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Vincent's Club
Vincent's Club is a sports club predominantly but not exclusively for Oxford blues at Oxford University. The club was founded in 1863 by oarsman Walter Bradford Woodgate (1841–1920) of Brasenose College, Oxford, and he was the first president of the club. Woodgate stated that Vincent's "should consist of the picked hundred of the University, selected for all-round qualities; social, physical and intellectual qualities being duly considered."J. C. Masterman, Vincent's Club', Vincent's Club, Oxford, UK. Vincent's Club is located in upstairs premises off the High Street, Oxford, High Street at 1A King Edward Street in central Oxford. The Club was originally located in the old reading rooms which J. H. Vincent, a printer, had previously kept at 90 High Street. Members are elected for life. The club's constitution was amended to permit the admission of women on 9 March 2016. Notable members Manon Johnes Presidents , Jack Gordon, , 2022, , See also * Hawks' Club, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governmental Organization
A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administration. There is a notable variety of agency types. Although usage differs, a government agency is normally distinct both from a department or ministry, and other types of public body established by government. The functions of an agency are normally executive in character since different types of organizations (''such as commissions'') are most often constituted in an advisory role—this distinction is often blurred in practice however, it is not allowed. A government agency may be established by either a national government or a state government within a federal system. Agencies can be established by legislation or by executive powers. The autonomy, independence, and accountability of government agencies also vary widely. History Early exa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Edwards-Moss
Tom Cottingham Edwards-Moss, (7 April 1855 – 16 December 1893), was a British amateur oarsman who rowed in the Boat Race four times and twice won the Diamond Challenge Sculls, and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892. Edwards-Moss was the second son of Sir Thomas Edwards-Moss, Baronet of Otterspool, Aigburth, near Liverpool and Amy Charlotte Edwards. His grandfather was John Moss, founder of what later became the North-Western Bank, and his father had assumed the surname Edwards-Moss on marriage. He was educated at Eton College and Brasenose College, Oxford, graduating in 1878. An outstanding oarsman, Edwards-Moss rowed for the Oxford crew in the University Boat Races for four years. He was in the winning crew of 1875 and the losing crew of 1876. The 1877 race was the only dead-heat in the Boat Race's history. He won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at the Henley Royal Regatta beating A. V Frere in 1877, but came second in the Wingfield Scull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan
William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan, (12 December 1898 – 28 July 1975) was a Scottish judge and Unionist politician. He served as Solicitor General for Scotland and Lord Advocate. Early life Milligan was educated at Sherborne School, University College, Oxford, and the University of Glasgow. In the First World War, Milligan served with the Highland Light Infantry from 1917 to 1919. Legal career Milligan was admitted as an advocate in 1925, and appointed a King's Counsel in 1945. He was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland from 1951 to 1954, and Lord Advocate from 1955 to 1960, and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1955. He was appointed to the College of Justice in 1960, with the judicial title Lord Milligan. Politics Milligan was an unsuccessful parliamentary candidate at Glasgow St Rollox in 1945 and again at Central Ayrshire in 1950 and 1951, and was elected for Edinburgh North in a 1955 by-election, where he served until 1960. Family His son James Mill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bevil Rudd
Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd (5 October 1894 – 2 February 1948) was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres. Biography Rudd was born in Kimberley. He was the son of Henry Percy Rudd and Mable Mina Blyth; paternal grandson of Charles Rudd, who co-founded the De Beers diamond mining company, and Frances Chiappini and maternal grandson of Captain Matthew Smith Blyth CMG, chief magistrate of the Transkei, and Elizabeth Cornelia Philpott. During his schooling at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown (Upper House) he excelled both as a student and as an athlete, and he was granted a scholarship for the University of Oxford. Rudd served in the First World War, and was awarded a Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level pre-1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The MC i ... for brave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewart Horsfall
Ewart Douglas Horsfall MC (24 May 1892 – 1 February 1974) was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics. Personal life Horsfall's first marriage was with Myra Downing Fullerton, daughter of Frederick Downing Fullerton in 1923. They had three children, Robin, Geoffrey and Anne. After his divorce, he married Betty Fairfax Rushby (1906 - 2000) in 1946. After her death she bequeathed money, and collections of art, ceramics, furniture and other objects that she had mostly inherited from her own parents, to the University of Liverpool in his home city of Liverpool. Business career He was a member of the wealthy Horsfall family of Liverpool. In his time the family traded in palm oil from Africa. Sporting career Horsfall was born in Liverpool, the son of Howard Douglas Horsfall and was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He arrived at Oxford with an outstanding reputation as a rower and in 1912 was in the winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Lagden
Ronald Owen Lagden (21 November 1889 – 1 March 1915) was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and represented England at rugby union. Early life and family Lagden was born in Maseru in what was then the British colony of Basutoland (now Lesotho). He is one of only a handful of first-class cricketers to be born in that country. Lagden had a younger brother, Reginald, who was a first-class cricketer for Oxford's rivals, Cambridge University, as well as playing with Surrey. Their father, Godfrey, later appeared in a single first-class match for the Marylebone Cricket Club at the age of 54. Ronald Lagden was educated at Marlborough College and Oriel College, Oxford. Cricket A right arm fast bowler, Lagden batted in the lower order but often contributed valuable runs. His best innings was 99 not out, which he made in 1912 against H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI, missing out on a century when Australian Neville Fraser was adjudged leg before wicket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alister Kirby
Alister Graham Kirby (14 April 1886 – 29 March 1917) was a British rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He died on service during the First World War. Kirby was born at Brompton, West London, the son of Arthur Raymond Kirby, a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn and his wife Gertrude Fleming. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. He rowed for Oxford in the Boat Race in 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909 but was only in the winning crew in his last year 1909, when he was president. He was President of Vincent's Club in 1909. Kirby became a member of Leander Club and was captain of the Leander eight which won the gold medal for Great Britain rowing at the 1912 Summer Olympics. On the outbreak of World War I, he was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade and served as a captain. He died from illness in 1917 aged 30 and was buried at Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France. See also * List of Olympians killed in World War I * List of Oxford University Boat Race c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Munro
Patrick Munro (9 October 1883 – 3 May 1942), also known as Pat Munro, was a Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland international rugby union player and later a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician.Scrum.com player profile. Retrieved 20 February 2010 Rugby union career Amateur career He was educated at Leeds Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he held an Open History Scholarship and graduated with 2nd class Honours in History. He was also awarded a Half Blue for High Jump in 1906 and President of the Vincent's Club (the club for Oxford Blues) in 1906–1907. He played for Oxford University RFC. Munro was a Blue (university sport), Rugby Blue in 1903, 1904, 1905 (and Captain in 1905).. He also played for London Scottish FC. Provincial career He played for the Whites Trial side against the Blues Trial side on 1910–11 Scottish Districts season, 21 January 1911, while still with London Scottish. International career He was capped thirt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Findlay (cricketer)
William Findlay (22 June 1880 – 19 June 1953) was an English cricketer and administrator. Life Findlay was born in Liverpool. He was educated at Eton and Oriel College, Oxford. He played first-class cricket for Lancashire and Oxford University as a batsman and wicket-keeper. When Albert Chevallier Tayler was preparing his painting, ''Kent vs Lancashire at Canterbury'' he arranged sittings with the Kent team. Tayler also intended to do the same with the non-striking Lancashire batsman, Harry Makepeace. Makepeace however was unable to attend a sitting, so Tayler compromised by using Findlay as the batsman. Findlay had not actually played in that particular match, but he was able to travel to Tayler's London studio as he had just been appointed as secretary of Surrey County Cricket Club after his retirement as a cricket player at the end of 1906. Findley was secretary at Surrey County Cricket Club until 1920 when he was appointed as assistant secretary to Sir Francis Lacey at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Warre
Felix Walter Warre, OBE, MC (1879–1953) was an English rower who won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta. Warre was born at Eton the son of Edmond Warre. His father was headmaster of Eton College and a successful rower. Warre was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He rowed for Oxford in the Boat Race in 1898 and 1899. In 1901 he won the Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta with J H Hale. In 1914 Warre joined the Royal Garrison Artillery and served in the First World War becoming a major. He was awarded the OBE in 1919. He was later a banker and then an auctioneer at Sotheby's going on to be chairman. Warre died at the age of 74. Warre married Marjory Monteith Hamilton (daughter of Vereker Monteith Hamilton), and had two sons and three daughters, Richard Patrick Warre who was killed at Calais in 1940, Michael Hugh Warre who was a famous stage actor and set designer, Ursula, Barbera and Griselda. See also *List of Oxford University Boat Race crews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Arthur Nelson
Thomas Arthur Nelson MID (22 September 1876 – 9 April 1917) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He later became a book publisher in his family's firm of Thomas Nelson and Sons. He was killed in the First World War. Background He was born on 22 September 1876, the son of the publisher Thomas Nelson and his wife Jessie Kemp."Thomas Arthur Nelson, III" at Geni. The family lived in the house of their grandfather Thomas Nelson: Abden House on the south of , the grandfather having died in 1861. His father built a new house, St Leonards, in the grounds of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford
Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, (12 August 1868 – 1 April 1933) was a British statesman. He served as Governor of Queensland from 1905 to 1909, Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921, where he was responsible for the creation of the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms. After serving a short time as First Lord of the Admiralty in the government of Ramsay MacDonald, he was appointed the Agent-General for New South Wales by the government of Jack Lang before his retirement. Early life Thesiger was born on 12 August 1868 in London, England, the son of the Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford and Adria Heath. He was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating from the latter as Bachelor of Arts with first-class honours in law in 1891. Thesiger was elected as a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (1892–1899). In 1893 he was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple to practise law. He joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
