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Thomas Hounsom Butler Fellowes
Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Hounsom Butler Fellowes (19 October 1827 – 26 March 1923) was an English officer in the Royal Navy during the Victorian era. Early life Fellowes was born at Adbury House, Burghclere, Hampshire, the son of British Army physician Sir James Fellowes, and Elizabeth James, eldest daughter of Joseph James of Adbury House. His uncle was Vice-Admiral Thomas Fellowes (1778–1853). Career Fellowes entered the Royal Navy in 1845 and was promoted to lieutenant on 10 December 1852 and served in the flagship of Vice-Admiral William Fanshawe Martin, HMS ''Marlborough'', in the Mediterranean Fleet. He was promoted commander on 24 June 1862 and on 3 May 1867 took command of HMS ''Dryad'' on the East Indies Station. As captain of ''Dryad'' he commanded a Naval Brigade of 80 men during the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia, seeing action at Arogye Pass and the Battle of Magdala. He was invalided out of the ship shortly afterwards. He was promoted to captain on 14 Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burghclere
Burghclere is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. According to the 2011 census the village had a population of 1,152. The village is near the border of Hampshire with Berkshire, four miles south of Newbury, Berkshire, Newbury. It is also very close to Newtown, Hampshire, Newtown and Old Burghclere. Work by the 20th-century artist Stanley Spencer can be found in the Sandham Memorial Chapel. The Church of the Ascension is on Church Lane in Burghclere. Community There are community clubs such as Stagecoach Newbury which is held at The Clere School, and there is a Sports and Social club. There are allotments, and a small memorial garden. In addition, there is a large playing field. Transport The nearest railway station is Newbury railway station, Newbury. Burghclere had its own Burghclere railway station, station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway but the station closed in 1960. Limited bus services to Newbury, Berkshire, Newbury are provided by Stageco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Marlborough (1855)
HMS ''Marlborough'' was a first-rate three-decker 131 gun screw ship built for the Royal Navy in 1855. She was begun as a sailing ship of the line (with her sister ships , HMS ''Prince of Wales'' and HMS ''Royal Sovereign''), but was completed to a modified design and converted to steam on the stocks, and launched as a wooden steam battleship. Construction ''Marlborough'' was originally ordered as a pure-sailing first-rate ship of the line to the lines of , but when construction began at Portsmouth Dockyard on 1 September 1850 it was to a modified version of the design. As was policy at the time, to ensure the ship's timbers were well-seasoned and so resistant to rot, the partially-completed ship was held 'in frame'. In this state, her frames had all been raised and bolted to the keel, along with the basic internal structure such as deck beams, but no planking had yet been attached to the hull. On 30 October 1852 ''Marlborough'' was ordered to be converted on the stocks t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algernon De Horsey
Admiral Sir Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey (25 July 1827 – 22 October 1922) was a Royal Navy officer, appointed aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria. He distinguished himself in Canada during the Fenian raids, and was thanked in Parliament for suppressing riots in Jamaica. Early life De Horsey was the son of Spencer de Horsey, of Great Glemham Suffolk, and Lady Louise, a daughter of the first Earl of Stradbroke. His only sister was the Countess of Cardigan, whose reminiscences caused a scandal when they were published. Naval career De Horsey joined the Royal Navy in 1840 and served on the coast of Syria later that year. He received the Naval General Service Medal and bar for his service in Syria as well as a medal for his service in Acre given by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Promoted to Lieutenant in July 1846 and to Commander in June 1853, he was given command of the paddle sloop HMS'' Devastation'' that same month and of HMS ''Victor'' from November 1855. Promoted to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Irresistible (1898)
HMS ''Irresistible''—the fourth British Royal Navy ship of the name—was a pre-dreadnought battleship. The ''Formidable''-class ships were developments of earlier British battleships, featuring the same battery of four guns—albeit more powerful 40-calibre versions—and top speed of of the preceding , while adopting heavier armour protection. The ship was laid down in April 1898, was launched in December that year, and was completed in October 1901. Commissioned in 1902, she initially served with the Mediterranean Fleet until April 1908, when she was transferred to the Channel Fleet. Now outclassed with the emergence of the dreadnought class of ships, she entered service with the Home Fleet in 1911 following a refit. In 1912, she was assigned to the 5th Battle Squadron. Following the outbreak of World War I, ''Irresistible'', along with the squadron, was assigned to the Channel Fleet. After operations with the Dover Patrol, during which she bombarded German forc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt
William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt, (15 April 1885 – 16 August 1957) was a British Liberal Party, National Labour and then Labour Party politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor under Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951. Background and education He was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, the son of Reverend William Jowitt, Rector of Stevenage, by his wife Louisa Margaret Allen. At the age of nine, he was sent to Northaw Place, a preparatory school in Potters Bar, Middlesex, where he first met and was looked after by fellow student Clement Attlee, the future Labour Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. From Northaw he went to Marlborough College, then to New College, Oxford where he studied law. He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 15 November 1906 and was called to the Bar on 23 June 1909. Legal and political career (1922–1931) Jowitt became a member of chambers in Brick Court in London. He proved himself a skilled advocate, attracting attention for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, Essex to the east, Greater London to the south, and Buckinghamshire to the west. For government statistical purposes, it forms part of the East of England region. Hertfordshire covers . It derives its name – via the name of the county town of Hertford – from a hart (stag) and a ford, as represented on the county's coat of arms and on the flag. Hertfordshire County Council is based in Hertford, once the main market town and the current county town. The largest settlement is Watford. Since 1903 Letchworth has served as the prototype garden city; Stevenage became the first town to expand under post-war Britain's New Towns Act of 1946. In 2013 Hertfordshire had a population of about 1,140,700, with Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Watford and St Albans (the county's only ''city'') each having between 50,000 and 100,000 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Lieutenant
A lord-lieutenant ( ) is the British monarch's personal representative in each lieutenancy area of the United Kingdom. Historically, each lieutenant was responsible for organising the county's militia. In 1871, the lieutenant's responsibility over the local militia was removed. However, it was not until 1921 that they formally lost the right to call upon able-bodied men to fight when needed. Lord-lieutenant is now an honorary titular position usually awarded to a retired notable person in the county. Origins England and Wales Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of English counties by King Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriffs were handed over to them. Each lieutenant raised and was responsible for the efficiency of the local militia units of his county, and afterwards of the yeomanry and volunteers. He was commander of these forces, whose officers he appointed. These commissions were originally of temporary duration, and only when the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was the second son of Edward VII, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, and was third in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1892, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. On Victoria's death in 1901, George's father ascended the throne as Edward VII, and George was created Prince of Wales. He became King-Emperor, king-emperor on his father's death in 1910. George's reign saw the rise of socialism, communism, fascism, Irish republicanism, and the Indian independence movement, all of which radically changed the poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Coronation Honours
The Coronation Honours 1911 for the British Empire were announced on 19 June 1911, to celebrate the coronation of George V which was held on 22 June 1911. The honours were covered in the press at the time, including in ''The Times'' on 20 June 1911, listing the formal announcements in the ''London Gazette'' on the previous day. The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, ''etc.'') and then divisions (Military, Civil, ''etc.'') as appropriate. The Order of the Crown of India *Princess Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Victoria Elisabeth Augustine Charlotte, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen *Princess Princess Patricia of Connaught, Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth of Connaught Order of the Garter * Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, Georges Adolphe-Frederic Auguste Victor Ernest Adalbert Gustave Guillaume Wellington, Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Magdala
The Battle of Magdala was the conclusion of the British Expedition to Abyssinia fought in April 1868 between British and Abyssinian forces at Magdala, from the Red Sea coast. The British were led by Robert Napier, while the Abyssinians were led by Emperor Tewodros II. In March 1866 a British envoy had been dispatched to secure the release of a group of missionaries who had first been seized when a letter Tewodros II had sent to Queen Victoria requesting munitions and military experts from the British, delivered by an envoy, Captain Cameron, had gone unanswered. They were released; however Tewodros II changed his mind and sent a force after them and they were returned to the fortress and imprisoned again, along with Captain Cameron. The British won the battle, and, rather than being subjected to capture, Tewodros committed suicide as the fortress was finally seized. Preparation and formation Advance elements of the British military units arrived at Annesley Bay on 4 Decembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arogye
The Battle of Magdala was the conclusion of the British Expedition to Abyssinia fought in April 1868 between British and Abyssinian forces at Amba Mariam, Magdala, from the Red Sea coast. The British were led by Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Robert Napier, while the Abyssinians were led by Tewodros II of Ethiopia, Emperor Tewodros II. In March 1866 a British Envoy (title), envoy had been dispatched to secure the release of a group of missionaries who had first been seized when a letter Tewodros II had sent to Queen Victoria requesting munitions and military experts from the British, delivered by an envoy, Captain Cameron, had gone unanswered. They were released; however Tewodros II changed his mind and sent a force after them and they were returned to the fortress and imprisoned again, along with Captain Cameron. The British won the battle, and, rather than being subjected to capture, Tewodros committed suicide as the fortress was finally seized. Preparation and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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