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Troubridge School
Troubridge may refer to: __NOTOC__ Persons * Amelia Troubridge (born 1974), British photographer * Edward Troubridge (c. 1787–1852), British Royal Navy rear admiral and politician * Ernest Troubridge (1862–1926), British First World War Royal Navy admiral * Laura, Lady Troubridge (1867–1946), British novelist * Laura Troubridge (diarist) (1858–1929), British diarist, letter writer, and artist * Thomas Troubridge (other), several people * Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (1887–1963), British translator, wife of Ernest Places * Mount Troubridge, Victoria Land, Antarctica * Troubridge Hill Troubridge Hill is a hill on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia located in the locality of Honiton about south west of Edithburgh and about west of Troubridge Point. It was discovered, reported as being a ’ hummock u ..., South Australia * Troubridge Island, South Australia * Troubridge Point, South Australia * Troubridge Shoals, South Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amelia Troubridge
Amelia Troubridge (born 1974) is a British photographer. Biography Troubridge read American studies at Middlesex University and State University of New York at New Paltz discovering the work of Dorothea Lange and the New Deal photographers. In 1996 she won the Ian Parry award for her first social documentary story, ''Dublin's Urban Cowboys''. In 1998 Troubridge won a place on the Joop Swart Masterclass organized by World Press Photo that takes 12 young photographers and helps them towards a professional photographic career. Troubridge was subsequently nominated and runner-up as ''Young Photographer of the Year'' in 1999 by the International Center of Photography in New York. Troubridge has been commissioned by '' Vanity Fair'', '' The Times Magazine'', '' Time'', '' The New York Times'', '' Condé Nast Traveller'', '' Tatler'', '' GQ'', ''Stern'', '' London Evening Standard Magazine'' and '' Dazed & Confused''. She has published three monographs. Her first solo work, ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Troubridge
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, 2nd Baronet, ( – 7 October 1852) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served in the French Revolutionary, Napoleonic and War of 1812. He later served for fifteen years as the member of parliament for Sandwich, Kent. Biography Family background and early life Troubridge was the only son of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Troubridge, Bt., and Frances Northall, the daughter of Captain John Northall. He was educated at Dr. Charles Burney's school at Greenwich.Fisher (2009) Wartime naval career Troubridge entered the Navy on 21 January 1797 as a volunteer on board the ship , the guard ship at Plymouth under the command of Captain Richard Boger. He was discharged in April 1799, and in January 1801 joined the ship , Captain George Murray, as a midshipman. He followed Murray into the , seeing action at the battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801, and subsequently into , until transferred in May 1802 to , Captain James Oughton, for a short t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Troubridge
Admiral Sir Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge, (15 July 1862 – 28 January 1926) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the First World War. Troubridge was born into a family with substantial military connections, with several of his forebears being distinguished naval officers. He too embarked on a career in the navy, rising through the ranks during the late Victorian period, and commanding ships in the Mediterranean. He served as a naval attaché to several powers, including the Empire of Japan during the Russo-Japanese War. He spent some time immediately before the outbreak of the First World War as a staff officer and assisted in the drawing up of strategic plans to be adopted in the event of war, though these were later rejected. He returned to seagoing service just prior to the outbreak of war, and commanded a cruiser squadron in the Mediterranean with the rank of rear-admiral. Here his promising career was blighted by the events surrounding the pursuit of two G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura, Lady Troubridge
Laura Troubridge, Lady Troubridge, (née Gurney; 1867 – 8 July 1946) was a British novelist and etiquette writer. She wrote almost 60 novels and many short stories. Life Lady Troubridge (nee Gurney) was born in 1867 in London, England. She was the daughter of Charles Henry Gurney and Alice Marie Prinsep and granddaughter of Henry Thoby Prinsep and Sara Monckton (nee Pattle). Her father died when she was 11 years old, and her sister, Rachel who later married William Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, was 10. In 1897 her mother married a second time, to Colonel John Bourchier Stracey-Clitherow who in 1900 took up residence at Hotham Hall in East Riding, and later, after the death of his father in 1912, Boston Manor. The Washington Post in 1907 states Troubridge 'is the only sister of young Lady Sybil Dudley who as an orphan was adopted by the Duke of Bedford'. But in the same article also states Troubridge was 'orphaned at a tender age' which seems in conflict with other sources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Troubridge (diarist)
Laura Elizabeth Rachel Troubridge (1858 – 15 March 1929) was a British diarist, letter-writer, artist and illustrator. A professional artist from an aristocratic background, she was known for her portraits of Queen Victoria and her family, and paintings of children and fairy subjects, generally in watercolour and pastel. Her book illustrations were admired by Oscar Wilde and Lewis Carroll, Charles Dodgson. In 1966, her journals, giving an insight into Victorian life; and in 2000 correspondence with her fiancé during the period of their engagement, were published. Life Laura Elizabeth Rachel Troubridge was born in 1858 in Chiswick, Middlesex, England and baptised on 16 September 1858 in Turnham Green, Hounslow. She was sister to Thomas Herbert Cochrane Troubridge baronets, Troubridge, 4th Baronet and sister-in-law to Lady Laura Troubridge and Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge. In 1867, her parents, Louise and Sir Thomas Troubridge, 3rd Baronet, Sir Thomas Troubridge, died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Troubridge (other)
Thomas Troubridge may refer to: * Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet (c. 1758–1807), British admiral and First Naval Lord * Sir Thomas Troubridge, 3rd Baronet (1815–1867), British Army officer * Sir Thomas Troubridge, 4th Baronet (1860–1938) - see Troubridge baronets * Sir Thomas Troubridge, 5th Baronet (1895–1963) - see Troubridge baronets * Sir Thomas Troubridge, 7th Baronet (born 1955) - see Troubridge baronets * Thomas Hope Troubridge Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hope Troubridge, (1 February 1895 – 29 September 1949) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Fifth Sea Lord from 1945 to 1946. Military career The son of Admiral Sir Ernest Troubridge and Edith Mary ( Duffus), Troubr ... (1895–1949), British admiral * Thomas Troubridge (banker) (1939–2015), British banker, and first husband of Princess Michael of Kent See also * Troubridge (other) {{Hndis, Troubridge, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge
Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge (born Margot Elena Gertrude Taylor; 8 March 1887 – 24 September 1963) was a British sculptor and translator. She is best known as the long-time lesbian partner of Marguerite Radclyffe Hall, author of ''The Well of Loneliness''. Una Troubridge was an educated woman with achievements in her own right. Most notably she was a successful translator and introduced the French writer Colette to English readers. Her talent as a sculptor prompted Nijinsky to sit for her several times. Early life Born Margot Elena Gertrude Taylor, she was the daughter of Harry Ashworth Taylor , a Foreign Office official and son of Sir Henry Taylor, and Minna Gordon Handcock, granddaughter of Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine. She was nicknamed Una by her family as a child and chose the middle name Vincenzo herself, after her Florentine relatives. She was raised in Montpelier Square, in London's Knightsbridge district, and became a pupil at the Royal College of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Troubridge
The Hedgpeth Heights () are mainly snow-covered heights, long and with peaks rising to , located southwest of the Quam Heights in the Anare Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Exploration and naming The Hedgpeth Heights was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Joel Hedgpeth, a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967–68, and Palmer Station, 1968–69. Location The Hedgpeth Heights are towards the east of the Anare Mountains. The Barnett Glacier runs east along the north side, and the Dennistoun Glacier runs east along its south side. The Douglas Gap to the east connects the two glaciers and separates the Hedgpeth Heights from the Quam Heights to the east.. Features include Mount Pechell and Tanaza Peak in the north and Allowitz Peak and Mount Troubridge in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troubridge Hill
Troubridge Hill is a hill on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia located in the locality of Honiton about south west of Edithburgh and about west of Troubridge Point. It was discovered, reported as being a ’ hummock upon this low part (of the coastline)’ and named by Matthew Flinders on 24 March 1802 after Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet. Since 1980, it has been the site of an operating lighthouse known as the Troubridge Hill Lighthouse Troubridge Hill Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Troubridge Hill on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia about south west of Edithburgh and about west of Troubridge Point. History It was built as part of a project .... Its adjoining coastline borders a protected area of the same name - the Troubridge Hill Aquatic Reserve. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Troubridge Hill Yorke Peninsula Investigator Strait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troubridge Island
Troubridge Island is an island located in the south west corner of Gulf St Vincent in South Australia near the eastern edge of the Troubridge Shoals off the east coast of Yorke Peninsula about southeast by east of the town of Edithburgh It is notable for being a site of an operating lighthouse from 1856 until 2002 and as a site for a sea bird rookery. Since 1982, the island has been part of the Troubridge Island Conservation Park. Description Troubridge Island is located approximately southeast by east of the town of Edithburgh near the eastern edge of the Troubridge Shoals. It is a ‘crest of sand’ which is permanently above high tide and which is stabilised by the presence of vegetation. At high water, the Island had an area of and a height of as of 1996. At low water, its intertidal zone extends for at least from its high water mark. The island is most accessible at high tide, when there is sufficient water over the intertidal zone to allow a boat reach the per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troubridge Point
Troubridge Point is a headland in the Australian state of South Australia located on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula about south west of Edithburgh. It is the western end of the opening to Gulf St Vincent. Description Troubridge Point is about south west of Edithburgh. It is the most easterly point of the Yorke Peninsula coast that directly adjoins Investigator Strait. It is the termination for a pair of coastlines - one extending from Cape Spencer in the west and the other extending from Sultana Point from the north in Gulf St Vincent. It is the western end of the opening to Gulf St Vincent. As of 2014, the point was located within the locality of Honiton. Formation, geology & oceanography Troubridge Point was formed when the sea reached its present level 7,500 years ago after sea levels started to rise at the start of the Holocene. The cliff line which includes Troubridge Point consists of a sedimentary rock called Port Willinga Formation. The water adjoining T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troubridge Shoals
Troubridge Island is an island located in the south west corner of Gulf St Vincent in South Australia near the eastern edge of the Troubridge Shoals off the east coast of Yorke Peninsula about southeast by east of the town of Edithburgh It is notable for being a site of an operating lighthouse from 1856 until 2002 and as a site for a sea bird rookery. Since 1982, the island has been part of the Troubridge Island Conservation Park. Description Troubridge Island is located approximately southeast by east of the town of Edithburgh near the eastern edge of the Troubridge Shoals. It is a ‘crest of sand’ which is permanently above high tide and which is stabilised by the presence of vegetation. At high water, the Island had an area of and a height of as of 1996. At low water, its intertidal zone extends for at least from its high water mark. The island is most accessible at high tide, when there is sufficient water over the intertidal zone to allow a boat reach t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
