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Westmacott
Westmacott could refer to: *Charles Molloy Westmacott, (c.1788–1868), British journalist and author *Captain Herbert Westmacott, (died 1980), British special forces officer killed in action * James Sherwood Westmacott, (1823–1900), British sculptor *Mary Westmacott, an alias of Agatha Christie * Mike Westmacott (1925–2012), British mountaineer * Percy G. B. Westmacott (1830–1917), British mechanical engineer *Sir Peter Westmacott (born 1950), LVO, British diplomat * Richard Westmacott (other), several people ** Richard Westmacott (the elder) (1747–1808), British monument sculptor ** Richard Westmacott (1775–1856), British sculptor ** Richard Westmacott (the younger) (1799–1872), British sculptor ** Richard Westmacott (Indian Army officer) Major-General Sir Richard Westmacott (16 March 1841 – 28 February 1925) was an officer in the British Bombay Army and after its amalgamation in the British Indian Army. Biography Richard Westmacott was born in 1841. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Westmacott
Sir Richard Westmacott (15 July 17751 September 1856) was a British sculptor. Life and career Westmacott studied with his father, also named Richard Westmacott (the elder), Richard Westmacott, at his studio in Mount Street, off Grosvenor Square in London before going to Rome in 1793 to study under Antonio Canova. Westmacott devoted all his energies to the study of classical sculpture, and throughout his life his real sympathies were with pagan rather than with Christian art. Within a year of his arrival in Rome he won the first prize for sculpture offered by the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florentine Academy of Arts, and in the following year he gained the papal gold medal awarded by the Accademia di San Luca, Academy of St Luke with his bas-relief of Joseph (Genesis), Joseph and his brothers. On returning to England in 1797, he set up a studio, where John Edward Carew and Musgrave Watson gained experience. Westmacott had his own foundry at Pimlico, in London, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Westmacott
Sir Peter John Westmacott (born 23 December 1950) is a senior British diplomat, who was British Ambassador to Turkey, then Ambassador to France (2007 to 2011) and finally Ambassador to the United States from January 2012 to January 2016, succeeding Sir Nigel Sheinwald, a posting announced by the Prime Minister's Office on 24 June 2011. Career Westmacott joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1972, and his first overseas posting was as Second Secretary at Tehran, Iran, in 1974. In 1978, he was sent to the European Commission in Brussels, and from 1980 to 1984 he was in Paris. After a period in London he was in Ankara as Head of Chancery from 1987. In 1990, he was Deputy Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales, and in 1993 was sent to Washington to serve as a Counsellor. Later postings included Director for the Americas in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Deputy Under Secretary of State. From 2002 to 2006, Westmacott was HM Ambassador to Turkey. Form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Molloy Westmacott
Charles Molloy Westmacott (c. 1788 - 1868) was a British journalist and author, editor of ''The Age'', the leading Sunday newspaper of the early 1830s. He sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Bernard Blackmantle. Life Born in 1787 or 1788, Westmacott claimed to be the illegitimate son of the sculptor Richard Westmacott (the elder), although his political enemies claimed he was the son of a chimney sweep from Drury Lane. His mother was Susan Molloy, a husbandless widow, who ran a tavern "The Bull and Horns" in Fulham, London.Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851, Rupert Gunnis He was educated at St Paul's School and Oxford University then went to study sculpture at the Royal Academy. In 1827 he became editor of ''The Age'', a Sunday newspaper which had started in 1825 and which specialized in scurrilous and satirical gossip about celebrities of the day.David E. Latané, 'Charles Molloy Westmacott and the Spirit of the ''Age'', ''Victorian Periodicals Review'', 40: 1 (2007) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Westmacott (the Younger)
Richard Westmacott (the younger) RA (14 April 1799 – 19 April 1872) – also sometimes described as Richard Westmacott III (to distinguish him from his father and grandfather – both sculptors bearing the same name) – was a prominent English sculptor of the early and mid-19th century. Life Born in London, he was the son of Sir Richard Westmacott (1775–1856), and followed closely in his father's footsteps: studying at the Royal Academy (from 1818), being elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy (in 1838) and a full Academician (in 1849), and then succeeding his father to serve as the RA's professor of sculpture (1857–68) – the only time an RA professorship passed from father to son. Among his most notable works is the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Other works include: * the tomb of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke at St Andrew's Church in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire * monument commemorating Sir John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition of 184 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Westmacott (the Elder)
Richard Westmacott (the elder) (1747–1808) was an 18th-century monumental sculptor and the beginning of a dynasty of one of Britain's most important sculpting families. He also specialised in fireplace design for many of England's grand country houses. Life He was educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He married Sarah Vardy, daughter of Thomas Vardy , carver, and niece of John Vardy, architect, and had thirteen children by her. He also had an affair with a widow, Susan Molloy, landlady of the "Bull and Horns" public house in Fulham and had at least one child by her also.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851, Rupert Gunnis Sadly his life-style outstripped his income and he was declared bankrupt in 1803. It is likely that he was thereafter supported by his by then successful son Richard. He died in relative poverty in 1808. Dynasty His sons include: George Westmacott (c. 1770 – 1827); Thomas Westmacott (architect) (c. 1775 – 1798); Sir Richard Westmacott (1775â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Westmacott
Captain Herbert Richard Westmacott (11 January 19522 May 1980) was a British Army officer who became the first person to be awarded a posthumous Military Cross. As an officer of the Grenadier Guards (2nd Battalion) on extra regimental employment to the Special Air Service (SAS), he died in an encounter with the Provisional Irish Republican Army. He was in command of an eight-man plainclothes SAS patrol that had been alerted by the Royal Ulster Constabulary that an IRA gunmen had taken over a house on Antrim Road, Belfast.Bowyer Bell, pp.487–488 A car carrying three SAS men went to the rear of the house, and another car carrying five SAS men went to the front of the house.Murray, p.256 As the SAS arrived at the front of the house the IRA unit, nicknamed the "M60 gang", opened fire from a window with an M60 machine gun, hitting Westmacott in the head and shoulder and killing him instantly. The remaining SAS men at the front returned fire but were forced to withdraw. One member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sherwood Westmacott
James Sherwood Westmacott (1823–1900) was a British sculptor during the 19th century and part of the Westmacott dynasty stemming from Richard Westmacott (the elder). Life He was born in London on 27 August 1823, the son of Henry Westmacott, a monumental sculptor, in turn the son of Richard Westmacott (the elder). He studied sculpture under his uncle, Sir Richard Westmacott, rather than his father, Richard being by far the more eminent sculptor. He made a study trip to Rome in 1849. He died at Longlands in Chesterfield on 16 August 1900. Works *Statues "Alfred the Great" and "Richard I planting the Standard", for the Westminster Hall Exhibition, 1844 *Statues of Geoffrey, Earl of Gloucester and Saher, Earl of Winchester, House of Lords, 1848 *Bust of George Barnard, exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1854 *Bust of the Marquess of Anglesey, 1858 *Font, St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington, 1858 *Fountain Nymph, 1861Art Journal, 1861, p.216 *Monument to Owen Wethered, father of Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Westmacott
Michael Horatio Westmacott (12 April 1925 – 20 June 2012) was a prominent British mountaineer. Westmacott was a member of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition led by John Hunt. He was educated at Radley College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he read mathematics. During World War II, Westmacott served as an officer with the British Indian Army Corps of Engineers in Burma. He climbed extensively in the United Kingdom and the European Alps prior to Everest, and later opened new routes in Peru, the Hindu Kush and Alaska. He became president of the Alpine Club and the Climbers Club and worked for Shell International Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New Yo ... after he ceased serious mountaineering. References External links * * * Royal Geographical Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (; 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery ''The Mousetrap'', which has been performed in the West End since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. ''Guinness World Records'' lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies. Christie was born into a wealthy upper middle class family in Torquay, Devon, and was largely home-schooled. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Westmacott (other)
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Richard Westmacott may refer to * Richard Westmacott (the elder) (1747–1808), British monument sculptor * Richard Westmacott (1775–1856), British sculptor * Richard Westmacott (the younger) (1799–1872), British sculptor * Richard Westmacott (Indian Army officer) (1841–1925), British military officer See also * Westmacott Westmacott could refer to: *Charles Molloy Westmacott, (c.1788–1868), British journalist and author *Captain Herbert Westmacott, (died 1980), British special forces officer killed in action * James Sherwood Westmacott, (1823–1900), British sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percy G
The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into use as a given name. It is also a short form of the given name Percival, Perseus, etc. People Surname * Alf Percy, Scottish footballer * Algernon Percy (other) * Charles H. Percy (1919–2011), American businessman and politician * Eileen Percy (1900–1973), Irish-born American actress * George Percy (1580–1632), English explorer, author, and colonial governor * Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341–1408), son of Henry de Percy, 3rd Baron Percy, and a descendant of Henry III of England * Henry Percy (Hotspur) (1364–1403), eldest son of Henry Percy * Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland (1742–1817), British lieutenant-general in the American Revolutionary War *James Gilbert Percy (1921–2015), American Marine of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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