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Grizel Hamilton
Grizel, also spelled Grizell, Grizelle, Grisel and Grisell, is a feminine given name which may refer to: * Grisell Baillie (1822–1891), first woman deaconess in the Church of Scotland * Lady Grizel Baillie (1665–1746), Scottish aristocrat and songwriter, whose account ledgers provide information about social life in Scotland in the eighteenth century * Grizel Baillie, Lady Murray (1692–1759), Scottish memoirist, daughter of the above * Grizel Cochrane, a figure in 17th century Scottish lore * Grizelle González, soil ecologist * Lady Grizel Louise Hamilton (1880–1976), Welsh and Scottish aristocrat and big game hunter * Grisel Herrera (born 1971), Cuban former basketball player * Grizel Niven (1906–2007), British sculptor * Grizell Steevens (1653–1746), English philanthropist See also * Griselda Griselda, also spelled Grizelda, is a feminine given name from Germanic sources that is now used in English, Italian, and Spanish as well. According to the 1990 Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grisell Baillie
Lady Grisell Baillie (4 April 1822 – 20 December 1891) was the first woman to be created a deaconess in the Church of Scotland. Biography Grisell Baillie was born at her family home, Mellerstain House in the Scottish Borders, on 4 April 1822, and baptised on 6 June 1822."Scotland's First Deaconess", by D.P. Thompson M.A. A Walker & Son Ltd, Galashiels 1946New Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press She was the youngest of the eleven children of George Baillie of Jerviswood, MP for Berwickshire, and Mary Pringle, daughter of Sir James Pringle, Baronet of Stichill. She was named after her ancestor Lady Grizel Baillie, a much admired and respected lady who died in 1746. The Baillies were a Covenanting family and Grisell's ancestors included Robert Baillie who was put to death for his Covenanting beliefs and his alleged involvement in the Rye House Plot. Robert Baillie's great grandfather and Grisell's ancestor was John Knox. Her father died in 1841 and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Grizel Baillie
Lady Grizel Baillie (''Birth name, née'' Hume, 25 December 1665 – 6 December 1746) was a Scotland, Scottish gentlewoman and songwriter. Her accounting ledgers, in which she kept details about her household for more than 50 years, provide information about social life in Scotland in the eighteenth century. Biography Born at Redbraes Castle, Berwickshire, Grizel Hume was the eldest daughter of Grisell Ker and Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont, Sir Patrick Hume (later Earl of Marchmont). When she was twelve years old, she carried letters from her father to a Scottish conspirator in the Rye House Plot, Baillie of Jerviswood, Robert Baillie of Jerviswood, who was then in prison. Hume's sympathy for Baillie made him a suspected man and the James II of England, king's troops occupied Redbraes Castle. He remained in hiding for some time in the crypt of Polwarth Church, where his daughter smuggled food to him; but on hearing of the execution of Baillie (1684), he fled to the Dut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grizel Baillie, Lady Murray
Grizel Baillie (later Lady Murray of Stanhope; 1692–1759) was a Scottish memoirist whose work is important to social historians and scholars of life writing. Life Baillie was the elder daughter of Lady Grisell Baillie (née Hume; 1665–1746), gentlewoman and songwriter, and George Baillie (1697–1732), politician. She had two siblings: a younger sister, Rachel (1696–1773), and a brother, Robert (1694-1696), who died in infancy. Her grandparents on both sides were Covenanters implicated in the Rye House Plot; her parents were acquainted from youth and by all accounts had "a loving companionate marriage". The sisters, known as "Grisie" and "Rachie" within the family, were well-educated by a variety of tutors in "reading, writing, arithmetic, geography and French" as well as various feminine accomplishments such as singing, music, and dancing. On 16 August 1710 at the age of seventeen, Baillie married Alexander Murray, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Peeblesshire from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grizel Cochrane
Grizel Cochrane is a figure from 17th century Scottish lore. Cochrane's father, John Cochrane of Ochiltree, had been captured following the Monmouth Rebellion against the rule of James VII James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685, until he was deposed in the 1688 Glor ..., in 1685, and was therefore scheduled to be condemned to death.Jessie Macka, ''The Spirit of the Rangatira: And Other Ballads'' (1889), p. 19. According to the legend, in order to prevent the execution from being carried out, Grizel disguised herself as a man and robbed the postman who carried the death warrant, on a lonely part of Tweedmouth Moor. When initial efforts to seek a pardon were unsuccessful, Grizel robbed the postman a second time fourteen days later, to again stave off the execution. The second robbery provided enough time for the par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grizelle González
Grizelle González is a soil ecologist working for the United States Forest Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is known for her work on soil ecology, nutrient cycling, and ecosystem ecology at the Sabana Field Research Station in Puerto Rico. Early life and education González obtained her B.S. in biology (1993) and her M.S. in soil ecology (1996) from the University of Puerto Rico. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado-Boulder in soil ecology and biology in 1999. Her dissertation was focused on microbes, plant litter, and soil fauna in both tropical and subalpine forests. Grizelle started her professional career as a research associate at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1999. In 2000, she began her career at the United States Forest Service (USFS) International Institute of Tropical Forests (IITF), and in 2003 she became the director of the Sabana Field Research Station in Puerto Rico. She is also associated faculty at the University of Puerto Rico, Rí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Grizel Louise Hamilton
Lady Grizel Winifred Louise Hamilton (''née'' Cochrane; 14 May 1880 – 5 December 1976) was a Welsh and Scottish aristocrat. She was the daughter of Winifred, Countess of Dundonald and Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald and the wife of Lt.-Col. Hon. Ralph Gerard Alexander Hamilton, Master of Belhaven, who died in action during the First World War, she was a famous huntress. International travel Along with her husband, she was a keen huntress. She often traveled to Kenya, Africa, to embark on her big game hunting. Some of the animals she killed were: hippopotamus, wildebeest, leopard, rhinoceros, waterbuck, cape buffalo; her hunts were extensively covered in popular magazines and newspaper articles. Personal life Born in St George Hanover Square, London, she spent most of her childhood at Gwrych Castle, Abergele, Wales. On 1 March 1904 (which landed on Saint David's Day), Grizel married Ralph Gerard Alexander Hamilton, Master of Belhaven at Henry VII Chapel, London. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grisel Herrera
Grisel Herrera (born 5 June 1971) is a Cuban former basketball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References 1971 births Living people Cuban women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Cuba Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Cuba-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grizel Niven
Grizel Rosemary Graham Niven (28 November 1906 – 28 January 2007) was a British sculptor. She created the figurine presented to the winner of the annual Women's Prize for Fiction, formerly the Orange Prize for Fiction, since its inception in 1996. Known as "The Bessie", the trophy is cast each year with a different mixture of bronze, making each award unique. Niven created abstract and figurative works in a variety of materials such as fibreglass, resin, paint, metal, Perspex, and hardboard. For several years, she was the resident sculptor at the Edith Grove Gallery in Chelsea, London, which held a solo retrospective of her work. Early life and education Grizel Niven was born in Belgravia, London, in 1906, the third of four children of William Edward Graham Niven (1878-1915) and Henriette Degacher (1878-1932). Her elder siblings were Margaret Joyce Niven (1900–1981), Henry Degacher Niven (1902–1953), and her younger brother was the actor, writer and soldier David Niven (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grizell Steevens
Griselda Steevens (also known as Grizel Steevens or Grizell Steevens) (1653 – 18 March 1746) was a philanthropist and a benefactor of Dr Steevens' Hospital in Dublin. For a time it was commonly known as "Madame Steevens' Hospital". Life Steevens was born in 1653 in Wiltshire, in England. She was the twin sister of Richard Steevens (1653–1710), a Dublin physician. They were the children of John, a Royalist cleric, and his wife Constance. The family moved to Athlone, Co Westmeath when John was made a rector there in 1664. Richard Steevens died in 1710, leaving a considerable fortune which produced an income of £606 (about £ as of ) per year to Griselda. Richard directed that upon his sister's death the funds should be used in building, and subsequently maintaining, a hospital in Dublin 'for maintaining and curing from time to time such sick and wounded persons whose distempers and wounds are curable'. Griselda Steevens decided that she would begin work on the hospital in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griselda
Griselda, also spelled Grizelda, is a feminine given name from Germanic sources that is now used in English, Italian, and Spanish as well. According to the 1990 United States Census, the name was 1,066th in popularity among females in the United States. The name likely specifically stems from the Proto-Germanic language elements '' *grīsaz'', "grey", and '' *hildiz'', meaning "battle" (compare modern German ''grau'' and ''Held''), thus literally "gray battle-maid". As a figure in European folklore, Griselda is noted for her patience and obedience and has been depicted in works of art, literature and opera. The name can also be spelled "Griselde", "Grisselda", "Grieselda", "Grizelda", "Gricelda", and "Criselda". Common nicknames include "Zelda", "Selda", "Grissy", "Gris", "Grisel", " Grizel" or "Crisel" People named Griselda or Grizelda include: * Griselda Álvarez (1913–2009), first female governor in Mexico * Griselda Báthory (1569–1590), Hungarian and Polish nob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griselles, Côte-d'Or
Griselles () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Côte-d'Or department The following is a list of the 698 communes of the Côte-d'Or department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Côte-d'Or Lingones {{Montbard-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griselles, Loiret
Griselles () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Loiret department The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Loiret {{Loiret-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
