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Whinney is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bob Whinney (1909–1992), Royal Navy officer * Margaret Whinney (1897–1975), English art historian * Michael Whinney Michael Humphrey Dickens Whinney (8 July 19303 February 2017) was a Church of England bishop who served in two episcopal posts; he was also a great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens. He was born in Chelsea, London on 8 July 1930 and educate ... (1930–2017), Church of England bishop * Thomas Bostock Whinney (1860–1926), English architect {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Whinney
Captain Reginald Fife "Bob" Whinney DSC & Two Bars (8 February 1909 – 1992) was a Royal Navy officer who specialised in anti-submarine warfare during World War II. Whilst in command of the W-class destroyer he helped destroy three German U-boats. For his war services he received the Distinguished Service Cross with two Bars. After the war he was promoted to captain and went on to become Chief Staff Officer Intelligence of the Mediterranean and Middle East during the Suez Crisis. In 1986 he published his memoirs of his service years in ''The U-Boat Peril: an anti-submarine commanders War''. Early life and education Reginald Whinney was born in Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland on 8 Feb 1909;National Archives his father Harold Fife Whinney was at that time a major in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light InfantryWhinney 1986, p.19 (though he rose to lieutenant colonel). He was first educated at Eastman's Prep SchoolWhinney 1986, p.22 and then enlisted as an officer cadet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Whinney
Margaret Dickens Whinney (4 February 1897 – 1975) was an English art historian who taught at the Courtauld Institute of Art. Her published works included books on British sculpture and architecture. Life Whinney was the daughter of Thomas Bostock Whinney, an architect, and Sydney Margaret Dickens, the granddaughter of Charles Dickens. She was educated at the University of London, graduating in art history in 1935. She had published her first article in 1930, under the supervision of her mentor Tancred Borenius. Immediately after graduating she joined the staff of the recently established Courtauld Institute, where she did a variety of jobs including managing the slide library, and also continued her studies. The Courtauld closed for a year following the beginning of the Second World War. When it reopened in 1940, Whinney was effectively in sole charge, both teaching and handling most of the administrative duties. That year, the research she had done on 17th-century drawings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Whinney
Michael Humphrey Dickens Whinney (8 July 19303 February 2017) was a Church of England bishop who served in two episcopal posts; he was also a great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens. He was born in Chelsea, London on 8 July 1930 and educated at Charterhouse School and Pembroke College, Cambridge (he became a Cambridge Master of Arts ); he later gained a Master of Sacred Theology (STM) degree from General Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1957 after an earlier career as an accountant. His first ministry position was as a curate at Rainham after which he held two posts in Bermondsey, firstly as priest in charge of the Cambridge University Mission Settlement and later as the vicar of St James' with Christ Church. He became the Archdeacon of Southwark before being ordained to the episcopate in 1982 as the Bishop of Aston. After three years he was translated to be the Bishop of Southwell __NOTOC__ The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham is the diocesan bishop of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |