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Charles Foote Gower
Charles Foote Gower (1807–28 January 1867) was an English soap manufacturer based in Ipswich. He was a significant businessman in that town. Family life Charles was the son of Richard Hall Gower, the son of Foote Gower, and Elizabeth Emptage, the daughter of George Emptage. The family moved to Nova Scotia House, Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line r ... in 1817. He and his wife Sarah had three children: Charles Foote Gower (1838), John Nathaniel Gower (1839) Mary Rebecca Gower (1840). Business activity Gower was in partnership with Charles Colchester as soapmakers until this was dissolved in 1845. Then in 1846 he became a major investor in the railways with an invested capital of £40,462. In 1847 he published ''The Scientific Phenomena of Domestic Life, Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayor Of Ipswich
Ipswich was created a Borough in 1200 by charter of King John.Text of charter (translated into English) and image of 1200 Town Seal, see Wodderspoon, J., ''Memorials of the Ancient Town of Ipswich'' (Pawsey (Ipswich): Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans (London) 1850), 'Ancient Incorporation of the Town', pp 75–130, at pp 75–85. Prior to 1835, the officers of Ipswich Corporation, at various times, consisted of: * Two bailiffs * The high steward * Coroner * Twelve portmen * Twenty-four common council of headboroughs * An indefinite number of burgesses or freemen * A recorder * A town clerk * Chamberlains * A water bailiff * A treasurer * Clavigers (record keepers who held the keys to the miniment chest) * Sergeants-at-mace Municipal Borough of Ipswich The Municipal Corporations Act 1835 created the Municipal Borough of Ipswich. Following this Act, a mayor was elected, together with a High Steward, Recorder, ten Aldermen and thirty councillors. The mayors were as follows: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line railway and the A12 road; it is north-east of London, east-southeast of Cambridge and south of Norwich. Ipswich is surrounded by two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB): Suffolk Coast and Heaths and Dedham Vale. Ipswich's modern name is derived from the medieval name ''Gippeswic'', probably taken either from an Anglo-Saxon personal name or from an earlier name given to the Orwell Estuary (although possibly unrelated to the name of the River Gipping). It has also been known as ''Gyppewicus'' and ''Yppswyche''. The town has been continuously occupied since the Saxon period, and is contested to be one of the oldest towns in the United Kingdom.Hills, Catherine"England's Oldest Town" Retrieved 2 August 2015. Ipswich was a settlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hall Gower
Captain Richard Hall Gower (1768–1833) was an English mariner, empirical philosopher, nautical inventor, entrepreneur, and humanitarian. Mariner Richard was the youngest son of Rev. Foote Gower, physician and antiquarian, and Elizabeth, a sister of John Strutt, Member of Parliament for . He won a scholarship to Winchester College. He left school, "thankfully", to join the British East India Company as a midshipman in the vessel ''Essex'' carrying troops and invalids. He was a lively and observant lad. At the age of 16 he was promoted captain of the main top, where he waged active war with the lads of the fore top, shrouds and stays providing the high roads of communication. He was noted for his spirit and ingenuity, his depth of knowledge of his ship and his skill as a ship model maker; unravelling stockings to obtain rigging materials. When he returned to England after his first three-year voyage, he studied navigation at Edmonton and, on rejoining ship, was dubbed "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foote Gower
Foote Gower (1725/6–1780) was an English cleric, academic and antiquarian. Life The son of the Rev. Foote Gower, M.A. and M.D., a physician in Chester, he was born there about 1726. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, 15 March 1744, aged 18, and took his degrees of B.A. in 1747, M.A. in 1750, M.B. in 1755, and M.D. in 1757. He was elected a Fellow of his college in 1750. It is unclear whether Gower practised as a physician. He was rector of Chignal St James and Mashbury, near Chelmsford in Essex, from June 1761 until about 1777. He also held the living of Woodham Walter, where the patron was Thomas Fytche. Gower employed Joseph Strutt to make engravings of Roman antiquities. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1768, and had Richard Gough as a close friend. He died at Bath, Somerset on 27 May 1780. Works Gower made collections for a history of Cheshire, and in 1771 printed an anonymous ''Sketch of the Materials for a new History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Emptage
George Emptage (baptised 27 March 1733, in Rotherhithe – 1785) was an English seaman who attained the rank of Commodore in service with the Bombay Marine. He fought in the Second Anglo-Mysore War (1780-84). George was the son of Thomas Emptage, a mariner and his second wife, Elizabeth Watson, of Rotherhithe. Second Anglo-Mysore War Tipu Sultan had been forced to retreat. Units of the Bombay Marine units under Emptage's command took Rajamundroog at the mouth of the River Merjee in conjunction with General Richard Matthews who then moved on to Honnavar (Onore). Emptage commanded the ''Bombay Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the '' de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the sec ...'' a 28 gun grab. His daughter, Elizabeth Emptage married Richard Hall Gower. Charles Foote Gower was his grandson. References {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Scotia House
A nova (plural novae or novas) is a transient astronomical event that causes the sudden appearance of a bright, apparently "new" star (hence the name "nova", which is Latin for "new") that slowly fades over weeks or months. Causes of the dramatic appearance of a nova vary, depending on the circumstances of the two progenitor stars. All observed novae involve white dwarfs in close binary systems. The main sub-classes of novae are classical novae, recurrent novae (RNe), and dwarf novae. They are all considered to be cataclysmic variable stars. Classical nova eruptions are the most common type. They are likely created in a close binary star system consisting of a white dwarf and either a main sequence, subgiant, or red giant star. When the orbital period falls in the range of several days to one day, the white dwarf is close enough to its companion star to start drawing accreted matter onto the surface of the white dwarf, which creates a dense but shallow atmosphere. This atmospher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Borough Of Ipswich
Ipswich () is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England, of which it is the county town. The town is located in East Anglia about away from the mouth of the River Orwell and the North Sea. Ipswich is both on the Great Eastern Main Line railway and the A12 road; it is north-east of London, east-southeast of Cambridge and south of Norwich. Ipswich is surrounded by two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB): Suffolk Coast and Heaths and Dedham Vale. Ipswich's modern name is derived from the medieval name ''Gippeswic'', probably taken either from an Anglo-Saxon personal name or from an earlier name given to the Orwell Estuary (although possibly unrelated to the name of the River Gipping). It has also been known as ''Gyppewicus'' and ''Yppswyche''. The town has been continuously occupied since the Saxon period, and is contested to be one of the oldest towns in the United Kingdom.Hills, Catherine"England's Oldest Town" Retrieved 2 August 2015. Ipswich was a settle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1807 Births
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * 18 (film), ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * Eighteen (film), ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (Dragon Ball), 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Music Albums * 18 (Moby album), ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * 18 (Nana Kitade album), ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * ''18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. Songs * 18 (5 Seconds of Summer song), "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * 18 (One Direction song), "18" (One Direction song), from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1857 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – The biggest Estonian newspaper, ''Postimees'', is established by Johann Voldemar Jannsen. * January 7 – The partly French-owned London General Omnibus Company begins operating. * January 9 – The 7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''). * January 24 – The University of Calcutta is established in Calcutta, as the first multidisciplinary modern university in South Asia. The University of Bombay is also established in Bombay, British India, this year. * February 3 – The National Deaf Mute College (later renamed Gallaudet University) is established in Washington, D.C., becoming the first school for the advanced education of the deaf. * February 5 – The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States is promulgated. * March – The Austrian garrison leaves Bucharest. * March 3 ** France and the United King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
