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Blomfield (other)
Blomfield is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alfred Blomfield, English bishop *Alfred W. Blomfield, English architect who worked for Watney's Brewery *Arthur Blomfield, English architect * Charles Blomfield (other), several people *David Blomfield, English politician, writer, book editor and local historian *Derek Blomfield, English actor * Dorothy Blomfield (later Dorothy Gurney), English poet * Edward Valentine Blomfield, classical scholar * Ezekiel Blomfield, English congregational minister * Francis Blomfield, English cricketer *George John Blomfield, English clergyman *Isla Blomfield, Australian nurse and sanitary inspector *James Blomfield, Canadian artist *Lofty Blomfield, New Zealand boxer and wrestler *Paloma Faith Blomfield, English singer *Paul Blomfield, English politician * (Lady) Sara Blomfield, English writer *Reginald Blomfield, English architect *Thomas Valentine Blomfield, British soldier and New South Wales settler and pastoralist *Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Blomfield
The The Right Reverend, Right Reverend Alfred Blomfield Doctor of Divinity, D.D. (31 August 18335 November 1894) was an Anglican bishop in the last decades of the 19th century. Alfred was the youngest son of Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London, and brother of architect Arthur Blomfield, children's writer Lucy Elizabeth Bather and Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral Henry John Blomfield. He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford before being awarded a Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, where he gained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1855 and his Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin), Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) in 1857. From 1857, he was a Curate at Kidderminster, then its Vicar, having been ordained priest in 1858 (and presumably deacon the previous year). At St Mary and All Saints' Church, Kidderminster, Kidderminster, he initially served under Thomas Legh Claughton as vicar, who he would later work alongside as the first Bishop of St Albans. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isla Blomfield
Isla Stuart Blomfield (9 July 1865 – 16 August 1959) was an Australian nurse, sanitary inspector, and health visitor. She spent her career helping to reduce the high infant mortality in New South Wales, advising mothers about breastfeeding. She was the only woman health inspector in Sydney's health department, and she was an executive member of the Royal Society for the Welfare of Mothers and Babies. Life Blomfield was born near Mudgee in New South Wales. She was the first of eight children of Margaret (born Cox) and Henry Wilson Blomfield, who was a grazier. Her parents were both born in Australia, and it is presumed that they employed a governess for her. In January 1896, she started training as a nurse at the (later Royal) Prince Alfred Hospital. Susan McGahey was the matron. McGahey would co-found the Australasian Trained Nurses Association (ATNA). Blomfield left for a holiday after qualifying, and she was at London's Queen Charlotte's Lying-in Hospital in 1901 learning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Blomfield
William Blomfield (1 April 1866 – 2 March 1938) was a New Zealand cartoonist and local politician. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 1 April 1866. Between 1914 and 1921 he was the second Mayor of Takapuna. He produced cartoons for various publications including the ''Observer'' (later the ''New Zealand Observer''), the ''New Zealand Herald'', and ''Free Lance''. He produced cartoons for the ''Observer'' from 1887 until shortly before his death in 1938. He was also a part-owner of the ''Observer'' from 1892. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of King George V. Issue This medal was awarded as a personal souvenir by King George V to commemorate his Silver Ju .... References External links Search for work by William Blomfield on DigitalNZ 1866 births 1938 deaths New Zealand editorial cartoonists Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Valentine Blomfield
Thomas Valentine Blomfield (14 February 1793 – 19 May 1857) was a British soldier, pioneer New South Wales settler and pastoralist, magistrate, Justice of the Peace and Liverpool District Council member. Birth Thomas was born on Valentine’s Day, 14 February 1793, in Suffolk, England and christened Valentine Thomas Blomfield on 18 February 1793 at Old Newton, Suffolk. His parents were Thomas Blomfield (1750–1833) and Mary Manning (née Seaman). Military career On 8 June 1809 (aged 16), Thomas enlisted as an Ensign in the 2nd Battalion of the 48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot in the British Army. On 17 June 1811, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He served in the Peninsular War and was awarded the Military General Service Medal, with clasps for Busaco (1810), Albuera (1811), Ciudad Rodrigo (1812), Badajoz (1812), Salamanca (1812), Vittoria (1813), Orthes (1814) and Toulouse (1814). In February and August 1815, Thomas wrote to his family from Limerick, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Blomfield
Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield (20 December 1856 – 27 December 1942) was a prolific British architect, garden designer and author of the Victorian and Edwardian period. Early life and career Blomfield was born at Bow rectory in Devon, where his father, the Rev. George John Blomfield (1822−1900), was rector. His mother, Isabella, was a first cousin of his father and the second daughter of Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London. He was brought up in Kent, where his father became vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Dartford, in 1857 and then Rector of Aldington in 1868. He was educated at Highgate School in North London, whose Grade 2 listed War Memorial he later designed, and then Haileybury and Imperial Service College in Hertfordshire, and at Exeter College, Oxford, where he took a first-class degree in classics. At Oxford, he attended John Ruskin's lectures, but found "the atmosphere of rapt adoration with which Ruskin and all he said was received by the young ladies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Blomfield
Sara Louisa Blomfield (; 1859 – 1939) was an Irish humanitarian and early member of the Baháʼí Faith in the British Isles, and a supporter of the rights of children and women.Memorial to a shining star London, United Kingdom, 10 August 2003 (BWNS) She became styled ''Lady Blomfield'' after her husband was knighted in 1889. Career Blomfield was born in and spent much of her adult life in and Broadway, Worcestershire. She was married to the noted Victorian era architect |
Paul Blomfield
Paul Christopher Blomfield (born 25 August 1953) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sheffield Central from 2010 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he was a Shadow Minister for Exiting the European Union from 2016 to 2020 and Shadow Minister for Brexit and European Union Negotiations from 2020 to 2021. Early life Paul Christopher Blomfield was born in Chatham, Kent. He was educated at the Abbeydale Boys' Grammar School in Sheffield and Tadcaster Grammar School. He received a certificate in education from York St John University. Anti-Apartheid Movement He became involved in the Anti-Apartheid Movement while still at school and continued to organise Anti-Apartheid activity as a student politician. Twice President of the Students' Union at St John's College, York, Blomfield was also a member of the National Executive Committees of both the National Union of Students and the Anti-Apartheid Movement, the latter from 1979 to 1994. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paloma Faith
Paloma Faith Blomfield (born 21 July 1981) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. After signing with Epic Records in 2008, Faith released her debut album, '' Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?'' (2009), which produced the UK top-twenty singles " Stone Cold Sober" and " New York". Her second album, '' Fall to Grace'' (2012), charted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, earned her two Brit Award nominations, and spawned her first UK top-ten single " Picking Up the Pieces" and the top-twenty cover version of INXS's " Never Tear Us Apart". Faith's third album, '' A Perfect Contradiction'' (2014), was certified double platinum by the British Phonographic Industry and spawned the UK top-ten singles " Can't Rely on You" and " Only Love Can Hurt Like This", with the latter topping the charts in Australia. She collaborated with the duo Sigma on the 2014 single " Changing", which charted atop the UK Singles Chart. Her fourth album, '' The Architect'' (2017), debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lofty Blomfield
Sgt. Major Meynell Strathmore Blomfield (18 July 1908 – 29 June 1971); also known as Lofty was a New Zealand professional wrestler, also known by another ring name; that of Walter Browning. Lofty was arguably the country's most popular wrestler during the 1930s and 40s. He competed primarily for promoter Walter Miller and the Dominion Wrestling Union for nearly 20 years where he defended the NWA New Zealand Heavyweight Championship against many of the top stars of the National Wrestling Association from 1936 until his retirement 1949. He is credited for inventing "The Octopus Clamp", an early version of the Scorpion Deathlock, and is the longest reigning heavyweight champion in the history of professional wrestling in New Zealand. In addition to the national title, Blomfield also held the NWA British Empire/Commonwealth Championship and the NWA Australasian Heavyweight Championship. In 1938, he became the first New Zealander to wrestle for the NWA World Heavyweight Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Blomfield
James Jervis Blomfield (1879-1951) was an English-born Canadian artist and designer. He is best known for his design of the coat of arms of Vancouver and as a pioneer in the field of stained glass art in Canada, with an extensive body of works completed in British Columbia and Ontario, including the Beechwood Cemetery Mausoleum in Canada's national cemetery in Ottawa. He lived in Toronto for the last 30 years of his life. Background He was born James Alfred Bloomfield in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. The middle name he added from his mother's maiden name later in life when he also dropped the second 'o' in Bloomfield. Blomfield is frequently identified in auction literature as James Jerris Blomfield. The editor has communicated with Mr. Vanderhill who asserts that is incorrect and probably results from a transcription error where the 'v' in Jervis was mistaken for an 'r'. As noted in the text, the name comes from the artist's mother's maiden name. He was born deaf and worked f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George John Blomfield
The Rev. George John Blomfield (9 November 1822 − 24 September 1900) was an Anglican clergyman.Oxford University Alumni, 1500−1886, online database. Retrieved 14 April 2023. A nephew of the Rt. Rev. Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London, he was the father of Major-General Charles James Blomfield and Sir Reginald Blomfield. Early life and education The second son of the Rev. James Blomfield, a schoolteacher in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and later rector of Orsett, Essex, and his wife Anna Maria Smith, Blomfield studied at Exeter College, Oxford, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1845 and a Master of Arts degree in 1847. Career After serving as curate of St Anne's Church, Soho, in London and St Mary's Church in Reading, Berkshire, Blomfield was appointed rector of Bow with Broad Nymet in Devon in 1853. In 1857 he exchanged parishes with the Rev. Clotworthy Gilmor, vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Dartford, staying in Dartford until 1868, when he was appointed rector of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred W
Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series *Alfred (Arne opera), ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne *Alfred (Dvořák), ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interlude)" and "Alfred (Outro)", songs by Eminem from the 2020 album ''Music to Be Murdered By'' Business and organisations * Alfred, a radio station in Shaftesbury, England *Alfred Music, an American music publisher *Alfred University, New York, U.S. *The Alfred Hospital, a hospital in Melbourne, Australia People * Alfred (name) includes a list of people and fictional characters called Alfred * Alfred the Great (848/49 – 899), or Alfred I, a king of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons Places Antarctica * Mount Alfred (Antarctica) Australia * Alfredtown, New South Wales * County of Alfred, South Australia Canada * Alfred and Plantagenet, Ontario ** Alfred, Ontario, a community in Alfred and Plantag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
