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Francis R. Pryor
Francis Robert "Frank" Pryor (30 March 1862 – 4 December 1937) was an English playwright. Pryor was the youngest son of Robert Pryor of High Elms, Hertfordshire and his wife Elizabeth Caroline née Wyrley-Birch.Burke's Peerage. Pryor of Weston Hall He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was the author, jointly with Lizzie Allen Harker, of the 1914 comedy play ''Marigold'', which was turned into a 1938 film '' Marigold''. It was also broadcast on 22 May 1943 as one of the first episodes of BBC Radio's long-running drama strand ''Saturday Night Theatre''. Despite working on a number of plays however, ''Marigold'' was his only success. He was also a director of Allsopp's Brewery, and an Underwriter at Lloyd's of London. An obituary by Laurence Binyon Robert Laurence Binyon, Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, CH (10 August 1869 – 10 March 1943) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Pryor
Robert Pryor Deputy Lieutenant, DL Justice of the Peace, JP (21 April 1812 - 23 August 1889) was an English barrister.The Times, Wednesday, Aug 28, 1889; pg. 8; Issue 32789; col E Obituary. Obituaries Biography Pryor was the second son of Thomas Marlborough Pryor (1777-1821), a Quaker of Hampstead Heath, Middlesex and his wife Hannah, daughter of Samuel Hoare Jr, Samuel Hoare a banker.Burke's Landed Gentry: Pryor of Weston Park. His elder brother Marlborough Pryor (1807-1869) was JP, but had left no children. Pryor was educated privately before being admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1829 and graduating as fourth Wrangler (University of Cambridge), wrangler in 1834. This began somewhat of a tradition for Pryors of going to Trinity. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1834 and Called to the Bar in 1837. Professionally, he practised as an equity barrister and conveyencer. On 20 August 1844 he married Elizabeth Caroline Wyrley-Birch, daughter of Wyrley-Birch, of Wre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eton College
Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Minister#History, prime ministers, world leaders, Nobel laureates, Academy Award and BAFTA award-winning actors, and generations of the aristocracy, and has been referred to as "the nurse of England's statesmen". The school is the largest boarding school in England, ahead of Millfield and Oundle School, Oundle. Together with Wellington College, Berkshire, Wellington College and Downe House School, it is one of three private schools in Berkshire to be named in the list of the world's best 100 private schools. Eton charges up to £52,749 per year (£17,583 per term, with three terms per academic year, for 2023/24). It was the sixth most expensive Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference boarding school in the UK in 2013–14. It was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at Oxford or Cambridge. Trinity has some of the most distinctive architecture in Cambridge with its Trinity Great Court, Great Court said to be the largest enclosed courtyard in Europe. Academically, Trinity performs exceptionally as measured by the Tompkins Table (the annual unofficial league table of Cambridge colleges), coming top from 2011 to 2017, and regaining the position in 2024. Members of Trinity have been awarded 34 Nobel Prizes out of the 121 received by members of the University of Cambridge (more than any other Oxford or Cambridge college). Members of the college have received four Fields Medals, one Turing Award and one Abel Prize. Trinity alumni include Francis Bacon, six British Prime Minister of the United Kingdo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambridge University
The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, world's third-oldest university in continuous operation. The university's founding followed the arrival of scholars who left the University of Oxford for Cambridge after a dispute with local townspeople. The two ancient university, ancient English universities, although sometimes described as rivals, share many common features and are often jointly referred to as Oxbridge. In 1231, 22 years after its founding, the university was recognised with a royal charter, granted by Henry III of England, King Henry III. The University of Cambridge includes colleges of the University of Cambridge, 31 semi-autonomous constituent colleges and List of institutions of the University of Cambridge#Schools, Faculties, and Departments, over 150 academic departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzie Allen Harker
Lizzie Allen Harker (née Watson; 1863 – 14 April 1933) was an English author. Amongst her works are the play '' Marigold'' (with Francis R. Pryor), which was turned into a 1938 film '' Marigold''. It was also broadcast on 22 May 1943 as one of the first episodes of BBC Radio's long-running drama strand ''Saturday Night Theatre''. She was born in Gloucester and educated at Cheltenham Ladies College. She was the wife (married 1885), and later widow, of James Allen Harker (1847–1894), professor at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester Cirencester ( , ; see #Pronunciation, below for more variations) is a market town and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames. It is the List of .... Their sons were Oswald Allen Harker (1886–1968) and Brig. Arthur William Allen Harker CBE (1890–1960), and possibly more. Works * ''A Romance of the Nursery'' 1902 * ''Concern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marigold (1938 Film)
''Marigold'' is a 1938 British drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Sophie Stewart, Patrick Barr, Phyllis Dare, Edward Chapman and Pamela Stanley. The film was set in Scotland in the Victorian era. It was filmed in Edinburgh. It was based on a 1914 play of the same title by Lizzie Allen Harker and Francis R. Pryor. Cast * Sophie Stewart as Marigold Sellar * Patrick Barr as Lieutenant Archie Forsyth * Phyllis Dare as Mme. Marly * Edward Chapman as Mordan * Nicholas Hannen as Major Sellar * Hugh Dempster Hugh Dempster (3 August 1900 – 30 April 1987) was a Great Britain, British theatre and film actor, whose credits include more than 60 films. Born in London, Dempster made his stage debut in 1920, and began his screen career in the silent film ... as Bobbie Townsend * Pamela Stanley as Queen Victoria * Ian McLean as James Paton * Elliott Mason as Beenie * Katie Johnson as Sarita Dunlop * James Hayter as Peter Cloag References B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night Theatre
__NOTOC__ ''Saturday Night Theatre'' was a long-running radio drama strand on the BBC Home Service and its successor, BBC Radio 4. Launched in April 1943 the strand showcased feature-length, middlebrow single plays on Saturday evenings for more than 50 years. The plays featured included stage plays, book adaptations and original dramatisations. For most of its history, programmes ran for 90 minutes and were largely entertainment-centred, such as thrillers, comedies and mysteries. History ''Saturday Night Theatre'' was noted as the major drama of the week on BBC Radio 4 from 1943 until it was scrapped in 1996. Audiences reached a peak of 6.75 million in 1955, but by the end the average audience levels had fallen to between 50,000 and 100,000 - although with another 500,000 listening to the Monday afternoon repeat. Shorter plays continued to be broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday evenings from 1996 until the relaunch of the channel's schedule in April 1998 by James Boyle, when sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allsopp's Brewery
Samuel Allsopp & Sons was one of the largest breweries operating in Burton upon Trent, England. It was revived as Allsopp's in the 2020s. History Origins Allsopp's origins go back to the 1740s, when Benjamin Wilson, an innkeeper-brewer of Burton, brewed beer for his own premises and sold some to other innkeepers. Over the next 60 years, Wilson and his son and successor, also called Benjamin, cautiously built up the business and became the town's leading brewer. In about 1800, Benjamin Jr took his nephew Samuel Allsopp into the business. In 1807, following a downturn in trade because of the Napoleonic blockade, he sold his brewery to Allsopp for £7,000.'Burton-upon-Trent: Economic history', A History of the County of Stafford Volume 9: Burton-upon-Trent (2003), pp. 53–8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd's Of London
Lloyd's of London, generally known simply as Lloyd's, is a insurance and reinsurance market located in London, England. Unlike most of its competitors in the industry, it is not an insurance company; rather, Lloyd's is a corporate body governed by the Lloyd's Act 1871 and subsequent Acts of Parliament. It operates as a partially-mutualised marketplace within which multiple financial backers, grouped in syndicates, come together to pool and spread risk. These underwriters, or "members", include both corporations and private individuals, the latter being traditionally known as "Names". The business underwritten at Lloyd's is predominantly general insurance and reinsurance, with a small amount of term life insurance. The market has its roots in marine insurance and was founded by Edward Lloyd at his coffee-house on Tower Street 1689, making it one of the oldest insurance companies in the world. Today, it has a dedicated building on Lime Street, a Grade I historic landmar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Binyon
Robert Laurence Binyon, Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, CH (10 August 1869 – 10 March 1943) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster, England, his parents were Frederick Binyon, a clergyman, and Mary Dockray. He studied at St Paul's School, London and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry in 1891. He worked for the British Museum from 1893 until his retirement in 1933. In 1904 he married the historian Cicely Margaret Powell, with whom he had three daughters, including the artist Nicolete Gray. Moved by the casualties of the British Expeditionary Force (World War I), British Expeditionary Force in 1914, Binyon wrote his most famous work "For the Fallen", which is often recited at Remembrance Sunday services in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and South Africa. In 1915, he volunteered as a hospital orderly in France and afterwards worked in England, helping to take care of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821), are published by Times Media, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' were founded independently and have had common ownership only since 1966. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. ''The Times'' was the first newspaper to bear that name, inspiring numerous other papers around the world. In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as or , although the newspaper is of national scope and distribution. ''The Times'' had an average daily circulation of 365,880 in March 2020; in the same period, ''The Sunday Times'' had an average weekly circulation of 647,622. The two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1862 Births
Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria. * January 6 – Second French intervention in Mexico, French intervention in Mexico: Second French Empire, French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico. * January 16 – Hartley Colliery disaster in north-east England: 204 men are trapped and die underground when the only shaft becomes blocked. * January 30 – American Civil War: The first U.S. ironclad warship, , is launched in Brooklyn. * January 31 – Alvan Graham Clark makes the first observation of Sirius B, a white dwarf star, through an eighteen-inch telescope at Northwestern University in Illinois. February * February 1 – American Civil War: Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic" is published for the first time in the ''Atlantic Monthly''. * February 2 – The Dun Mountain Railway, first railway is opened in New Zealand, by the Dun Mountain Copper Mining Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
