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Richard Aslatt Pearce
Richard Aslatt Pearce (9 January 185521 July 1928) was the first deaf person to be ordained as an Anglicanism, Anglican clergyman. He was educated via the sign language of his era, he became Chaplain to the deaf-mute, Deaf and Dumb, and he fulfilled this duty in the Southampton area for the rest of his life. In 1885 he was introduced to Queen Victoria, who then ordered the ''Royal Commission on the Blind, the Deaf and Dumb and Others of the United Kingdom'', 1889. Background Family Pearce came from a Southampton family. His paternal grandfather was Chatham, Kent, Chatham-born officer of the Royal Navy Robert Pearce, and Sarah née Seward, both of Southampton. Their son, and the father of Richard Aslatt Pearce, was Richard Seward Pearce, a solicitor and town clerk of Southampton, who married Frances Aslatt in 1854 at South Stoneham. Frances Aslatt was the daughter of John Aslatt, Livery, liveried coach manufacturer of Southampton City Centre, Above Bar, later high sheriff of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hills & Saunders
Hills & Saunders was one of the leading Victorian photographic firms, started in 1860 as a partnership between Robert Hills, a hairdresser and wigmaker, and John Henry Saunders (1836–1890). They were social photographers with studios at different times in: London (society), Harrow on the Hill, Harrow, Eton, Berkshire, Eton, and Rugby, Warwickshire, Rugby, all locations of leading schools, Oxford and Cambridge, and Aldershot & Sandhurst (centres of the British army). They were successful, being appointed as photographers to members of the royal family, including the Edward VII, Prince of Wales and Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Princess Beatrice, and they were given a Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom), Royal Warrant as photographers to Queen Victoria in 1867; many of their photographs are still in the Royal Collection. However, the network of branches did not remain united. The partnership of Robert Hills and John Henry Saunders was dissolved in 1889, althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
