Wingfield Lake
Wingfield may refer to: People * Anthony Wingfield (other), multiple people * Brenda Wingfield, South African geneticist * Lady Bridget Wingfield (died 1534), neighbour, close friend and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England * Cecil Wingfield (1893–1955), Australian politician * Cecil Wingfield-Stratford (1853–1939), British Army officer, and footballer * Sir Charles John Wingfield (1820–1892), British civil servant in Bengal, later an MP * Sir Charles Wingfield (1877–1960), British diplomat * Charlotte Wingfield (born 1994), Maltese Olympic sprinter * Dick Wingfield-Digby (''Richard Shuttleworth Wingfield-Digby''; 1911–2007), Dean of Peterborough (1966–1980) * Dontonio Wingfield (born 1974), former American professional basketball player * Edward Wingfield (other), multiple people * Eileen Wani Wingfield, Aboriginal elder from Australia * Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford (1882–1971), British historian * Folliott Wingf ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anthony Wingfield (other)
Anthony Wingfield was an English MP for Suffolk and Horsham. Anthony Wingfield may also refer to: * Anthony Wingfield (died 1605), Member of Parliament (MP) for Orford, Dunwich and Suffolk * Anthony Wingfield (MP for Ripon) ( 1550– 1615), MP for Ripon *Sir Anthony Wingfield, 1st Baronet ( 1585–1638) of the Wingfield baronets *Sir Anthony Wingfield (1857–1952), High Sheriff of Bedfordshire This is a list of High Sheriffs of Bedfordshire. Pre-Conquest pre-1042: Aelfstan 1042-1066; Godric, Ralph Talgebose Bondi the staller 1066–1125 *1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny * Ralph Taillebois *c. 1080 Hugh de Beauchamp *1124 Rich ... See also * Wingfield (other) {{hndis, Wingfield, Anthony ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Harry Wingfield
John Henry "Harry" Wingfield (4 December 1910 – 5 March 2002) was an English illustrator, best known for his drawings that illustrated the Ladybird Books Key Words Reading Scheme (also known as ''Peter and Jane'') in the 1960s through to the 1980s, which sold over 80 million copies worldwide. Wingfield was born in Denby, near Derby, the son of a blastfurnace man. He grew up in Manchester and Derbyshire. Hoping to become an engineer, he failed to obtain an apprenticeship to Rolls-Royce, which he thought was because of his stammer. He started his first job in an advertising agency in Derby, aged 16, and then worked in Walsall and Birmingham. He took evening classes in drawing, where he met his wife, Ethel and he served in the RAF in the Second World War as a driver in the RAF regiment. Based in the Azores he painted camouflage but also gained a reputation for painting portraits of colleagues and family members. He worked as a graphic designer when he returned to England before w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt
Mervyn Richard Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (16 July 1880 – 21 March 1947) was an Irish peer. Life Wingfield was born to Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt, whom he succeeded as Viscount Powerscourt in 1904. He was commissioned in the Irish Guards in February 1901, and promoted to Lieutenant on 3 July 1901. The Irish Guards had been created in 1900, and Wingfield was chosen to carry the colours at the first presentation of Colours to the Regiment on 30 May 1902, following which he was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO). He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Wicklow on 15 February 1910 and created a Knight of the Order of St Patrick on 18 April 1916. Lord Powerscourt died on 21 March 1947. Family In 1903, he married Sybil Pleydell-Bouverie: they had three children, including Mervyn Patrick Wingfield, 9th Viscount Powerscourt. Lady Powerscourt served as the Girl Guides Deputy Chief Commissioner for Ireland. Through the Wingfield line he was ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mervyn Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt
Mervyn Edward Wingfield, 7th Viscount Powerscourt (13 October 1836 – 5 June 1904) was an Irish peer. He became Viscount Powerscourt in 1844 on the death of his father Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt. Through this Wingfield line he was a maternal descendant of the Noble House of Stratford. His mother was Lady Elizabeth Frances Charlotte, daughter of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden. On 26 April 1864, Wingfield married Lady Julia Coke, the daughter of Thomas Coke, 2nd Earl of Leicester. They had five children: * Mervyn Wingfield, 8th Viscount Powerscourt (1880–1947), a great-grandfather of Sarah, Duchess of York * Maj.-Gen. Hon. Maurice Anthony Wingfield (21 June 1883 – 14 April 1956), married Sybil Frances Leyland and had issue. He was Lees Knowles Lecturer in 1924 * Hon. Olive Elizabeth Wingfield (6 November 1884 – May 1978), married Maj. William John Bates van de Weyer and had issue * Hon. Clare Meriel Wingfield (5 June 1886 – 1969), married Arthur Chiches ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martin Wingfield
Martin Wingfield (born 1951) is a British far-right politician. Wingfield is long-standing figure in the British nationalist movement, he and his wife, Tina Wingfield, having contested several elections since the 1980s. Biography National Front Disillusioned with the Liberal Party, Wingfield joined the National Front in 1976 and quickly rose in the party, winning election to the National Directorate in 1980. He became editor of the ''National Front News'' for a time, from 1983. He was briefly expelled from the party by John Tyndall after attempting to take control of the Sussex branch of the party from Tyndall's father-in-law Charles Parker by publishing a dissident paper the ''Sussex Front''. With Ian Anderson, he was associated with the traditionalist Flag Group wing in opposition to the Political Soldier wing and became one of the leading members of this dissident group, editing their paper ''The Flag''. Around this time he was criticized by leading Official National Front ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mervyn Wingfield
Captain Mervyn Robert George Wingfield (16 January 1911–15 March 2005) was a Royal Navy officer who served in submarines throughout World War II, narrowly surviving a sinking after a collision in the North Sea, and was the first British submarine commander to sink a Japanese submarine. Early life Wingfield was born in Rathgar, Ireland, youngest son of Colonel the Rev William Wingfield, Royal Field Artillery. His father had been awarded a DSO at Gallipoli. He was educated at Bedford School and Pangbourne College, entering Dartmouth Naval College as a cadet at the age of 14. Royal Navy As a midshipman he trained in battleships ''Benbow'', ''Warspite'' and ''Valiant'' before joining the submarine service in 1934. He spent five years in the submarine HMS ''Odin'', cruising all over South East Asia and training his crew in gunnery. When war broke out ''Odin'' sailed to Colombo and then Malta, from which Wingfield returned home in May 1940 through France to take the train ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mark Wingfield
Mark Wingfield is an English guitarist and composer based in the UK. Most of his output is rooted in jazz, but he is also active in contemporary classical music. Much of his output is directed towards performing and studio work. Wingfield cites jazz, rock, Indian, Japanese, African, and classical music as influences has written over 70 compositions. He attempts to combine these with classical music. He has worked with Iain Ballamy, Gary Husband, Markus Reuter, Kevin Kastning, Asaf Sirkis, Thomas Strønen, Jeremy Stacey, Robert Mitchell, and René von Grüenig. Biography Background Wingfield spent the first part of his childhood in England before moving to America with his family and then later returning to England. An interest in jazz lead him to begin playing in Europe where he worked as composer and performer, touring and recording with various jazz groups including SMQ, Scapetrace, as well as his own groups. Though primarily self-taught, he studied orchestration wit ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Margaret Wingfield
Margaret Elizabeth Wingfield (19 January 1912 – 6 April 2002) was a British Liberal Party politician and President of the Liberal Party from 1975 to 1976. Background Wingfield was educated at Freiburg University and the London School of Economics. She was a social worker and housewife. She was the niece of the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Charles McCurdy. Her granddaughter is Carita Ogden, who was a Liberal Democrat Councillor in the London Borough of Lambeth. Political career Wingfield was active internally with the Liberal Party. She served on the Liberal Party Council from 1962. She was an executive member, of the British Group of Liberal International. She was Chairman of the Liberal Party social security panel.The Times House of Commons, 1970 She was President of the Liberal Party from 1975 to 1976. Her term of office coincided with the time of the revelations about party leader, Jeremy Thorpe's private life and his subsequent resignation. Wingfield also stood as a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lewis Strange Wingfield
Lewis Strange Wingfield (1842–1891) was an Irish traveller, actor, writer, and painter. Life The third and youngest son of Richard Wingfield, 6th Viscount Powerscourt, by his wife, Lady Elizabeth Frances Charlotte, eldest daughter of Robert Jocelyn, 3rd Earl of Roden, he was born on 25 February 1842, and educated at Eton College and Bonn University. He was intended for the army, but gave up the career at the request of his mother, after her second marriage to Frederick Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry the Marchioness of Londonderry. He then had many occupations. Actor On 21 August 1865 Wingfield was at the Haymarket Theatre Roderigo to the Othello of Ira Aldridge, the Iago of Walter Montgomery, and the Desdemona of Madge Robertson. He had previously played in the burlesque ''Ixion'' ( F. C. Burnand). Reputed adventures were going to The Derby in blackface, spending nights in workhouses and pauper lodgings, and becoming an attendant in a lunatic asylum and prison. J ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Wingfield (other)
John Wingfield may refer to: * John Wingfield (before 1585–1596), English soldier. * John Wingfield (MP) (1560–1626), English politician * John Wingfield (priest) (1915–1983), English Anglican Archdeacon of Bodmin * John David Wingfield (1916–1942), United States Naval Reserve *Harry Wingfield John Henry "Harry" Wingfield (4 December 1910 – 5 March 2002) was an English illustrator, best known for his drawings that illustrated the Ladybird Books Key Words Reading Scheme (also known as ''Peter and Jane'') in the 1960s through to the ... (John Henry Wingfield, 1910–2002), English illustrator * John Henry Ducachet Wingfield (1833–1898), first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern California (1874–1898) See also * John de Wingfield, 14th-century Chief of Staff to Edward, the Black Prince * John Wingfield Malcolm, 1st Baron Malcolm (1833–1902), British politician {{hndis, Wingfield, John ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jenny Wingfield
Jenny Wingfield is an American screenwriter and novelist. Born in Fountain Hill, Arkansas, Wingfield spent much of her childhood in Louisiana, where her father was a preacher. She attended Southern State College (now Southern Arkansas University) in Magnolia, and after graduating taught languages for several years. Her screenwriting credits have included the films ''The Man in the Moon'' and '' The Outsider'', as well as Hallmark Hall of Fame's ''A Dog Named Christmas'', which was the winner of the 2010 Genesis Award. Her debut novel, ''The Homecoming of Samuel Lake'' was published in 2011. Filmography * ''A Dog Named Christmas'' (2009) * '' Roper and Goodie'' (2003) * '' The Outsider'' (2002) * '' The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride'' (1998) * ''The Man in the Moon'' (1991) Bibliography * ''The Homecoming of Samuel Lake'' (2011) Random House Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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James Digman Wingfield
James Digman Wingfield (1800–1872) was a British painter, known mainly for historical subjects, as well as for landscapes, portraits, and interiors. Wingfield was a member of the Royal Academy, where he displayed a number of portraits in 1835-1836. From then until 1872 he exhibited more than 38 works at the Royal Academy, 94 at the British Institution, and 41 at Suffolk Street Exhibitions (later to become the Royal Society of British Artists). He had a successful career: individual works by Wingfield were priced at around 100 pounds during his lifetime. Wingfield was a resident of London during the period that he was active and scenes of London were featured in his works. Occasionally his paintings depicted specific incidents in literature or history; Pope was a favorite. In his later years he painted interiors and garden and park scenes, with figures in period costume. His 1849 painting of the ''Schönheitsgalerie'', or female portrait gallery, in Hampton Court Hampton ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |