principally remembered for his wit and profligacy.. Life He was the son of Sir John Sedley, 2nd Baronet, of Aylesford in Kent, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Savile. The Sedleys (also sometimes spelt Sidley) had been prominent in Kent since at least 1337. Sedley's grandfather, William Sedley, was knighted in 1605 and created a baronet in 1611. He was the founder of the ''Sidleian Lectures of Natural Philosophy at Oxford''. Sedley was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, but left without taking a degree. There his tutor was the poet Walter Pope. The second surviving son of Sir John Sedley and Elizabeth, William, succeeded to the baronetcy in 1645. Charles Sedley inherited the title (5th baronet) in 1656 when his brother William died. By his first wife Lady Katherine Savage, daughter of John, 2nd Earl Rivers he had only one legitimate child, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sedley
David Neil Sedley FBA (born 30 May 1947) is a British philosopher and historian of philosophy. He was the seventh Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University. Early life Sedley was educated at Trinity College, Oxford where he was awarded a first class honours degree in Literae Humaniores in 1969. He was awarded a PhD in 1974 by University College London for a text, translation and commentary on Book XXVIII of Epicurus' ''On Nature''. He is the younger brother of Sir Stephen Sedley. Academic career Since 1976 Sedley has been a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge; from 1996 he was Professor of Ancient Philosophy at Cambridge University before in July 2000 being elevated to the Laurence Professorship of Ancient Philosophy. He retired from this position at the end of September 2014. He was succeeded in this post by his former student, Gábor Betegh. He has held visiting appointments at Princeton University (September 1981 - March 1982), University of Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Sedley
Kate Sedley (born 30 July 1926) is the pen-name of Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke (née Honeyman), an English historical novelist. She was born in Bristol in 1926 and educated at The Red Maids' School, Westbury-on-Trym. She is married and has a son and a daughter, and three grandchildren. Her medieval historical whodunnit The historical mystery or historical whodunit is a subgenre of two literary genres, historical fiction and mystery fiction. These works are set in a time period considered historical from the author's perspective, and the central plot involves t ...s feature Roger the Chapman, who has given up a monk's cell for the freedom of peddling his wares on the road. Roger the Chapman series Set in 15th-century Great Britain: #''Death and the Chapman'' (1991) #''The Plymouth Cloak'' (1992) #''The Hanged Man'' aka ''The Weaver's Tale'' (1993) #''The Holy Innocents'' (1994) #''The Eve of Saint Hyacinth'' (1995) #''The Wicked Winter'' (1995) #''The Brothers of Glasto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Sedley
Sir Stephen John Sedley (born 9 October 1939) is a British lawyer. He worked as a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales from 1999 to 2011 and was a visiting professor at the University of Oxford from 2011 to 2015. Early life and education Sedley was born to Rachel and William "Bill" Sedley. His father, who came from a Jewish immigrant family, operated a legal advice service in the East End of London in the 1930s.Morning Star 7 July 1985 In the Second World War, Bill (1910–1985) served in North Africa and Italy with the Eighth Army. He founded the firm of lawyers of Seifert and Sedley in the 1940s with Sigmund Seifert, and was a lifelong Communist. Stephen himself joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1958, and left in the early 1980s. He was an unsuccessful Communist candidate for the Camden ward on Camden London Borough Council at the 1974 local elections. Sedley was described as a "former member" of the party by ''The Daily Telegraph'' in 2007. Sir Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sedley
William Sedley (c1509-1553) was an English landowner and administrator from Kent who lived at Scadbury in the parish of Southfleet and served as Sheriff A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland that is commonly transla ... of the county in 1547. References People from Kent High Sheriffs of Kent 16th-century English people {{England-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
