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Edward Dyce Duckworth
Sir Edward Dyce Duckworth 2nd Baronet (of Grosvenor Place) (10 July 1875 – 6 August 1945) was a British lawyer and colonial judge. Early life and education Duckworth was born on 10 July 1875, the eldest son of Sir Dyce Duckworth, 1st Baronet and his first wife Annie Alicia Hopkins. He was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Oxford. Career Duckworth joined the Indian Civil Service. He served in the Indian Volunteer Defence Force and the Auxiliary Force. From 1924 to 1927, he served as Puisne Judge of the High Court of Judicature of Burma, the highest court in British Burma, at Rangoon. Duckworth retired from the Indian Civil Service in 1927, returned to England, and settled in Suffolk at Woodbridge and then Beccles. In 1931 he was appointed County Magistrate. He served as a member of the Joint Committee of the County Council; as Chairman of the County Licensing Committee of Quarter Sessions, East Suffolk, and sat on the board of governors of Ipswich Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Saint John (chartered 1888)
The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (), commonly known as the Order of St John, and also known as St John International, is an order of chivalry constituted in 1888 by royal charter from Queen Victoria and dedicated to St John the Baptist. The order traces its origins back to the Knights Hospitaller in the Middle Ages, the oldest surviving Order of chivalry, chivalric order which is generally considered to be founded in Jerusalem in 1099, which was later known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Order of Malta. A faction of them emerged in France in the 1820s and moved to Britain in the early 1830s, where, after operating under a succession of grand priors and different names, it became associated with the founding in 1882 of the St John Ophthalmic Hospital near the Old City (Jerusalem), old city of Jerusalem and the St John Ambulance, St John Ambulance Brigade in 1887. The order is found throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, Hong Kong, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlborough College
Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English private boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. It was founded as Marlborough School in 1843 by the Dean of Manchester, George Hull Bowers, for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy. It is one of the oldest boarding schools in the UK, and now adopts a co-educational model. In 2023 there were around 1000 pupils, approximately 45% of whom were female. In 2024, the school was included in The Schools Index as one of the 150 best private schools in the world and among the top 30 senior schools in the UK. Fees for boarding pupils in 2024/2025 are £50,985 per year. History Marlborough was, in 1968, the first major British independent boys' school to allow girls into the sixth form, setting a trend that many other schools followed. The school became fully co-educational in 1989, and made a major contribution to the School Mathematics Project (from 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pembroke College, Oxford
Pembroke College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is located on Pembroke Square, Oxford. The college was founded in 1624 by King James I of England and VI of Scotland, using in part the endowment of merchant Thomas Tesdale, and was named after William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain and then- Chancellor of the University. Like many Oxford colleges, Pembroke previously accepted men only, admitting its first mixed-sex cohort in 1979. As of 2020, Pembroke had an estimated financial endowment of £58.9 million. Pembroke College provides almost the full range of study available at Oxford University. A former Senior President of Tribunals and Lord Justice of Appeal, Sir Ernest Ryder, has held the post of Master of Pembroke since 2020. History Foundation and origins In 1610, Thomas Tesdale gave £5,000 on his death for the education of Abingdon School Scholars (seven fellows and six scholars) at Balliol College, Oxford. However, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyce Duckworth
Sir Dyce Duckworth, 1st Baronet (24 November 1840 – 20 January 1928) was a British surgeon, physician, dermatologist, and author of ''A Treatise on Gout'' (1889), which was translated into French and German. After education at the Royal Institution School, Liverpool, Dyce Duckworth studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating there in 1862 MB (Edin.). He gained an MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1863 with a thesis on the adrenal glands. From 1864 to 1865 he served in the Royal Naval Medical Service and was posted to the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse. At St Bartholomew's Hospital, he was from 1865 to 1869 a medical tutor, from 1869 to 1883 an assistant physician, and from 1883 to 1906 a full physician, retiring as consultant physician in 1906. At St Bartholomew's Hospital, he was in charge of the skin department from 1870 to 1875, and he was a lecturer in medicine from 1890 to 1901. He was a senior physician to the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital, Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Rule In Burma
British colonial rule in Burma lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the successive three Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of ''Burma'' as a province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence. The region under British control was known as British Burma, and officially known as Burma () from 1886. Some portions of Burmese territories, including Arakan and Tenasserim, were annexed by the British after their victory in the First Anglo-Burmese War; Lower Burma was annexed in 1852 after the Second Anglo-Burmese War. These territories were designated as a chief commissioner's province known as British Burma in 1862. After the Third Anglo-Burmese War in 1885, Upper Burma was annexed, and the following year, the province of ''Burma'' in British India was created, becoming a ''major'' province (a lieutenant-governorship) in 1897. This arrangement lasted until 1937, when Burma was separated from British India and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangon
Yangon, formerly romanized as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar. Yangon was the List of capitals of Myanmar, capital of Myanmar until 2005 and served as such until 2006, when the State Peace and Development Council, military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw in north central Myanmar. With over five million people, Yangon is Myanmar's most populous city and its most important commercial centre. Yangon boasts the largest number of colonial-era buildings in Southeast Asia, and has a unique Downtown Yangon, colonial-era urban core that is remarkably intact. The colonial-era commercial core is centered around the Sule Pagoda, which is reputed to be over 2,000 years old. The city is also home to the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda – Myanmar's most sacred and famous Buddhist pagoda. Yangon suffers from deeply inadequate infrastructure, especially compared to other major cities in Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodbridge is a port town and civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. It is up the River Deben from the sea. It lies north-east of Ipswich and around north-east of London. In 2011 it had a population of 7,749. The town is close to some major archaeological sites of the Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon period, including the Sutton Hoo burial ship. It is well known for its boating harbour and tide mill next to the River Deben, in the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape. Several festivals are held. As a "gem in Suffolk's crown" (according to The Suffolk Coast tourist site) it has been named the best place to live in the East of England. Etymology Historians disagree over the etymology of Woodbridge. ''The Dictionary of British Placenames'' (2003) suggests that it is a combination of the Old English wudu (wood) and brycg (bridge). The Sutton Hoo Society's 1988 magazine ''Saxon'' points out, however, that there is no suitable si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beccles
Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is located along the A145 road, A145 and A12 road (Great Britain), A12 roads, situated south-east of Norwich and north-northeast of Ipswich. Nearby towns include Lowestoft to the east and Great Yarmouth to the north-east. The town lies on the River Waveney on the edge of The Broads, The Broads National Park. It had a population at the 2011 census of 10,123. Worlingham is a suburb of Beccles; the combined population is 13,868. Beccles Town twinning, twinned with Petit-Couronne in France in 1978. History The place-name 'Beccles' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ‘Becles’, located in the ancient Hundred_(county_division), hundred of Wangford Hundred, Wangford. It appears as ‘Beacles’ circa 1095 in a document from Bury St Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich School
Ipswich School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) for pupils aged 3 to 18 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. North of the town centre, Ipswich School has four parts on three adjacent sites. The Pre-Prep and Nursery were established in 1883 with the aim of preparing children aged 7 to 11 for entry into the Senior School. The Senior School occupies the main school site. The main buildings are a distinctive example of Victorian architecture, with Tudor style brick. The main building and chapel are both Grade II listed. The school buildings surround a central playing field and cricket square along with the Cricket Pavilion. The remainder of the School's sport's fields are located at a nearby site on the edge of the town. The School has a new purpose-built music school, adjacent to the Cricket Pavilion. Within the Senior School the students are divided into three: the Lower School (Years 7 and 8), the Middle School (Years 9–11) and the Sixth For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duckworth Baronets Of Grosvenor Place (1909)
The Duckworth baronetcy, of Grosvenor Place in the City of Westminster, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 15 July 1909 for the prominent physician Sir Dyce Duckworth. He was Treasurer of the Royal College of Physicians from 1884 to 1923 and Honorary Physician to Edward VII when Prince of Wales from 1890 to 1901. Duckworth baronets, of Grosvenor Place (1909) * Sir Dyce Duckworth, 1st Baronet (1840–1928) * Sir Edward Dyce Duckworth, 2nd Baronet (1875–1945) *Sir Richard Dyce Duckworth, 3rd Baronet (1918–1997) *Sir Edward Richard Dyce Duckworth, 4th Baronet (1943–2005) *Sir James Edward Dyce Duckworth, 5th Baronet (born 1984) The heir presumptive to the baronetcy is Antony George Dyce Duckworth (born 1946), 2nd son of the 3rd Baronet and uncle to the current Baronet. His heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1875 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of the year (Third Class is renamed Second Class in 1956). * January 5 – The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated as the home of the Paris Opera. * January 12 – Guangxu Emperor, Guangxu becomes the 11th Qing dynasty Emperor of China at the age of 3. He succeeds his cousin, the Tongzhi Emperor, who had no sons of his own. * January 14 – The newly proclaimed King Alfonso XII of Spain (Queen Isabella II's son) arrives in Spain to restore the monarchy during the Third Carlist War. * January 24 – Camille Saint-Saëns' orchestral ''Danse macabre (Saint-Saëns), Danse macabre'' receives its première. February * February 3 – Third Carlist War: Battle of Lácar – Carlist commander Torcuat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Deaths
1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year Nazi concentration camps, concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events World War II will be abbreviated as “WWII” January * January 1 – WWII: ** Nazi Germany, Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the ''Luftwaffe'' to cripple Allies of World War II, Allied air forces in the Low Countries. ** Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium. * January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures Esztergom, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Hungary from the Soviets. * January 9 – WWII: American and Australian troops land at Lingayen Gulf on western coast of the largest Philippine island of Luzon, occupied by Japan since 1942. * January 12 – WWII: The Soviet Union begins the Vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
