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Sir Denys Lowson
Sir Denys Colquhoun Flowerdew Lowson, 1st Baronet, (22 January 1906 – 10 September 1975) was a British barrister and financier who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1950–51. Early life and education Lowson was born at Snitterfield House, Warwickshire, the third child and second son of James Gray Flowerdew Lowson, a Scottish paper manufacturer, and Adelaide Louisa Scott. His mother was born in British India, the daughter of Col. Courtenay Harvey Saltren Scott of the Bengal Staff Corps, who was born in Dublin, Ireland, and Margaret Julia Colquhoun, a novelist. Lowson's elder brother, Courtenay Patrick Flowerdew Lowson (1897–1917), was killed in action in the First World War. His sister, Eleanor, married Maj.-Gen. William Revell Revell-Smith. He was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford. Career In 1930, was admitted as a barrister to Inner Temple. He gained prestige as a financier, specialising in unit trusts, and in the 1940s took control of the Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Mayor Of London
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powers, rights, and privileges, including the title and style ''The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of London''. One of the world's oldest continuously elected civic offices, it is entirely separate from the directly elected mayor of London, a political office controlling a budget which covers the much larger area of Greater London. The Corporation of London changed its name to the City of London Corporation in 2006, and accordingly the title Lord Mayor of the City of London was introduced, so as to avoid confusion with the mayor of London. However, the legal and commonly used title remains ''Lord Mayor of London''. The Lord Mayor is elected at ''Common Hall'' each year on Michaelmas, and takes office on the Friday before the second Saturday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Boyce
Sir Harold Leslie Boyce, 1st Baronet KBE, KStJ (9 July 1895 – 30 May 1955) was an Australian-born British Conservative Party politician. Boyce was born in Taree, New South Wales, the son of Charles Macleay Boyce, a solicitor, and his wife Ethel May (née) Thorne. He was educated at The Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore), Sydney Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford, and was later called to the Bar, Inner Temple. He served during the First World War in the Australian Imperial Force as a second lieutenant in the 27th Battalion, and later as a lieutenant in the 10th Battalion. In July 1916, he was wounded at Pozières and invalided back to Adelaide. After the war he eventually settled in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and in 1931 became Chairman of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. In 1929 he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Gloucester, a seat he held until 1945. Boyce was also high sheriff of Gloucester ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Frederick Rowland, 1st Baronet
Sir Frederick Rowland, 1st Baronet (25 December 1874 – 13 November 1959) was Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional pow ... for 1949 to 1950. ukwhoswho.com. Accessed 18 January 2023. See also * Rowland baronetsReferences Knights Bachelor 1874 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hay, 15th Earl Of Kinnoull
Arthur William George Patrick Hay, 15th Earl of Kinnoull (26 May 1935 – 7 June 2013), styled Viscount Dupplin until 1938, was a hereditary peer, surveyor, farmer, and member of the House of Lords. His titles were Earl of Kinnoull, Viscount Dupplin and Lord Hay of Kinfauns in the Peerage of Scotland; and Baron Hay of Pedwardine in the Peerage of Great Britain. Biography Known as William, the 15th earl was born in 1935, the third born but first surviving son of the 14th earl and his second wife, Mary Ethel Isobel Meyrick, daughter of Dr. Ferdinand Richard Holmes Meyrick and Kate Meyrick. At age 3, he succeeded his father in the earldom upon the latter's death at aged 35, of an unspecified illness. He was educated at Eton College and Royal Agricultural University in Cirencester. At age 22, he took his place in the House of Lords. He was the junior conservative whip in the House of Lords in 1966–1968 and opposition party spokesman on aviation. He was also an assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Ian Lowson, 2nd Baronet
''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part of "Monsieur", with the equivalent "My Lord" in English. Traditionally, as governed by law and custom, Sir is used for men titled as knights, often as members of orders of chivalry, as well as later applied to baronets and other offices. As the female equivalent for knighthood is damehood, the female equivalent term is typically Dame. The wife of a knight or baronet tends to be addressed as Lady, although a few exceptions and interchanges of these uses exist. Additionally, since the late modern period, Sir has been used as a respectful way to address a man of superior social status or military rank. Equivalent terms of address for women are Madam (shortened to Ma'am), in addition to social honorifics such as Mrs, Ms or Miss. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron
(James) Ian Stewart Macpherson, 1st Baron Strathcarron (14 May 1880 – 14 August 1937), known as Sir Ian Macpherson, Baronet between 1933 and 1936, was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. In 1931 he joined the breakway National Liberal Party. Background and education Macpherson was the son of James Macpherson, JP, of Inverness, and Anne, daughter of James Stewart. Lord Drumalbyn, George Macpherson and Sir Tommy Macpherson were his nephews. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and was called to the Bar, Middle Temple, in 1906. Political career Macpherson sat as Member of Parliament for Ross and Cromarty from 1911 to 1935. In 1916 he was appointed Under-Secretary of State for War, a post he held until 1918, and then served as Deputy Secretary of State for War and Vice-President of the Army Council between 1918 and 1919, as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1919 and 1920 and as Minister of Pensions between 1920 and 1922. He was admitted to the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Inman, 1st Baron Inman
Philip Albert Inman, 1st Baron Inman, PC (12 June 1892 – 26 August 1979) was a British Labour politician. Background and education Inman was the son of Philip Inman (d. 1894), of Knaresborough, Yorkshire, by his wife Hannah Bickerdyke, of Great Ouseburn, Yorkshire. He was educated at Headingley College, Leeds, and Leeds University. He fought in the First World War, where he was invalided out.Brief biography at inman.surnameweb.org He married May Dew on 27 August 1919; she bore him a son, Philip John Cope Inman, on 15 March 1929."The Complete Peerage" Vol XIV ed. by Peter W. Hammond, Sutton Publishing, 1998, p. 774. Career In 1946 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Inman, of Knaresborough in the West Riding of the County of York. He served under |
Kinfauns, Perth And Kinross
Kinfauns is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, at the western end of the Carse of Gowrie, east of Perth.''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland'' (1901) Background The village is home to , a Category A listed building erected in 1825. and the grounds ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinfauns Parish Church
Kinfauns Parish Church is a Church of Scotland church in Kinfauns, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Dating to 1869, the work of architect Andrew Heiton and John Murray Robertson, it is now a Category C listed building. The ruined pre-Reformation church dates from the 15th century; however, it stands on the site of a chapel of Scone Abbey that existed as early as 1226.''Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland'' (1901) Ministers *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marylebone
Marylebone (usually , also , ) is a district in the West End of London, in the City of Westminster. Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, forms its southern boundary. An ancient parish and latterly a metropolitan borough, it merged with the boroughs of Westminster and Paddington to form the new City of Westminster in 1965. Marylebone station lies two miles north-west of Charing Cross. History Marylebone was originally an Ancient Parish formed to serve the manors (landholdings) of Lileston (in the west, which gives its name to modern Lisson Grove) and Tyburn in the east. The parish is likely to have been in place since at least the twelfth century and will have used the boundaries of the pre-existing manors. The boundaries of the parish were consistent from the late twelfth century to the creation of the Metropolitan Borough which succeeded it. Etymology The parish took its name from its church, dedicated to St Mary; the original church was built on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Elizabeth 2
''Queen Elizabeth 2'' (''QE2'') is a retired British ocean liner converted into a floating hotel. Originally built for the Cunard Line, the ship, named as the second ship named ''Queen Elizabeth'', was operated by Cunard as both a transatlantic liner and a cruise ship from 1969 to 2008. She was then laid up until converted and since 18 April 2018 has been operating as a floating hotel in Dubai. ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' was designed for the transatlantic service from her home port of Southampton, UK, to New York, United States and was named after the earlier Cunard liner . She served as the flagship of the line from 1969 until succeeded by in 2004. ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' was designed in Cunard's offices in Liverpool and Southampton and built in Clydebank, Scotland. She was considered the last of the transatlantic ocean liners until "Project Genesis" was announced by Cunard Line in 1995 after the business purchase of Cunard by Mickey Arison; chairman of Carnival and Carnival UK. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
