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Beddoe
Beddoe is a surname of Welsh origin. It originates from Bettws or Betws (), a Welsh name that is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Old English —i.e. a bead-house: a house of prayer, or oratory. At the time of the British Census of 1881, Retrieved 23 January 2014 its frequency was highest in Pembrokeshire (over 65 times the national average), followed by Cambridgeshire, Shropshire, Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, Carmarthenshire, Staffordshire, Cardiganshire and Warwickshire. Notable people with the surname include: * Martin Beddoe (born 1955), British judge * Alan Beddoe (1893–1975), Canadian artist, consultant in heraldry, and founder of the Heraldry Society of Canada * Clive Beddoe (born 1947), founding shareholder and chairman of the board of directors of WestJet Airlines * Dan Beddoe (1863–1937), Welsh tenor * Don Beddoe (1903–1991), American character actor * John Beddoe (1826–1911), British ethnologist * Valerie Beddoe (born 1960), Australian diver * Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Beddoe
Lieutenant-Commander Alan Brookman Beddoe, OC, OBE, HFHS, FHSC (June 1, 1893 – December 2, 1975) was a Canadian artist, war artist, consultant in heraldry and founder and first president of the Heraldry Society of Canada in 1965. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1893, he studied at Ashbury College. During World War I, he was captured at Second Battle of Ypres in 1915 and spent two and a half years in the prisoner of war camps at Gießen and Zerbst. He studied art at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After the war, he studied at the Art Students League of New York under DuMond and Bridgman. In 1925, he opened the first commercial art studio in Ottawa. He was also an expert in heraldry. The Alan Beddoe collection at Library and Archives Canada contains designs and studies for the Book of Remembrance, postage stamps, posters, crests, money, architecture, coats-of-arms, and a new Canadian flag. His fonds include slides, colour transparencies, prints, watercolours and drawin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe
David Sydney Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe, (19 December 1937 – 15 November 2023), was a Welsh businessman and life peer who was a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Lord Rowe-Beddoe was chairman of the Welsh Development Agency, and was chairman of Cardiff Airport until November 2016. Early life David Sidney Rowe Beddoe was born on 19 December 1937, as the son of Sydney Rowe Beddoe a travelling salesman and Gwendolan Evans a singing teacher. Rowe-Beddoe's early education was at The Cathedral School, Llandaff, Cardiff, where he won the Victor Ludorum in 1951. He attended Stowe School at Buckingham, Buckinghamshire, and St John's College, Cambridge. In 1964, Rowe-Beddoe married Malinda Collison, and the union produced three daughters. The couple were divorced in 1982. He remarried in 1984, to Madeleine Harrison. Career Rowe-Beddoe's career in business began at Thomas De La Rue in 1961; and he rose to the position of Chief Executive from 1971 through 1976. At Revlon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Beddoe
Martin William Denton Beddoe (born 7 July 1955) is a British Circuit judge (England and Wales), judge known for having presided over many high-profile criminal cases. He is a former Crown Court Recorder, member of the Parole Board of England and Wales and a tutor judge of the Judicial College. In March 2013, he was one of the judges appointed to hear an inquest into the death of Bethlem Royal Hospital#Fatal restraint on Olaseni Lewis, Olaseni Lewis. Early life Beddoe came from a military family. He was born in Abyad, Egypt, where his father, World War II veteran Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Beddoe was serving at the time of his birth. His father had a very distinguished military career, and before his posting to Egypt, he was an infantry battalion commanding officer in the Welsh Regiment during the Second World War. Judge Beddoe takes pride in his Welsh heritage. Career at the Bar Beddoe was educated at Tonbridge School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was called to the bar as a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
