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Redvers (given Name)
Redvers is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Redvers Buller (1839–1908), British army officer * Redvers Kyle (1929–2015), British broadcaster * Redvers Opie (1900–1984), British economist * Redvers Prior (1893–1964), British naval officer and politician * Redvers Sangoe (1936–1964), Welsh boxer * Redvers Smith (1903–?), English professional footballer See also * Redvers (other) {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redvers Buller
General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, (7 December 1839 – 2 June 1908) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He served as Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in South Africa during the early months of the Second Boer War and subsequently commanded the army in Natal until his return to England in November 1900. Origins Buller was the second son and eventual heir of James Wentworth Buller (1798–1865), MP for Exeter, by his wife Charlotte Juliana Jane Howard-Molyneux-Howard (d.1855), third daughter of Lord Henry Thomas Howard-Molyneux-Howard, Deputy Earl Marshal and younger brother of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk. Redvers Buller was born on 7 December 1839 at the family estate of Downes, near Crediton in Devon, inherited by his great-grandfather James Buller (1740–1772) from his mother Elizabeth Gould, the wife of James Bul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redvers Kyle
Redvers Buller Kyle (25 November 1929 – 18 November 2015) was a South African-born British broadcaster, voice over artist, actor and composer, best known for his work on the ITV network in the United Kingdom over forty years. Biography Redvers Kyle was born in Germiston, South Africa and named after General Sir Redvers Buller, the British military commander in the early stages of the Anglo-Boer War. During his university studies, he began his broadcasting career with the South African Broadcasting Corporation in Johannesburg, mostly in children's programmes, and appeared in dramatic productions including ''Boy with a Cart'', which won him an award at a national drama festival. Kyle emigrated to England in August 1952, and spent a year as a primary school teacher in south London before becoming a freelance radio and television broadcaster. His involvement with ITV began in its first month - September 1955 - when he appeared in the series ''Sunday Afternoon'' for ATV. He also m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redvers Opie
Redvers Opie (1900–1984) was a British economist. On the recommendation of John Maynard Keynes, he became the United Kingdom Treasury representative in Washington, D.C., as Counsellor and economic adviser at the British Embassy, 1939–46, and was one of the five members of the UK delegation to the Bretton Woods Conference, which gave birth to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Life Opie married a daughter of the American economist F. W. Tausigg. Opie was educated at Durham University, he taught at Oxford University where he eventually became the Bursar of Magdalen College. He later went on to do a doctorate at Harvard University, where he became a member of the teaching staff. Among many books, Opie is perhaps most famous for his translation of ''The Theory of Economic Development: An Inquiry into Profits, Capital, Credit, Interest, and the Business Cycle'' (part of the Harvard Economic Studies series) by Joseph A. Schumpeter. Translated from the 1911 ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redvers Prior
Commander Redvers Michael Prior, DSO, DSC, (29 September 1893 - 4 November 1964) was a Conservative Member of Parliament, representing Birmingham Aston from 1943 to 1945, and an officer in the Royal Navy. Military career Prior joined the Navy as a midshipman in January 1912, and was promoted to acting sub-lieutenant in May 1914, substantive sub-lieutenant in January 1915, and full lieutenant in July 1916, in which rank he was serving at the end of the war. He was promoted to lieutenant-commander in 1924, and later retired from the Navy.Allied Warship Commanders - Redvers Michael Prior DSO, DSC, RN uboat.net In February 1940 he returned to active service in command of the anti-submarine trawler ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redvers Sangoe
Redvers Sangoe (6 July 1936 – 14 August 1964) was a Welsh light heavyweight boxer. Based in Tiger Bay in Cardiff, Sangoe's professional career spanned from 1956 to 1960 and he held the Welsh light heavyweight title from 1958 to 1960, successfully defending it on two occasions. In 1964 Sangoe was involved in a street brawl and died from a stab wound sustained in the encounter. Personal history Sangoe was born in Tiger Bay in Cardiff in 1936. He was educated at St. Mary's School before he switched to South Church Street School.Jones (2007) p.51 As a school boy some of his peers would later become boxers under the same management, including Joe Erskine. Erskine's father was one of Sangoe's first boxing trainers which he took up at the age of twelve. Sangoe won a Welsh schoolboy's boxing title, and after leaving school became the British Army Lightheavyweight Champion. Sangoe turned professional in 1956, under the management of Eddie Dumazel, and on 16 July he faced his first pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redvers Smith
Redvers Smith (1 December 1903 – after 1932), commonly known as Reg Smith, was an English professional association football, footballer who made 143 English Football League, Football League appearances playing as a full back (association football), full back for Brighton & Hove Albion. Life and career Smith was born in Rotherham, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He played for Midland Football League (1889), Midland League club Scunthorpe & Lindsey United before joining Brighton & Hove Albion in 1923. Although the team had considerable strength at full back (association football), full back during the 1920s, Smith averaged 20 league matches a season for the seven seasons he spent in the first team, and was appointed captain for 1929–30. An injury early in that campaign effectively ended his professional career, although he remained on the club's books until 1931. He then played amateur football for Shoreham F.C., Shoreham. References 1903 births Year of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
