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Victoriano G. De Ysasi
Victoriano Gregorio de Ysasi Jáuregui (c. 1816 – 8 August 1881) was a Spanish wine merchant and philatelist resident in London. He was an early member of the Philatelic Society, London, later the Royal Philatelic Society London. Shortly before his death, major parts of his collection of the stamps of Spain and its colonies were acquired by Thomas Tapling. He died from injuries received in a railway accident at Blackburn while waiting in a carriage at a railway station when a connecting train failed to stop in time. Early life Victoriano Gregorio de Ysasi Jáuregui was born in Málaga, Spain, around 1816, into a well-known Andalusian family of Basques, Basque descent, active in the Sherry and Malaga wine trade. He moved to London in 1847 to learn the English side of the trade and took a post as a partner in the firm of his cousin who traded as Ysasi & Co. at 5 Water Lane Tower Street. Career De Ysasi traded as a wine merchant in London, and set up his own firm of G. V. de Ysas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Newman Gilbey
Alfred Newman Gilbey (1901–1998) was a British Roman Catholic priest and monsignor. He was the longest-serving chaplain to the University of Cambridge, England. He has been described as the best-known Roman Catholic priest in England during the last quarter of the 20th century. Early life (1901–1932) Gilbey was born at Mark Hall, near Harlow, Essex, on 13 July 1901, fifth son of Newman Gilbey, JP and María Victorina de Ysasi. Newman Gilbey's father, Alfred, of Wooburn House, Wooburn, Buckinghamshire, had founded a successful wine business with his brother, Sir Walter Gilbey, 1st Baronet.''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage''; 107th ed., vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1549 A maternal great-grandfather was Don Manuel María González y Angel, founder of a Spanish wine and sherry bodega González Byass. Educated by Jesuits at Beaumont College, he went on to study modern history at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1920, during which time he beca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |