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David Hughes (English Academic)
David Hughes (1753 – 7 March 1817) was a Welsh clergyman and academic, who served as Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. Hughes was the son of John Hughes of Llanrwst, Denbighshire, and his wife Elizabeth. He was baptised in Llanrwst on 9 May 1753. He matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford in 1770, aged 16, graduating Bachelor of Arts, BA in 1773, Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin), MA in 1776, Bachelor of Divinity, BD in 1783, Doctorate of Divinity, DD in 1790. He became a Fellow of Jesus College in 1774. In the church, Hughes held the following livings: * Rector of Besselsleigh, Berkshire [now in Oxfordshire] (1783–1817) * Rector of Llanddoged, Denbighshire (1783–89) * Rector of Yelford, Oxfordshire (1789–1806) Hughes was elected Principal of Jesus College in 1802. He also served as a University Examiner. He donated £105 to the college in 1809 to increase the value of scholarships for those entering the college from South Wales and England, to reduce t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portrait Of A View From Jesus College, Oxford (4670919)
A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face is always predominant. In arts, a portrait may be represented as half body and even full body. If the subject in full body better represents personality and mood, this type of presentation may be chosen. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a Snapshot (photography), snapshot, but a composed image of a person in a still position. A portrait often shows a person looking directly at the painter or photographer, to most successfully engage the subject with the viewer, but portrait may be represented as a profile (from aside) and 3/4. History Prehistorical portraiture Plastered human skulls were reconstructed human skulls that were made in the ancient Levant between 9000 and 6000 BC in the Pre-Pottery Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spencer Bulkeley Wynn, 3rd Baron Newborough
Spencer Bulkeley Wynn, 3rd Baron Newborough (23 May 1803 – 1 November 1888) was Deputy Lieutenant of Carnarvon from 1846 and High Sheriff of Anglesey in 1847. Background He was the son of Thomas Wynn, 1st Baron Newborough and Maria Stella Petronilla Chiappini, formally daughter of Lorenzo Chiappini but maybe a member of the House of Orléans. He was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1824. On 15 November 1832, on the death of his older brother, Thomas Wynn, 2nd Baron Newborough, he succeeded to the titles of 3rd Baron Newborough of Bodvean, and 5th Baronet Wynn of Boduan. He lived at Glynllivon Park, Carnarvonshire. In 1846 he was created deputy lieutenant of Carnarvon. He was High Sheriff of Anglesey for 1847-48. Family On 3 May 1834 at Great Malvern Priory he married his first cousin Frances Maria de Winton, daughter of Revd. Walter de Winton and Maria Jacoba Chiappini of Hay Castle, county Brecon. They had 10 children: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Welsh Anglican Priests
The 19th century began on 1 January 1801 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 (MCM). It was the 9th century of the 2nd millennium. It was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was Abolitionism, abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanded beyond its British homeland for the first time during the 19th century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, France, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Catholic Church, in response to the growing influence and power of modernism, secularism and materialism, formed the First Vatican Council in the late 19th century to deal with such problems an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumni Of Jesus College, Oxford
Jesus College, Oxford, Jesus College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its alumni include politicians, lawyers, bishops, poets, and academics. Some went on to become Oxbridge Fellow, fellows of the college; 14 students later became List of Principals and Fellows of Jesus College, Oxford, principal of the college. It was founded in 1571 by Elizabeth I of England, Queen Elizabeth I, at the request of a Welsh clergyman, Hugh Price (lawyer), Hugh Price, who was Treasurer of St David's Cathedral in Pembrokeshire. The college still has strong links with Wales, and about 15% of students are Welsh. There are 340 undergraduates and 190 students carrying out postgraduate studies. Old members of Jesus College are sometimes known as "Jesubites". From the world of politics, the college's alumni include two Prime Ministers (Harold Wilson of Britain and Kevin Rudd of Australia), Jamaica's Chief Minister and first Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellows Of Jesus College, Oxford
Fellows may refer to Fellow, in plural form. Fellows or Fellowes may also refer to: Places *Fellows, California, USA *Fellows, Wisconsin, ghost town, USA Other uses * Fellowes, Inc., manufacturer of workspace products *Fellows, a partner in the firm of English canal carriers, Fellows Morton & Clayton *Fellows (surname) *Mount Fellows, a mountain in Alaska See also *North Fellows Historic District The North Fellows Historic District is a historic district located in Ottumwa, Iowa, United States. The city experienced a housing boom after World War II. This north side neighborhood of single-family brick homes built between 1945 and 1959 ..., listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wapello County, Iowa * Justice Fellows (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1817 Deaths
Events January–March * January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island. * January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the Andes from Argentina, to liberate Chile and then Peru. * January 20 – Ram Mohan Roy and David Hare found Hindu College, Calcutta, offering instructions in English on Western subjects, including other European languages. * February 12 – Battle of Chacabuco: Argentine and Chilean soldiers of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata defeat the Spanish royalist troops in what is now Chile, marking the turning point in the war against European rule of South America. * March 3 ** On his last day in office, U.S. President James Madison vetoes John C. Calhoun's Bonus Bill as unconstitutional after it has passed both houses of the U.S. Congress. ** The U.S. Congress passes a law to split the Mississippi Territory, after Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1753 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – King Binnya Dala of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom orders the burning of Ava, the former capital of the Kingdom of Burma. * January 29 – After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning returns to her mother's home in London and claims that she was abducted; the following criminal trial causes an uproar. * February 17 – The concept of electrical telegraphy is first published in the form of a letter to ''Scots' Magazine'' from a writer who identifies himself only as "C.M.". Titled "An Expeditious Method of Conveying Intelligence", C.M. suggests that static electricity (generated by 1753 from "frictional machines") could send electric signals across wires to a receiver. Rather than the dot and dash system later used by Samuel F.B. Morse, C.M. proposes that "a set of wires equal in number to the letters of the alphabet, be extended horizontally between two given places" and that on the receiving side, "Let a ball be suspen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom)
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits. The gallery moved in 1896 to its current site at St Martin's Place, off Trafalgar Square, and adjoining the National Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery also has regional outposts at Beningbrough Hall in Yorkshire and Montacute House in Somerset. It is unconnected to the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, with which its remit overlaps. The gallery is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Collection The gallery houses portraits of historically important and famous British people, selected on the basis of the significance of the sitter, not that of the artist. The collection includes photographs and caricatures as well as paintings, drawings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curzon Street
Curzon Street is a street in Mayfair, London, within the W1J postcode district, that ranges from Fitzmaurice Place, past Shepherd Market, to Park Lane. It is named after Sir Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baronet, who inherited the landholding during 1715. More houses were built there during the 1720s. History Curzon Street has been home to notable members of the peerage. Chesterfield House was built there during 1748 for Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield but was demolished in 1937 when its site was redeveloped as an apartment block. Other residences on Curzon Street included those of Lord Hothfield, the Duke of Grafton, the Earl Verney, Lord Leconfield, Lady Blessington, Alfred de Rothschild, Lord Blythswood and the Earl of Inchcape. Its east contains Crewe House, formerly named Wharncliffe House, that was rebuilt in 1750 and later named after the Countess of Wharncliffe, that is now the Saudi Arabian Embassy. On the opposite side of the street, until 1894, stood C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Envoy (title)
An envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, usually known as a minister, was a diplomatic head of mission who was ranked below ambassador. A diplomatic mission headed by an envoy was known as a legation rather than an embassy. Under the system of diplomatic ranks established by the Congress of Vienna (1815), an envoy was a diplomat of the second class who had plenipotentiary powers, i.e., full authority to represent the government. However, envoys did not serve as the personal representative of their country's head of state. Until the first decades of the 20th century, most diplomatic missions were legations headed by diplomats of the envoy rank. Ambassadors were only exchanged between great powers, close allies, and related monarchies. After World War II it was no longer considered acceptable to treat some nations as inferior to others, given the United Nations doctrine of equality of sovereign states. The rank of envoy gradually became obsolete as countries upgraded t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Richard Vaughan
Sir Charles Richard Vaughan, GCH, PC, (20 December 1774 – 15 June 1849) was a British diplomat. Early life and education Vaughan born at Leicester, the son of James Vaughan, a physician, and his wife, Hester ''née'' Smalley. His brothers were Sir Henry Halford (Vaughan), physician to the royal family and President of the Royal College of Physicians, who took the name Halford in line with a family inheritance; Sir John Vaughan, a Baron of the Exchequer; and Peter Vaughan, Warden of Merton College, Oxford. Vaughan was educated at Rugby School, where he entered on 22 January 1788, and at Merton College, Oxford, matriculating on 26 October 1791. He graduated BA in 1796 and MA in 1798, in which year he was also elected a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Medical studies and subsequent travels He intended to follow the medical profession, attending lectures in both Edinburgh and London, and took the degree of MB in 1800. He was, however, elected Radcliffe Travelling Fello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Vaughan (priest)
Peter Vaughan, DD (28 March 1770 – 12 July 1826) was an English clergyman and academic. Vaughan was born in Leicester and educated at Merton College, Oxford, matriculating in 1787 and graduating B.A. in 1790. A Fellow from 1792, he rose there to the post of Warden in 1810. He also held livings at High Offley, Northenden and St John the Baptist, Oxford Oxford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou .... He was Dean of Chester from 1820 until his death. Vaughan never married, but from 1814 he was in a relationship with a woman, who lived with him at the Warden's lodgings at Merton for the last few months of his life. Vaughan's brother Rev. Edward Thomas Vaughan, who noted that this circumstance would have caused any undergraduate or fellow of Merton to be expelled, believed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
