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High Sheriff Of Mid Glamorgan
The office of High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan was established in 1974 as part of the creation of the county of Mid Glamorgan in Wales following the Local Government Act 1972, and, together with the High Sheriff of West Glamorgan and the High Sheriff of South Glamorgan, effectively replaced the office of the High Sheriff of Glamorgan. High Sheriffs of Mid Glamorgan *''Before 1974 – See High Sheriff of Glamorgan'' *1974: John Lewis Maybery Bevan of Croffta, Groes-Faen, Pontyclun, Llantrisant *1975: (Herbert) Leslie Joseph of Coedargraig, Newton, Porthcawl *1976: Douglas George Badham of Plas Watford, Caerphilly *1977: Douglas Andrew Scott of Porthcawl *1978: Murray Adams McLaggan of Merthyr Mawr House, Bridgend *1979: Major George Morgan Thomas Lindsay of Glanmor, Southerndown, Bridgend *1980: Robert Watkin Stacey Knight of Tynycaeau, St. Brides Major, near Bridgend *1981: Edward Arthur Lewis of Grove House, 38 Lan Park Road, Pontypridd *1982: William Kingdon Eynon of Tusker House, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of West Glamorgan
The office of High Sheriff of West Glamorgan was established in 1974 as part of the creation of the county of West Glamorgan in Wales following the Local Government Act 1972. Together with the High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan and the High Sheriff of South Glamorgan, it replaced the office of the High Sheriff of Glamorgan. In recent years the High Sheriff of West Glamorgan has supported and chaired the CrimeBeat charity. High Sheriffs of West Glamorgan *''Before 1974 – See High Sheriff of Glamorgan'' *1974: Alan Burnyeat Turnbull of Home Farm, Penrice, Reynoldston *1975: Claud Gerald Bellingham of Bishopston, Swansea *1976: Martin Thomas of Wern Road, Skewen *1977: Commodore Robert Hastie *1978: Donald Humphrey Davies of Caswell, Swansea *1979: Keith Cyril Austin Bailey of Caswell Bay, Swansea *1980: Michael Rowland Godfrey Llewellyn of Glebe House, Penmaen, Swansea *1981: Alexander Herbert Lindsey Eccles of Penmaen, Swansea *1982: Arthur Gordon Chilcott, of Caswell Road, Mumbles, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of South Glamorgan
The office of High Sheriff of South Glamorgan was established in 1974 as part of the creation of the county of South Glamorgan in Wales following the Local Government Act 1972. Together with the High Sheriff of West Glamorgan and the High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan, the office effectively replaced that of the High Sheriff of Glamorgan. High Sheriffs of South Glamorgan *''Before 1974 – See High Sheriff of Glamorgan'' *1974: Colonel Kenneth Morgan of Llantrithyd *1975: Anthony Selwyn Martyn of St. Nicholas *1976: Joseph Gerald Gaskell of Dinas Powys *1977: Francis Edward Sutherland Hayes of Llansannor *1978: Christopher Michael Brain Of Peterson-Super-Ely *1979: John Leonard, Baron Leonard of Cardiff (excused); Harold Emmett Williams of Penarth *1980: Thomas Henry Keen, of Bonvilston (excused); Henry Gethin Lewis of Sutton Mawr *1981: Colonel Sir Christopher Matthew Peterson of Cardiff *1982: Ivan Dale Owen of Penarth *1983: Ian Eric Colston of Boverton, Llantwit Major *1984: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Glamorgan
This page is a list of High Sheriffs of Glamorgan. Sheriffs of Glamorgan served under and were answerable to the independent Lords of Glamorgan until that lordship was merged into the crown. This is in contrast to sheriffs of the English shires who were from the earliest times officers of the crown. Sheriffs in the modern sense, appointed and answerable to the crown, were instituted in the county of Glamorgan in 1541. On 1 April 1974 the shrievalty of Glamorgan was abolished and replaced by the High Sheriff of West Glamorgan, the High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan and the High Sheriff of South Glamorgan. List of Sheriffs *1122–1149 Sir Robert Norreis *1322 Sir Henry de Wylyngton Barony of Willington of Keir Kenny (Carreg Cennen Castle) *1421 Sir John Stradling Clark, G.T. ''Cartae et Alia Munimenta quae ad Dominium de Glamorgan. Pertinent'', Cardiff, 1891, vol.4, Charter no.1116, pp.1486–1488. Witnessed inspeximus of Lord of Glamorgan dated 20 April 1421, described as ''vicec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Lewis
Anthony Robert Lewis CBE (born 6 July 1938) is a Welsh former cricketer, who captained England, became a journalist, went on to become the face of BBC Television cricket coverage between 1986 and 1998, and became president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Early life Tony Lewis was born in Swansea, the first of two children of Wilfrid Lewis and his wife Marjorie (''née'' Flower). The family moved to Neath after the Second World War. Following his service in the war as a major, Wilfrid managed an insurance office in Neath, and then joined the Civil Service. Tony Lewis attended the Gnoll School in Neath and Neath Grammar School for Boys, where he learned the violin exceptionally well and was selected to play first violin for the National Youth Orchestra of Wales, as well as playing cricket and rugby for the school. He represented the Welsh Secondary Schools v England Schools at cricket for five years and captained his country for three of them. In rugby football he made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Thomas (football)
Clive Thomas (born 27 June 1936) is a retired Welsh former football referee, who operated in the English Football League and for FIFA during his career. He came from Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley. Career Early career Thomas's original ambition was to be a professional footballer. He achieved a place on the ground staff at Norwich City, playing as an inside forward. However an ankle injury forced him to give up playing. He was then persuaded to take up refereeing at the age of sixteen. He made rapid progress, reaching the Welsh League and in 1964 became a Football League linesman. Two years later aged only thirty he became a Football League referee, one of the youngest referees of the time. Professional career In February 1973, Thomas became the first and only referee to send off the notorious Liverpool hard man Tommy Smith, although this was for speaking out of turn rather than foul play. During a long and sometimes controversial career as a referee in the old English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverley Humphreys
Beverley Anne Humphreys, MBE (born November 1947), is a Welsh operatic and concert soprano and broadcaster. She has become known for her work with refugees and in 2022 was awarded the MBE for "services to Community Cohesion and Broadcasting". Humphreys comes from Pontypridd and began her singing career with Welsh National Opera. She has performed and toured in several one-woman shows, including ''Seven Women under One Hat'', ''A Tribute to Ivor Novello'', ''With Melody in Mind'' and ''Legendary Ladies – Judy Garland, Gertrude Lawrence and Marlene Dietrich''. In 1992 Humphreys became the first singer to lead rugby crowds at the National Stadium in Cardiff in the singing of the Welsh national anthem. In 2010 she was appointed High Sheriff of Mid Glamorgan. In the early 2000s she organised an exhibition called "Let Paul Robeson Sing!" to commemorate Paul Robeson's links with Wales. Humphreys presents music programmes on BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Wales is a Wales, Welsh n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Wilding
Barbara Rees Wilding, (born June 1950) is a British retired senior police officer. She served as Chief Constable of South Wales Police, the first woman to hold the post. Wilding began her career as a cadet in Jersey Police''Fair Cop: A Century of British Policewomen'', BBC, 2015 in 1967 and was appointed constable in 1970. The following year she transferred to the Metropolitan Police where she served as an operational detective at New Scotland Yard. Wilding was involved in the identification of victims from the sinking of the pleasure cruiser ''Marchioness'' on the River Thames in 1989. She became an Assistant Chief Constable in Kent Constabulary in 1994. In 1998, she returned to the Metropolitan Police as Deputy Assistant Commissioner, and served as Director of Strategic Resources and also Specialist Operations, where she commanded the Security and Protection Directorate which included protection of Ministers, Royal Family, Special Branch, Heathrow Airport, covert intellig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriffs Of Glamorgan
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Mid Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan () is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996 it was also an administrative county with a county council. Mid Glamorgan was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It consisted of part of the former administrative county of Glamorgan and the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, along with the parishes of Penderyn and Vaynor from Brecknockshire and the urban districts of Bedwas and Machen, Rhymney and part of Bedwellty, from Monmouthshire. It was divided into six districts: * Cynon Valley *Ogwr *Merthyr Tydfil *Rhondda * Rhymney Valley * Taff-Ely Mid Glamorgan and its component districts were abolished in 1996 and the area split into the unitary authorities of Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf and part of Caerphilly as a result of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994. The communities of Wick, St Brides Major, Ewenny (from the Ogwr district) became part of the Vale of Glamorgan county borough, while Pentyrch (from the Taff-E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
