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Thomas Chase Parr
Thomas Chase Parr (1802–1883) was a British officer of the East India Company's Bombay Army. He ended his military career with the rank of full general. Life He was the son of John Owen Parr I, a merchant in London and son of John Parr (gunmaker), John Parr of Liverpool, and his wife Elizabeth Mary Patrick, daughter of Thomas Patrick; John Owen Parr II who became vicar of Preston was his elder brother. Parr was an East India Company cadet for the 1818 season. In the 113th Infantry, he took part in the Bani Bu Ali expedition of 1821, and was present at the night attack on Sur, Oman, Sur. Parr commanded the Marine Battalion 1833–1835, and the 7th Bombay Native Infantry, in particular in the 1845 operations in the Southern Mahratta country against the rebellion there. Then Parr took furlough, an extended period in which he married and started a family. His arrival in the United Kingdom in November 1845 was reported, his rank then being a major in the 7th Native Infantry. The ''E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. The company seized control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent, colonised parts of Southeast Asia and Hong Kong. At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world. The EIC had its own armed forces in the form of the company's three Presidency armies, totalling about 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British army at the time. The operations of the company had a profound effect on the global balance of trade, almost single-handedly reversing the trend of eastward drain of Western bullion, seen since Roman times. Originally chartered as the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies", the company rose to account for half of the world's trade duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrow-on-the-Hill
Harrow on the Hill is a locality and historic village in the borough of Harrow in Greater London, England. The name refers to Harrow Hill, ,Mills, A., ''Dictionary of London Place Names'', (2001) and is located some half a mile south of the modern town of Harrow. The village dates back to early medieval times, built around the 11th-century St Mary's Church, and is the location of Harrow, St Dominic's and John Lyon schools. Etymology Etymology before 1398 derives from Harrow, & The Saxon Chronicles/The Peterborough Chronicle, which first recorded Harrow Hill in 767 as ''Gumeninga Hergae''. A suggested meaning is " heathen temple" of a tribe called the 'Gumeningas', sons of Gumen. One of the earliest recorded uses of the name is found in 1398 as ''Harrowe atte Hille''. The hill has historically been used as a place of pagan worship. It is alternatively explained to mean ''the church upon the hill''.Harrow on the Hill', The Environs of London: volume 2: County of Middlesex, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1802 Births
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Music Albums * ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * '' 18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. Songs * "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * "18" (One Direction song), from their 2014 studio album ''Four'' * "18", by Anarbor from their 2013 studio album '' Burnout'' * "I'm Eighteen", by Alice Cooper commonl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hebert Quick
Robert Hebert Quick (30 September 1831 – 1891) was an English educator and writer on education. Political history was the usual venue for Whig history of the sort that presented the past as a story of achievements accumulating to the present stage. However, Quick and G. A. N. Lowndes were the leaders of the Whig school of the history of education. In 1898 Quick explained the value of studying the history of educational reform, arguing that the past accomplishments were cumulative and "would raise us to a higher standing-point from which we may see much that will make the right road clearer to us". Life Born in Harrow, London, he was the eldest son of James Carthew Quick, a prosperous merchant. Quick was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1854 and was ordained the following year. Afterwards he was assistant to Joseph Merriman at Cranleigh School; and assistant master at Harrow School, appointed by Henry Montagu Butler, an old frie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percivall Chase Parr
Percival Chase Parr (2 December 1859 – 3 September 1912) was an English footballer who earned one cap for the national team in 1882. Parr played club football usually as goalkeeper but later as centre-forward for Oxford University, taking part in the 1880 FA Cup Final. Early life Parr was born at Bickley, near Bromley, Kent, son of General Thomas Chase Parr, and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, graduating as B.A. in 1883. Football career Parr had played in the Winchester football XI in 1877, and was an Oxford football Blue in each year of 1880 to 1882, captaining his team in the latter year. C.W. Alcock described him as "a splendid goalkeeper, very cool and full of pluck" though he also appeared for England as centre-forward in his one international game, against Wales at Wrexham in 1882, scoring a goal. He kept goal in his first two Varsity matches, but captained his team as centre in the third. At the FA Cup Final for Oxford against Clapham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
