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Statue Of John Bunyan
A bronze statue of John Bunyan stands on St Peter's Green, Bedford, England. The statue was sculpted by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, it was erected in 1874, and unveiled on 10 June of that year. The statue was commissioned by the Ninth Duke of Bedford (who also commissioned the bronze reliefs on the doors of the Bunyan Meeting Free Church) and presented by him to Bedford town. Location The statue stands at the south-western corner of St Peter's Green, facing down Bedford's High Street. The site was selected by Boehm for its significance as a crossroads, and faces symbolically the site of his imprisonment. A ring of bollards, connected by chains protect the base of the statue. A controlled crossing has resulted in the erection of a set of traffic lights extremely close to the statue. Subject John Bunyan (1628-1688) was an English Christian writer and religious dissident, who was born, and lived in Bedfordshire and was twice imprisoned in Bedford County Gaol. Artist Sir Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredrick Thrupp
Fredrick may refer to: * Fredrick (given name), a given name * Fredrick (surname), a surname * Fredrick (2016 film), ''Fredrick'' (2016 film) See also * Frederick (other) * Fredricks {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-conformist Movement
The non-conformists of the 1930s were groups and individuals during the inter-war period in Interwar France, France that were seeking new solutions to face the political, Great Depression in France, economical and social crisis. The name was coined in 1969 by the historian Jean-Louis Loubet del Bayle to describe a movement which revolved around Emmanuel Mounier's personalism. They attempted to find a "third (communitarian) alternative" between socialism and capitalism, and opposed both liberalism/parliamentarism/democracy and fascism.Account of Jean-Louis Loubet del Bayle 's book in the Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions n°118, on the EHESS website Main currents Three main currents of non-conformists may be distinguished: *The journal ''Esprit (ma ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Allon
Henry Allon (1818–1892) was an English Nonconformist divine. Life He was born on 13 October 1818 at Welton, Elloughton-cum-Brough, near Hull, in Yorkshire. Under Methodist influence Henry Allon decided to enter the ministry, but, developing Congregational ideas, was trained at Cheshunt College, Hertfordshire and became closely associated with the Union Chapel in Islington. For a short while, he was co-pastor at the Union Chapel with the Rev. Thomas Lewis (1844–1852), but thereafter sole pastor for forty years (1852–92). During this time he gained considerable influence amongst metropolitan Congregationalists and secured the funds required for an ambitious rebuilding programme at the Union Chapel, between 1874 and 1890, from designs by James Cubitt. In 1865, Allon became co-editor with Henry Robert Reynolds of the ''British Quarterly Review'', and in 1877, the sole editor of that journal for another ten years. He published ''Memoir of the Rev. J. Sherman'' in 1863, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Whitbread (1830–1915)
Samuel Whitbread (5 May 1830 – 25 December 1915) was an English brewer and Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1895. Biography Whitbread was the eldest son of Samuel Charles Whitbread of Cardington, Bedfordshire and his wife Julia Brand, daughter of Lord Dacre. He was a member of the Whitbread brewing family. Whitbread was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was private secretary to Sir George Grey in 1850 and in 1852 was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedford. He was a frequent speaker during his time in the commons and was Civil Lord of the Admiralty from June 1859 to March 1863. He held his seat until 1895. Whitbread lived at Southill Park, Biggleswade. He was J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Bedfordshire. He died at the age of 85. Family Whitbread married Lady Isabella Charlotte Pelham, youngest daughter of Henry Pelham, 3rd Earl of Chichester on 9 July 1855. They had four children together, Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Lieutenant Of Bedfordshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire. Since 1711, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Bedfordshire. *William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton 1549–1551 *Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso 1560–1569 *Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent 12 September 1586– 31 January 1615 *Charles Grey, 7th Earl of Kent 25 February 1615– 26 September 1623 ''jointly with'' *Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent 27 July 1621 – 31 October 1627 ''jointly with'' *Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Cleveland 9 May 1625 – 25 March 1667 ''jointly with'' *Henry Grey, 8th Earl of Kent 29 January 1629 – 29 November 1639 *Oliver St John, 1st Earl of Bolingbroke 1639–1646 (Parliamentary) * Robert Bruce, Lord Bruce of Whorlton 1646 (Parliamentary; nominated by House of Lords) *Henry Grey, 10th Earl of Kent 1646 (Parliamentary; nominated by House of Commons) *''Interregnum'' *Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 26 July 1660 – 20 October 1685 *Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper
Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper (11 June 1834 – 18 July 1905), known as Viscount Fordwich from 1837 to 1856, was a British Liberal politician. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1880 to 1882. Overwhelmingly by inheritance he was rendered a sterling millionaire, a threshold reached by his own death estate which is estimated to apply to seven other British residents per year, only, in 1905. Background Cowper (pronounced "Cooper") was the eldest son of George Cowper, 6th Earl Cowper, by his wife Anne de Grey, 7th holder of the barony of Lucas of Crudwell, daughter of Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey. He was educated at Harrow School and the University of Oxford. He was commissioned a cornet in the Yorkshire Hussars on 19 February 1852. On 22 November 1855, his father appointed him a deputy lieutenant of Kent. Political career Cowper entered the House of Lords on his father's death in 1856 and served under William Ewart Gladstone as Captain of the Honou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Bedford
The Mayor of Bedford is a directly elected mayor responsible for the executive function, and ceremonial duty of Bedford Borough Council in Bedfordshire. The incumbent is Dave Hodgson of the Liberal Democrats who succeeded Frank Branston in 2009. History The first known reference to a Mayor of Bedford in England was in 1264. Prior to the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835, the Mayor of Bedford came into office on 29 September. The first Mayor of the reformed Corporation came into office on 1 January 1836, and subsequent Mayors on 9 November. After the Local Government Act, 1948, and the Local Government Act, 1972, the Mayors from 1949 onwards came into office in May. The civic mayor was replaced by a directly elected mayor in 2002. Since April 2009 the Borough of Bedford is a unitary authority, with the executive having the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan district and a non-metropolitan county. Referendum Bedford held a referendum on 21 February 2002 on whether ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Stanley (priest)
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, (13 December 1815 – 18 July 1881), known as Dean Stanley, was an English Anglican priest and ecclesiastical historian. He was Dean of Westminster from 1864 to 1881. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he was the author of a number of works on Church History. He was a co-founder of the Palestine Exploration Fund. Early life Stanley was born in Alderley Edge, in Cheshire, where his father, Edward Stanley, later Bishop of Norwich, was then rector. A brother was Owen Stanley, and his sister was Mary Stanley. The middle-name 'Penrhyn' suggests Welsh lineage. He was educated at Rugby School under Thomas Arnold and in 1834 went up to Balliol College, Oxford. He is generally considered to be the source for the character of George Arthur in Thomas Hughes's well-known book ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'', which is based on Rugby. After winning the Ireland scholarship and the Newdigate Prize for an English poem (''The Gypsies''), he was in 1839 elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Of Westminster
The Dean of Westminster is the head of the chapter at Westminster Abbey. Due to the Abbey's status as a Royal Peculiar, the dean answers directly to the British monarch (not to the Bishop of London as ordinary, nor to the Archbishop of Canterbury as metropolitan). Initially, the office was a successor to that of Abbot of Westminster, and was for the first 10 years cathedral dean for the Diocese of Westminster. The current dean is David Hoyle David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w .... List of deans Notes * Died in office References {{Deans of Westminster Deans Westminster Abbey Religion in the City of Westminster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusta Stanley
Lady Augusta Elizabeth Frederica Stanley (3 April 1822 – 1 March 1876), was daughter of Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and Elizabeth Oswald, Countess of Elgin. She was brought up in Paris after her father died. She was lady in waiting to Queen Victoria. She met and later married Arthur P. Stanley, Dean of Westminster at the home of Mary Elizabeth Mohl in Paris. She unveiled Joseph Edgar Boehm's statue of John Bunyan in Bedford in 1874. She is buried alongside her husband in Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey. A memorial to Lady Augusta, commissioned by Her Majesty, Queen Victoria, stands at Frogmore. Bibliography Some of Stanley's letters are published in ''Letters of Lady Augusta Stanley: A Young Lady at Court 1849-1863'' edited by the Dean of Windsor and Hector Bolitho Henry Hector Bolitho (28 May 1897 – 12 September 1974) was a New Zealand writer, novelist and biographer, who had 59 books published. Widely travelled, he spent most of his career in England. Bio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hurst
George Hurst may refer to: * George Hurst (conductor) (1926–2012), British conductor * George Hurst (artist) (born 1933), American leather artist * George Samuel Hurst (1927–2010), health physicist, scientist, inventor, educator and innovator * George Hurst (died 1986), founder of Hurst Performance See also * George Hirst (other) * George Hearst (1820–1891), American businessman and politician * George Randolph Hearst (1904–1972), eldest son of William Randolph Hearst * George Randolph Hearst Jr. (1927–2012), chairman of the board of the Hearst Corporation {{hndis, Hurst, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
