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William Percy (other)
William Percy may refer to: *William de Percy (d.c. 1096/9), Anglo-Norman nobleman, crusader and founder of Whitby Abbey * William Percy (c.1337-1407), MP for Sussex *William Percy (bishop) (1428–1462), British bishop * William Percy (writer) (1574–1648), English poet and playwright *William Percy (portrait artist) (1820–1903), of Manchester, England *William Henry Percy (1788–1855), British naval officer * William Alexander Percy (politician), (1834–1888) American politician and grandfather of the below *William Alexander Percy (1885–1942), American lawyer, planter and poet *William Armstrong Percy III (born 1933), American historian and gay activist See also *William Percy Carpmael (1864–1936), founder of The Barbarians football club * Percy 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 the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William De Percy
William I (Willame) de Percy (d.1096/9), 1st English feudal barony, feudal baron of Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, Topcliffe in North Yorkshire,Sanders, I.J., English Baronies, Oxford, 1960, p.148 known as ''Willame als gernons'' (meaning "with whiskers"), was a French people, French nobleman who arrived in England immediately after the Norman Conquest of 1066. He was the founder via an early 13th century female line of the powerful Kingdom of England, English House of Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Earls of Northumberland, and via an 18th century female line of the Duke of Northumberland, Dukes of Northumberland. Origins The Cartulary of Whitby Abbey states that Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, Hugh d'Avranches (later 1st Earl of Chester) and William de Percy arrived in England in 1067, one year after the Norman Conquest. It is possible that Percy had been one of the French to whom King Edward the Confessor had given lands, but who were later expelled by King Harold Godwinson, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitby Abbey
Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine abbey. The abbey church was situated overlooking the North Sea on the East Cliff above Whitby in North Yorkshire, England, a centre of the medieval Northumbrian kingdom. The abbey and its possessions were confiscated by the crown under Henry VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries between 1536 and 1545. Since that time, the ruins of the abbey have continued to be used by sailors as a landmark at the headland. Since the 20th century, the substantial ruins of the church have been declared a Grade I Listed building and are in the care of English Heritage; the site museum is housed in Cholmley House. Streoneshalh The first monastery was founded in 657 AD by the Anglo-Saxon era King of Northumbria, Oswy (Oswiu) as Streoneshalh (the older name for Whitby). He appointed Lady Hilda, abbess of Hartlepool Abbey and grand-niece of Edwin, the first Christian king of Northumbria, as founding abbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Percy (c
William Percy may refer to: *William de Percy (d.c. 1096/9), Anglo-Norman nobleman, crusader and founder of Whitby Abbey * William Percy (c.1337-1407), MP for Sussex *William Percy (bishop) (1428–1462), British bishop *William Percy (writer) (1574–1648), English poet and playwright *William Percy (portrait artist) (1820–1903), of Manchester, England *William Henry Percy (1788–1855), British naval officer * William Alexander Percy (politician), (1834–1888) American politician and grandfather of the below *William Alexander Percy (1885–1942), American lawyer, planter and poet *William Armstrong Percy III (born 1933), American historian and gay activist See also *William Percy Carpmael (1864–1936), founder of The Barbarians football club * Percy 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sussex (UK Parliament Constituency)
Sussex was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Knights of the Shire, elected by the bloc vote system. Under the Reform Act 1832 the constituency was split into two two-member divisions, for Parliamentary purposes, at the 1832 general election. The county was then represented by the East Sussex and West Sussex divisions. Boundaries The constituency comprised the whole historic county of Sussex. Sussex contained nine boroughs: Arundel, Bramber, Chichester, East Grinstead, Horsham, Lewes, Midhurst, New Shoreham and Steyning; and four Cinque Ports: Hastings, Rye, Seaford and Winchelsea. Each of these areas also elected two MPs in their own right and they were not excluded from the county constituency. Owning property within the boroughs or ports could confer a vote at the county election. Members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Percy (bishop)
William Percy (7 April 1428 at Alnwick Castle – 26 April 1462) was a late medieval Bishop of Carlisle. He was the fifth son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, and his wife Lady Eleanor Neville. Percy was in 1451 appointed to be Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, a post he held until 1456. He was selected 30 August 1452 to be Bishop of Carlisle following the appointment of his predecessor Nicholas Close to the Bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield. Percy was consecrated between 16 November and 18 December 1452. He died on 26 April 1462.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 236 Citations References * Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Bishops of Carlisle William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ... Young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Percy (writer)
William Percy (1574–1648), English poet and playwright, was the third son of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (c.1532–1585), and his wife Katharine Neville (1545/6–1596). His elder brother Henry was a significant figure in English cultural and scientific circles in the late 16th - early 17th century. Birth and early life Percy's date of birth is a matter of some uncertainty. The year 1574 has accepted by many on the evidence of the entry for Percy’s matriculation at Oxford, which identifies him as being fifteen years old on June 13, 1589. However, Bishop Thomas Percy records that he was born at Beamish on 29 June 1570. Percy attended Oxford University where he studied logic under the Aristotelian scholar John Case, along with Italian and Latin, although his growing interest was contemporary English literature, including the works of Gabriel Harvey, Sidney and Spenser. Writing career At Oxford, Percy belonged to a literary coterie which included Barnabe Barnes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Percy (portrait Artist)
William Percy (1820–1903) was a portrait artist of Manchester, England. He was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock in 1820. His love of art began early in his life: his first picture was exhibited at the Manchester Autumn Festival in 1833. In 1836 he went to London to become a pupil and assistant of William Bradley. He returned to Manchester early in 1839 where he established a first class reputation as a portrait painter. Percy was a founder of the Manchester Academy of Art in 1845. As he wrote later: First - to institute a class for the study of the antique and the living model - the want of which has been long felt by the students and artists of this town as an insuperable bar to professional advancement. Secondly - to collect a library for reference, comprising history, poetry, archeology, optics, anatomy, chemistry, as applied to colour, architecture, sculpture, painting and engraving. In 1882, Percy's painting of poet Edwin Waugh was hung at the Manchester Art Gallery. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Percy
The Honourable William Henry Percy (24 March 1788 – 5 October 1855) was a British Royal Navy officer and politician. Family Percy was the sixth son of Algernon Percy, 1st Earl of Beverley, and his wife, the former Isabella Susannah Burrell, daughter of Peter Burrell. Naval and political career Entering the navy as a first-class volunteer on board the 64 gun in May 1801 and going with it to China, Percy returned in November 1802 and was posted to as a midshipman. (Soon afterwards, his elder brother Josceline was appointed its appointed acting lieutenant.) He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1807. Promoted to commander in 1810, his first command was the troopship in 1811. Percy and ''Mermaid'' transported troops between Britain and Iberia for the Peninsular War). He was made post captain on 21 March 1812, but his next command (of the 20 gun during 1814, operating on the North American coast) came to grief when he lost 50 of his crew wounded or killed in an unsuccessful atta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Alexander Percy (politician)
William Alexander Percy (May 10, 1834 – January 19, 1888) was an American lawyer, planter, and Democratic politician. He was the Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1878 to 1880 and the father of U.S. senator LeRoy Percy. Early life William Alexander Percy was born on May 10, 1834, in Huntsville, Alabama. He was the son of Thomas George Percy (1786–1841) and his wife, Maria (Pope) Percy. After his father's death in 1841, Percy moved along with his widowed mother and his brothers John Walker and Leroy to Washington County, Mississippi, where they reclaimed a tract of land which Percy's father had owned. By 1853, the Percy brothers and their mother had established the Percy Plantation on the Deer Creek near Greenville in that county. Percy received his early education in Alabama and then Mississippi. Percy then attended Princeton University, graduating with a B.A. in 1853. He then attended the University of Virginia School of Law, graduating around 1855. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Alexander Percy
William Alexander Percy (May 14, 1885 – January 21, 1942), was a lawyer, planter, and poet from Greenville, Mississippi. His autobiography ''Lanterns on the Levee'' (Knopf 1941) became a bestseller. His father LeRoy Percy was the last United States Senator from Mississippi elected by the legislature. In a largely Protestant state, the younger Percy championed the Roman Catholicism of his French mother. Life and career He was born to Camille, a French Catholic, and LeRoy Percy, of the planter class in Mississippi, and grew up in Greenville. His father was elected as US senator in 1910. As an attorney and planter with 20,000 acres under cultivation for cotton, he was very influential at the Episcopal university, The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, a postbellum tradition in his family. He graduated in 1904. He spent a year in Paris before going to Harvard for a law degree. After returning to Greenville, Percy joined his father's firm in the practice of law. Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Armstrong Percy III
William Armstrong Percy III (December 10, 1933 – October 30, 2022) was an American professor, historian, encyclopedist, and gay activist. He taught from 1968 at the University of Massachusetts Boston, and started publishing in gay studies in 1985. Early life and education Bill was born to Anne Minor Dent and William Armstrong Percy, II, of the Mississippi Percy family. His mother was raised by her widowed uncle, the distinguished Memphis lawyer Dent Minor. He was a descendant of 17th-century Dent settlers in Maryland and the Minors in Virginia. Dent's great-uncle John B. Minor taught law at the University of Virginia from 1845 to 1895 and served for decades there as dean of the Law School. After graduating as valedictorian of Middlesex School (in Concord, Massachusetts) in 1951, Percy went to Princeton University, where he entered the Special Program in the Humanities. There, he struggled with the rejection and persecution of gays during the McCarthy years. At a time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Percy Carpmael
William Percy Carpmael (20 May 1864 – 27 December 1936) was the founder and first president of the rugby union Barbarian Football Club. Carpmael was born the eldest of eight in Briscobel, Streatham in England.Starmer-Smith (1977), pg 13. Education and early career Carpmael was educated at Christ's College, Finchley where he was a boarder, and later at Jesus College, Cambridge. On completing university he joined his father's firm of patent agents; Carpmaels and Ransford of Chancery Lane. He would eventually become senior partner of the firm. While at Cambridge, Carpmael, or 'Tottie' as he was known, was a keen sportsman. He played cricket, rowed for the Lent Boat and was a keen steeplechaser; but it was rugby that he enjoyed playing the most. In 1885 he won his Blue in a varsity match as a forward. Due to Carpmael's close ties with his university the Barbarians, as a club, were also close to Cambridge and Blackheath. The Barbarians In the early 1880s there were very few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
