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Marie-Noële Kelly
Renée Octavie Ghislaine Marie-Noële Kelly, Lady Kelly (; 25 December 1901 – 22 February 1995) was a Belgian-born English hostess and traveler. She was posted abroad to Sweden, Egypt, Argentina, Switzerland, Turkey and the Soviet Union as the wife of David Kelly, the Head of Chancery, later Ambassador there. Kelly travelled widely throughout her life and published several books ''Turkish Delights'', ''Mirror to Russia'', ''Picture Book of Russia'' and ''This Delicious Land Portugal''. She wrote about her travels in '' Country Life'' magazine and the ''London Evening Standard'' newspaper. Biography On 25 December 1901, Marie-Noelle Kelly was born in Belgium into an aristocratic family. She was the eldest of three daughters of Charles de Jourda de Vaux, comte de Vaux, whose ancestors emigrated from France during the French Revolution. Baron George Snoy, the author of a series of travel guides in the 1860s and traveller, was Kelly's maternal grandfather. Her ancestors on her fath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kelly (diplomat)
Sir David Victor Kelly (14 September 1891 – 27 March 1959) was a British diplomat who was Minister to Switzerland and Ambassador to Argentina, Turkey, and the Soviet Union. Education Kelly was educated at St Paul's School, London, and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was a demy (scholar) and gained a first class degree in modern history in 1913. Career Kelly passed the entrance examination for the Foreign Office in 1914 but on the outbreak of the First World War he volunteered for the army and was commissioned in the Leicestershire Regiment. He was brigade intelligence officer for the 110th Infantry Brigade (formed from Leicestershire Regiment battalions and known as the Leicester Tigers) from 1915. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917. After the war Kelly joined the Diplomatic Service and served in Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Mexico, Brussels, Stockholm and Cairo. He was Minister to Switzerland 1940–42 followed by appointments as Ambassador to Argentina 1942–46, to Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Kelly (writer)
Laurence Kelly (born 11 April 1933) is an English writer. He was born in Brussels, the son of a diplomat father Sir David Kelly and his wife Marie-Noële (née de Vaux). He was educated at Downside and New College, Oxford where he got a scholarship to study history. He first visited Moscow in 1950, where his father was serving as the British ambassador. Serving in the Life Guards, he learnt Russian and became an army interpreter. He also served in the Foreign Office in the mid-1950s. As a writer, he wrote acclaimed biographies of two important Russian figures from the early 19th century: Mikhail Lermontov and Alexander Griboyedov. He won the Cheltenham Prize for ''Lermontov: Tragedy in the Caucasus''. He has also edited literary anthologies on Moscow, St Petersburg and Istanbul. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) is a learned society founded in 1820 by George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV to "reward l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Our Most Holy Redeemer And St Thomas More, Chelsea
The Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, also referred to as Holy Redeemer Church, is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Chelsea, London. it was built in the 19th century and opened on 23 October 1895. It was designed by Edward Goldie. It is situated on the corner of Upper Cheyne Row and Cheyne Row, next to Carlyle's House in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is Listed building#England and Wales, listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. History Construction In the early 1890s, Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal Herbert Vaughan requested Canon Cornelius James Keens to go to Chelsea and create a Mission (Christianity), mission to serve the local Catholic population.History from HolyRedeemerChelsea.co.uk, retrieved 4 February 2015 In 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea, London
Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Kilometre zero#Great Britain, Charing Cross by approximately . It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the SW postcode area, south-western postal area. Chelsea historically formed a manor and parish in the Ossulstone hundred of Middlesex, which became the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea in 1900. It merged with the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington, forming the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea upon the creation of Greater London in 1965. The exclusivity of Chelsea as a result of its high property prices historically resulted in the coining of the term "Sloane Ranger" in the 1970s to describe some of its residents, and some of those of nearby areas. Chelsea is home to one of the largest communities of Americans living outside the United States, with 6.53% of Chelsea residents having been born in the U.S. History Early history The word ''Chelsea'' (also formerly ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlyle Square
Carlyle Square is a garden square off the King's Road in London's Chelsea district, SW3. The square was laid out on market gardens and was originally called Oakley Square. It was later named in honour of the writer Thomas Carlyle in 1872. The garden at the centre of the square was the site of the annual summer party held by the broadcaster David Frost. The party attracted many notable people from British and international society, politics and broadcasting, and was described by the ''Daily Telegraph'' in 2008 as "an important fixture for the London media and political party season". 1, 2 and 3, and 40, 41 and 42 Carlyle Square are listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England in two groups. Notable residents No. 2 was the home of the literary brothers Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell in the early 1920s. The composer William Walton lived for many years with the Sitwells at Carlyle Square. No. 6 was the home of actress Sybil Thorndike from 1921 to 1932. 18 Carlyle S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inch, County Wexford
Inch () is located in County Wexford, Ireland on the R772 road between Arklow and Gorey. In September 2007 Inch was bypassed, having formerly been on the N11 Dublin to Wexford road. There is a creamery in Inch run by Glanbia. Nearby villages include Castletown and Coolgreany. Transport Rail Inch had a station on the Dublin to Rosslare railway line, but the station is now closed. Inch railway station opened on 1 July 1885, closed for goods traffic on 9 June 1947, and finally closed altogether on 30 March 1964. Bus Inch is served by a Local Link bus on Tuesdays linking it to Gorey via Castletown. Until 2012 Inch was served by Bus Éireann route 2, which then operated between Dublin Airport and Rosslare Harbour The village of Rosslare Harbour (), also known as Ballygeary, grew up to serve the needs of the harbour of the same name (now called Rosslare Europort), first developed in 1906 by the Great Western Railway and the Great Southern and Western Rai .... Previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Council
The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language (and the Welsh language in Argentina); encouraging cultural, scientific, technological and educational cooperation with the United Kingdom. The organisation has been called a soft power extension of UK foreign policy, as well as a tool for propaganda. The British Council is governed by a Royal charter#United Kingdom, royal charter. It is also a Government-owned corporation, public corporation and an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Its headquarters are in Stratford, London, Stratford, London. Its chair is Paul Thompson (administrator), Paul Thompson and its chief executive is Scott McDonald. History 1930s-40s In 1934, the British Foreign Office officials created the "British Committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign, Commonwealth And Development Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom. The office was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID). The FCO was itself created in 1968 by the merger of the Foreign Office (FO) and the Commonwealth Office. The department in its various forms is responsible for representing and promoting British interests worldwide. The head of the FCDO is the Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom), secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, commonly abbreviated to "foreign secretary". This is regarded as one of the four most prestigious positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet – the Great Offices of State – alongside those of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Russia
Southern Russia or the South of Russia ( rus, Юг России, p=juk rɐˈsʲiɪ) is a Colloquialism, colloquial term for the southernmost geographic portion of European Russia. The term is generally used to refer to the region of Russia's Southern Federal District and North Caucasian Federal District. The term is informal and does not conform to any official areas of the Russia, Russian Federation as designated by the OKATO, Russian Classification on Objects of Administrative Division (OKATO). History The Caucasus has been inhabited for millennia. Eastern Slavic tribes, like the Antes (people), Antes, inhabited Southern Russia at least from the 3rd century. Southern Russia played an important role in the influence of Byzantine Empire, Byzantine culture on Russia. Iran, Persian culture has also left its traces in Southern Russia. At the beginning of the second millennium, between Volga and Don, Turkic tribes established in the South of Russia Tatar states. According to histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Russia
European Russia is the western and most populated part of the Russia, Russian Federation. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the country's sparsely populated and vastly larger eastern part, Siberia, which is situated in Asia, encompassing the entire North Asia, northern region of the continent. The two parts of Russia are divided by the Ural Mountains and Ural (river), Ural river, bisecting the Eurasia, Eurasian supercontinent. European Russia covers the vast majority of Eastern Europe, and spans roughly 40% of Europe's total landmass, with over 15% of its total population, making Russia the List of European countries by area, largest and List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe. The region is divided into five Federal districts of Russia, Federal districts. Area and demographics European Russia accounts for about 80% of Russia's total population. It covers an area of over , with a population of nearly 110 million—making R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Süreyya Ağaoğlu
Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903 – 29 December 1989) was a Turkish- Azerbaijani writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history.Ghada Talhami. Historical Dictionary of Women in the Middle East and North Africa'. Scarecrow Press; 19 December 2012. . p. 355–.Fahri Sakal. Ağaoğlu Ahmed Bey'. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi; 1999. . p. 13, 47, 62. Early life and education Ağaoğlu was the daughter of Ahmet Ağaoğlu, a prominent Azerbaijani and later Turkish politician of the early 20th century.İbrahim Sarı. Türk Tarihinde Kadın: Türklerde Kadın Baş Tacıydı…'. noktaekitap; 1 March 2018. GGKEY:9RDRN2BTDSL. p. 93–. After the fall of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1920, the Ağaoğlus moved to Turkey where Süreyya enrolled in the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University.Bekir Bakan. Türkiye'deki Kadın Hak İhlalleri'. Cinius Yayınları; 1 June 2012. . p. 148–. Career After graduation Ağaoğlu worked as a lawyer from 1927 to her death in 1989. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of St Michael And St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour of two military saints, Michael (archangel), Michael and Saint George, George. The Order of St Michael and St George was originally awarded to those holding commands or high position in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean territories acquired in the Napoleonic Wars, and it was subsequently extended to holders of similar office or position in other territories of the British Empire. It is at present awarded to men and women who hold high office or who render extraordinary or important non-military service to the United Kingdom in a foreign country, and it can also be conferred for important or loyal service in relation to foreign and Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth affairs. Description The three classes of ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
