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Comyns (other) (1873–1956), British journalist
Comyns can refer to: People * Arthur Comyns Carr (1882–1965), English politician * Barbara Comyns Carr (1907–1992), English author * Comyns Berkeley (1865–1946), obstetric physician * Ethel Harriet Comyns-Lewer (1861–1946), British ornithologist and periodical editor, publisher and owner * John Comyns (1667–1740), English judge * Joseph Comyns Carr (1849–1916), English art critic and theatre manager * Louis Comyns (1904–1962), British politician * Tom Comyns (born 1973), Irish Olympic sprinter * William Comyns Beaumont William Comyns Beaumont, also known as Comyns Beaumont and Appian Way, (17 October 1873 – 30 December 1955) Benny J Peise ... Other * Comyns' Digest, book by J ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Comyns Carr
Sir Arthur Strettell Comyns Carr (19 September 1882 – 20 April 1965) was a British Liberal politician and lawyer. Family and education Comyns Carr was the son of J. Comyns Carr, a dramatist and art critic. His mother, Alice Comyns Carr (1850–1927), was a costume designer for the theatre. He was born in Marylebone and educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Oxford. In 1907, he married Cicely Raikes Bromage, the daughter of a clergyman. They had three sons including Richard Strettell Comyns Carr, the second husband of the avant garde English novelist Barbara Comyns Carr.Roy Douglas, "Sir Arthur Comyns Carr", Brack et al. (eds.) ''Dictionary of Liberal Biography''; Politico’s 1998, pp. 84-85 Career In 1908, Comyns Carr was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn. He became a King's Counsel in 1924, a Bencher of the Inn in 1938, and, eventually, Treasurer in 1951. Comyns Carr's reputation as a barrister was confirmed in a libel action brought by Horatio Bottomley again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Comyns Carr
Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns Carr (born Barbara Irene Veronica Bayley; 27 December 1907Celia Brayfield (2004)Carr, Barbara Irene Veronica Comyns (1907–1992) ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. – 14 July 1992), known as Barbara Comyns, was an English writer and artist. Early life Born in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, to Margaret Eva Mary (née Fenn) and Albert Edward Bayley, Comyns was the fourth of six children. The family home was Bell Court, a manor on the banks of the River Avon. Her father was a Birmingham brewer and industrialist who died in 1922 when she was 15. Artist After her father's death, Bell Court was sold and Comyns left to attend art school, first in nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, then she moved to London to attend Heatherley School of Fine Art. In 1931 she married fellow artist and childhood friend John Pemberton, nephew of the London Group president and noted artist Rupert Lee. Comyns and her husband exhibit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comyns Berkeley
George Harold Arthur Comyns Berkeley (16 October 1865 – 27 January 1946) was an obstetric physician, gynaecological surgeon and medical writer. Berkeley was most notable along with William Blair-Bell and Sir William Sinclair for creating the British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Berkeley was also noted for his writing collaborations with Victor Bonney, the book ''A Textbook of Gynaecological Surgery'' that is still considered a medical classic. It was as teacher that he excelled. Life Comyns Berkeley was the eldest son of G. A. Berkeley and Sarah Berkeley née Louisa. G. A. Berkeley was a wine importer and was related to the Earls of Berkley. Berkeley was educated both at Dulwich College and Marlborough College. Berkeley subsequently enrolled for matriculation at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he studied natural science, completing his bachelor's degree in 1887 and achieving a third-class honours in Natural Sciences Tripos Part I. In April 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Harriet Comyns-Lewer
Ethel Harriet Comyns-Lewer (, – ) was a British ornithologist, Newspaper publisher, periodical publisher and Newspaper editor, editor. Her work ''Feathered World'' would lead her to be the first women editor, owner and/or publisher outside of the traditional 'Woman's' magazine sphere. Life Ethel Harriet Garrett was born on the 28 January 1861, in Dum Dum, India. The eldest child of Newson Dunnell Garrett, an Anglo-Indian officer in the Royal Artillery, and Elizabeth Kate Louisa Jane. She was niece of both the suffragette Millicent Fawcett and the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, as well a cousin Philippa Fawcett, the first woman Senior Wrangler. In 1884, she was involved in the founding of the Ladies' Typewriting Office of Chancery Lane. This society, with links to the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, Society for the Employment of Women and Women's Printing Society, trained young women for careers in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Comyns
Sir John Comyns SL (c. 1667 – 1 November 1740), of Writtle in Essex, was an English judge and Member of Parliament. Early life He was born the eldest surviving son of William Comyns, barrister, of Lincoln's Inn and his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and coheiress of Matthew Rudd of Little Baddow, Essex. He was educated at Felsted School and Queens' College, Cambridge. Career Comyns was a member of Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1690. He entered Parliament in 1701 as member for Maldon, and represented that borough for 17 of the next 26 years (1701–08, 1710–15 and 1722–26). On the three separate occasions on which he was returned for Maldon, his opponents petitioned against his election, alleging bribery or improper conduct by the bailiff (who was the returning officer for the borough); but their only success was in 1715 when they also accused him of having refused to take the Qualification Oath, and his election, in that case, was declared void on those g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Comyns Carr
Joseph William Comyns Carr (1 March 1849 – 12 December 1916), often referred to as J. Comyns Carr, was an English drama and art critic, gallery director, author, poet, playwright and theatre manager. Beginning his career as an art critic, Carr was a vigorous advocate for Pre-Raphaelite art and a vocal critic of the "short-sighted" art establishment. In 1877 he became a director of the Grosvenor Gallery and promoting Pre-Raphaelite painters and other important exhibitors, such as James McNeill Whistler, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones. Ten years later he founded the rival New Gallery. Carr also wrote essays, books, plays, librettos, English-language adaptations of foreign works and stage adaptations of Dickens novels and classic tales like ''King Arthur'' and ''Faust''. Life and career J. Comyns Carr was born in Marylebone, Middlesex, England, the seventh of ten children. His parents were Jonathan Carr, a woollen draper, and his Irish wife, Catherine Grace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Comyns
Louis Comyns (17 August 1904 – 10 February 1962) was a British Labour Party politician and a general practitioner. Born in Glasgow into a Jewish family, William D. Rubinstein, Michael Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein, ''The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History'', Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 179 Comyns worked as a doctor from 1932. Comyns was elected to the House of Commons at the 1945 general election, as Member of Parliament for the Silvertown constituency in the East End of London The East End of London, often referred to within the London area simply as the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It does not have un .... He served until the 1950 general election, when the constituency was abolished in boundary changes. He then served on West Ham Borough Council. References References * External links * 1904 births 1962 deaths Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Comyns
Tom Comyns (born 26 June 1973) is an Irish former sprinter who is now a lecturer at the University of Limerick. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References External links * 1973 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Irish male sprinters Olympic athletes for Ireland Place of birth missing (living people) Academics of the University of Limerick {{Ireland-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Comyns Beaumont
William Comyns Beaumont, also known as Comyns Beaumont and Appian Way, (17 October 1873 – 30 December 1955) Benny J Peiser, 17 October 1997 was a British author, journalist, lecturer, and editor. Beaumont was a staff writer for the '''' and eventually became editor of the '''' in 1903 and then '''' in 1932. Beaumont's astronomical speculations were later mirrored by |
Comyns' Digest
''A Digest of the Laws of England'', also known as ''Comyns' Digest'', is a book by Sir John Comyns. The latest English edition was published in 1822. A 120-page, handwritten tabulation by John Neal in 1826 of all cases in the digest is included with the Jeremy Bentham papers at the University College London. In 1847, John Gage Marvin said: References *Comyns, Sir John. A Continuation of Comyns' Digest of the Laws of England, brought down to the present time by a gentleman of the Inner Temple. fol. London. 1776. 2d ed. of ''Comyns' Digest'', with the continuation included under one alphabet. fol. London. 1781. 3d ed. with additions, by Stewart Kyd. 6 vols. 8vo. London. 1792. 4th ed. enlarged and continued down to the present time, by Samuel Rose. 6 vols. 8vo. London. 1800. 5th ed. enlarged and continued to the present time, by Anthony Hammond Anthony Hammond (1668–1738), of Somersham Place, Huntingdonshire and Lidlington, Bedfordshire, was an English official and Tory poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comins (other)
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Comins may refer to: People * Harry M. Comins (1882–1962), American politician, Mayor of Flint, Michigan (1938–1940) * Linus B. Comins (1817-1892), American politician from Massachusetts * Richard Blundell Comins (1848–1919), English Anglican priest * William Comins (1901–1965), American Olympic long jumper Places * Comins Township, Michigan * Comins, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Comins Coch, Ceredigion, Wales See also * Commins (other) * Comyns (other) Comyns can refer to: People * Arthur Comyns Carr (1882–1965), English politician * Barbara Comyns Carr (1907–1992), English author * Comyns Berkeley (1865–1946), obstetric physician * Ethel Harriet Comyns-Lewer (1861–1946), British ornit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
