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Charles Hext
Alice Hext (2 March 1865Birth Register: Entry No.401. Place of birth and residence of father: High Cross, St. Austell – 14 September 1939Burke's ''Landed Gentry'' (1952), p. 1220: Hext family.) was a Cornish philanthropist, garden developer and magistrate. She was the owner of the Trebah Estate and leisure garden, near Falmouth in Cornwall from 1907 to her death in 1939, and generously supported the development of sports and social activities in the parishes of Constantine and Mawnan.Obituary in ''The West Briton'': 21 September 1939, p. 6, Column e. "LOSS TO CORNWALL/ DEATH AT TREBAH OF MRS. CHARLES HEXT/ DEVOTED PUBLIC WORKER". Birth and marriage Alice Petherick was born in St. Austell, on 2 March 1865, the daughter of George Petherick, a bank manager and his wife, Emily (born Barratt). She married Charles Hawkins Hext, a banker, on 16 April 1891 in Kensington. Both her father and her husband bore names "well-known among West Country gentry". Charles and Alice Hext are sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landed Gentry
The landed gentry, or the gentry (sometimes collectively known as the squirearchy), is a largely historical Irish and British social class of landowners who could live entirely from rental income, or at least had a country estate. It is the British element of the wider European class of gentry. While part of the British aristocracy, and usually armigers, the gentry ranked below the British peerage (or "titled nobility") in social status. Nevertheless, their economic base in land was often similar, and some of the landed gentry were wealthier than some peers. Many gentry were close relatives of peers, and it was not uncommon for gentry to marry into peerage. With or without noble title, owning rural land estates often brought with it the legal rights of the feudal lordship of the manor, and the less formal name or title of ''squire'', in Scotland laird. Generally lands passed by primogeniture, while the inheritances of daughters and younger sons were in cash or stocks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helford River
The Helford River () is a ria (flooded river valley) in Cornwall, England, fed by small streams into its many creeks. There are seven creeks on the Helford; from west to east these are Ponsontuel Creek, Mawgan Creek, Polpenwith Creek, Polwheveral Creek, Frenchman's Creek, Port Navas Creek, and Gillan Creek. The best known of these is Frenchman's Creek, made famous by Daphne du Maurier in her novel of the same name. A little further up river is Tremayne Quay, built for a visit by Queen Victoria in the 1840s which she then declined to make, allegedly because it was raining. Toponymy William Hals (died 1737) in his unpublished ''History of Cornwall'' referred to the estuary as ″Hayleford channel″ i.e.Hayle = estuary in Cornish and ford (English). Industry and tourism The river has long been an important industrial and agricultural marine highway serving local mines, farms and quarries as well as the local fishing industry. In 1882, Merthen Hole was the highest point at wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Deaths
This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Germany of: *** The Protection of Young Persons Act (Germany), Protection of Young Persons Act, passed on April 30, 1938, the Working Hours Regulations. *** The small businesses obligation to maintain adequate accounting. *** The Jews name change decree. ** With his traditional call to the New Year in Nazi Germany, Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses the members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). ** The Hewlett-Packard technology and scientific instruments manufacturing company is founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard, in a garage in Palo Alto, California, considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. ** Philipp Etter takes over as President of the Swiss Confederation. ** The Third Soviet Five Year P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1865 Births
Events January * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Fort Fisher – Union forces launch a major amphibious assault against the last seaport held by the Confederates, Fort Fisher, North Carolina. * January 15 – American Civil War: Union forces capture Fort Fisher. * January 31 ** The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (conditional prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude) passes narrowly, in the House of Representatives. ** American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. February * February 3 – American Civil War: Hampton Roads Conference: Union and Confederate leaders discuss peace terms. * February 6 – The municipal administration of Finland is established. * February 8 & March 8 – Gregor Mendel reads his paper on '' E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penryn And Falmouth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Penryn and Falmouth was the name of a constituency in Cornwall, England, UK, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1950. From 1832 to 1918 it was a parliamentary borough, initially returning two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the Plurality-at-large voting, bloc vote system. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, its representation was reduced to one member, elected by the first past the post system. In 1918 the borough was abolished and the name was transferred to a county constituency electing one MP. Boundaries 1918–1950: The Municipal Boroughs of Falmouth, Penryn, and Truro, the Urban District of St Austell, the Rural District of St Austell except the civil parishes of St Sampson and Tywardreath, the Rural District of East Kerrier except the civil parishes of Constantine, Mabe, and Perranarworthal, and the Rural District of Truro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Petherick
Maurice Petherick (5 October 1894 – 4 August 1985) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Penryn & Falmouth from 1931 to 1945, and as Financial Secretary to the War Office, briefly, in 1945. Early life He was born on 5 October 1894, the son of George Tallack Petherick (b. 1860) and Edith Petherick, his wife. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. Military service During the Great War, he was a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Devon Yeomanry 1914 but was invalided out in 1915. He served in Foreign Office, 1916–17; he was recommissioned Royal Scots Greys, 1917 and served in France, 1918. In October 1939, he was recommissioned to the General Service Corps, General List Army, as a Captain and promoted to Temporary Major. Parliamentary service Having contested the parliamentary seat of Penryn & Falmouth in 1929, as a Conservative, he was elected as MP in that division in the General Election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Truro
The bishop of Truro is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ... Diocese of Truro in the Province of Canterbury. History There had been between the 9th and 11th centuries a Bishop of Cornwall, bishopric of Cornwall until it was merged with Bishop of Crediton, Crediton and the Episcopal see, sees were transferred to Bishop of Exeter, Exeter in 1050. The Diocese of Truro was established by Act of Parliament in 1876 under Queen Victoria. It was created by the division of the Diocese of Exeter in 1876 approximately along the Devon-Cornwall border (a few parishes of Devon west of the River Tamar were included in the new diocese). The Cathedra, bishop's seat is located at Truro Cathedral and the official residence at "L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DSCN0781HextGraveConstantine
DSCN is an abbreviation An abbreviation () is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening (linguistics), shortening, contraction (grammar), contraction, initialism (which includes acronym), or crasis. An abbreviation may be a shortened for ... which may refer to - * Digital Still Capture Nikon *Data Set Change Notice (in UK National Health service), sometimes also ''DSC Notice'' * Deep Space Communications Network, more often ''Deep Space Network'' * Danish Society for the Conservation of Nature (''Danmarks Naturfredningsforening'') *Digital Scan (ASCII) *Dispersion-Strengthened Cupro-Nickel {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falmouth Grammar School
Falmouth Grammar School was a grammar school in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, from 1824 to 1971. History The school was first established in 1824 or 1825, originally as the Classical and Mathematical School. The buildings date from 1868. The school was closed in 1971, and part of the building was used by Falmouth School. The building is listed and is used for Adult Education. There is a painting from 1951 by Wallace Martin, ''Falmouth Grammar School Swimming Sports at Sunny Cove, near Swanpool, Falmouth''. Notable students and staff Students *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girls' Friendly Society
The Girls' Friendly Society (GFS) is a charitable organisation that empowers girls and young women aged 5 to 25, encouraging them to develop their full potential through programs that provide training, confidence building, and other educational opportunities. It was originally established by a group of Church of England, Anglican women in England in 1875 to address, through Christianity, Christian values, the problems of working-class unmarried girls and young women who wished to better themselves. The main organisation, GFS England & Wales, ended its relationship with the Church of England in the early 2000s, now operating a secular model that supports girls and young women of all religions and none. History Beginnings In May 1874, the Reverend Thomas Vincent Fosbery (chaplain to Bishop Samuel Wilberforce), together with Mary Elizabeth Townsend (1841–1918), Archibald Tait#Life, Catharine Tait (1819–1878), Elizabeth Browne (wife of the Harold Browne, bishop of Winchester) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The West Briton
''The West Briton'' is a local weekly newspaper published every Thursday. It serves various areas of Cornwall in the United Kingdom: there are four separate editions – Truro and mid-Cornwall; Falmouth and Penryn; Redruth, Camborne and Hayle; and Helston and The Lizard. It was established in 1810 and is part of the Cornwall & Devon Media group of companies. It is based in Truro. Weekly circulation was 30,700 as of 29 August 2012, down 1,687 copies – or 5.2% – when compared to figures for March of the same year. In 2012, Local World acquired Cornwall & Devon Media owner Northcliffe Media from Daily Mail and General Trust. In October 2015, Trinity Mirror (now Reach plc) reached agreement with Local World's other shareholders to buy the company. Content Each of ''The West Briton''s editions contains news relating to its area of Cornwall; for example the Falmouth and Penryn edition has the local news for these towns. The paper also prints the news concerning all of Cornwal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
