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Justly Hill
The Ven. Justly Hill (bapt. 16 December 1781 – 18 March 1853) was the Archdeacon of Buckingham from 1825 until 1853. He was born at St Boniface parish, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight,''1851 England Census'' the youngest son of Col. William Hill, who served as ''aide-de-camp'' to Count de Lipp in the Seven Years' War, and Elizabeth Popham (1744–1809), great-granddaughter of MP Alexander Popham. He was the younger brother of Capt. Henry Hill. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford and ordained in 1806. He was Rector of Tingewick before being appointed Archdeacon of Buckingham on 7 September 1825. He died on .''Deaths''The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 21, 1853; pg. 9; Issue 21381 Marriage and issue The Ven. Hill married Jane Helen Shute, daughter of Samuel Shute in 1820 and had issue: * Elizabeth Anne Hill (1828–1867), married Captain Charles Henry Douglas-Hamilton RN, and had issue: **Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archdeacons Of Buckingham
The Archdeacon of Buckingham is the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Church of England in Buckinghamshire. The archdeacon has statutory oversight over the ancient Archdeaconry of Buckingham, which has existed since (at latest) the 11th century and was, until 1837, in the Diocese of Lincoln. On 18 August 1837, an Order in Council transferred the archdeaconry to the Diocese of Oxford The Diocese of Oxford is a Church of England diocese that forms part of the Province of Canterbury. The diocese is led by the Bishop of Oxford (currently Steven Croft), and the bishop's seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. It contains .... The archdeacon has some disciplinary supervision and pastoral care of the clergy in the archdeaconry. List of archdeacons References SourcesGenUKI – early Archdeacons of Sutton-cum-Buckingham* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckingham, Archdeacon of Lists of Anglicans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1853 Deaths
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Archdeacons Of Buckingham
The Archdeacon of Buckingham is the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the Church of England in Buckinghamshire. The archdeacon has statutory oversight over the ancient Archdeaconry of Buckingham, which has existed since (at latest) the 11th century and was, until 1837, in the Diocese of Lincoln The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire. History The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Leices .... On 18 August 1837, an Order in Council transferred the archdeaconry to the Diocese of Oxford. The archdeacon has some disciplinary supervision and pastoral care of the clergy in the archdeaconry. List of archdeacons References SourcesGenUKI – early Archdeacons of Sutton-cum-Buckingham* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckingham, Archdeacon of Lists of Anglicans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of New College, Oxford
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating ( Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Bickersteth (Dean Of Lichfield)
Edward Bickersteth (23 October 1814 – 7 October 1892) was an Anglican priest in the 19th century. Life Edward Bickersteth was born in Acton into a remarkable ecclesiastical family, the second son of John Bickersteth, sometime Rector of Sapcote. His brother Robert was Bishop of Ripon. His uncle was Edward Bickersteth and Edward Henry Bickersteth, Bishop of Exeter, was his cousin. Another uncle, a prominent barrister, was raised to the peerage as Baron Langdale, while his nephew Robert Bickersteth was a Liberal MP. He was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1831, and migrated to Sidney Sussex College two years later, graduating B.A. in 1836. He also studied at Durham University in 1837. Made deacon in 1837'' Crockford's Clerical Directory'', 1860 (p. 48) and ordained priest in 1839, he began his career with curacies at Chetton and Shrewsbury Abbey. He was incumbent of Penn before being appointed Archdeacon of Buckingham and Vicar of Aylesbury in 1853. In 1875, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Heslop
Luke Heslop (18 October 1738 – 23 June 1825) was an Anglican priest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Heslop was educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1760, graduating B.A. ('' Senior Wrangler'') 1764, M.A. 1767, B.D. 1775. He also took the Lambeth degree of D.D. in 1810. He was ordained in 1764, became a college Fellow in 1769 and a Moderator in Chemistry 1772–73. He held the following positions in the church: * Curate of Gislingham, Suffolk, 1764 * Vicar of St Peter le Poer, London, 1776–77 * Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral, 1776–92 * Rector of Adstock, Buckinghamshire, 1777–1804 * Archdeacon of Buckingham, 1778–1825''Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: volume 8 - Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford and Peterborough dioceses''. Horn, J.M: London Institute of Historical Research, 1996 * Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral, 1778–1825 * Rector of Addington, Buckinghamshire, 1792 ("for a short time") * Rector of Fulmer, Buckinghamshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Poore
Robert Montagu Poore (20 March 1866 – 14 July 1938) was a cricketer and British army officer who, whilst serving in South Africa in 1896, played in three Test matches for the South African cricket team. Much of his cricket was played when he held the rank of major, but he eventually became a brigadier-general. "Of all the people in the history of the game," wrote Leo Cooper in an introduction to A. A. Thomson's ''Odd Men In'', "he seems to stand for the Eccentric Ideal." Military career Poore was the son of Major Robert Poore (1834–1918) and his wife Juliana Lowry-Corry, daughter of Rear-Admiral Armar Lowry-Corry. He joined the 7th Hussars and served in the Second Matabele War in Rhodesia 1896–1897. He was appointed provost marshal in South Africa during the Second Boer War 1899–1902, and received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in 1901. In a despatch dated 31 March 1900, the commander-in-chief, Lord Roberts, described how Poore "has exercised his responsib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess Of Hamilton
Nina Mary Benita Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton (née Nina Mary Benita Poore; 13 May 1878 – 12 January 1951) was an English peeress and animal rights activist. Early life Douglas-Hamilton was born on 13 May 1878 in Nether Wallop, Hampshire. She was the youngest daughter of Major Robert Poore and Juliana Benita Lowry-Corry; her mother was a daughter of Rear Admiral Armar Lowry Corry. Personal life Three years after her brother, Major Robert Poore, married Flora Douglas-Hamilton, on 4 December 1901 Nina married Flora's brother Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton, at the parish church of Newton Tony, Wiltshire, not far from her parents' home at Winterslow. Together, they were the parents of four sons and three daughters: * Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton * Lady Jean Douglas-Hamilton * George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk * Lady Margaret Douglas-Hamilton * Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton * Lord David Douglas-Hamilton * Lady Mairi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke Of Hamilton
Lieutenant (naval), Lieutenant Alfred Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 13th Duke of Hamilton and 10th Duke of Brandon Territorial Decoration, TD, Deputy Lieutenant, DL (6 March 1862 – 16 March 1940) was a Scottish people, Scottish nobleman and sailor. Early life Hamilton was born at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, in 1862, the son of Captain Charles Douglas-Hamilton (1808–1873). His grandfather, Augustus Hamilton, was a son of Charles Powell Hamilton, himself a grandson of James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton. As a young man, Hamilton was commissioned into the Royal Navy, and held the rank of lieutenant. He gained the reputation for being able to dive under the keels of the battleships on which he served, without any equipment, reappearing on the opposite side of the ship to the amazement of his crewmates. In 1888, his fourth cousin, William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, persuaded him to leave the navy. By then, he was the heir presumptive of the Duke, who had no son. Inherit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as '' The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tingewick
Tingewick is a village and civil parish about west of Buckingham in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. The parish is bounded to the north by the River Great Ouse, to the east by a tributary of the Great Ouse, to the west by the county boundary with Oxfordshire and to the south by field boundaries. The village was formerly on the A421 but from 1998 has been bypassed by a dual carriageway. The parish comprises about of mainly arable farmland and pasture with some woodland. Part of the village is a Conservation Area and a number of the 450 dwellings are listed buildings. History The remains of a Roman villa provide evidence of early habitation in the parish.Page, 1927, pages 249-251 It is about northeast of the village, about from the river and lies east of Tingewick Mill.Pevsner, 1960, page 269 The villa was partly excavated in 1860–62. The toponym is derived from the Old English for "Teoda's dwelling". The Domesday Book of 1086 records the village as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
