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Robarts (other)
Robarts or Robartes may refer to: Surnames * Charles Robartes (1660–1723), Second Earl of Radnor *Gerald Robarts (1878–1961), British soldier and squash rackets player *John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (1606–1685), succeeded his father, Richard, as Baron Robartes *John Robarts (1917–1982), Canadian politician * John Robarts (Baháʼí) (1901–1991), Canadian Baháʼí, a Hand of the Cause of God * John Robarts (VC) (1818–1888), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * Richard Robarts (born 1944), English Formula One driver * Robert Robartes (1634–1682), Viscount Bodmin *Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden (1844-1930) known as Lord Robartes from 1882 to 1899 Other uses *Baron Robartes, a British hereditary peerage first created on 1625 for Richard Robartes *Robarts Library, the main humanities and social sciences library of the University of Toronto *Robarts Research Institute, a non-profit medical research facility in London, Ontario with a staff of nearly 600 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Robartes, 2nd Earl Of Radnor
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (James (wikt:Appendix:Proto-Indo-European/ǵerh₂-">ĝer-, where the ĝ is a palatal consonant, meaning "to rub; to be old; grain." An old man has been worn away and is now grey with age. In some Slavic languages, the name ''Drago (given name), Drago'' (and variants: ''Drago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Robarts
Gerald Robarts (15 April 1878 – 27 December 1961) was a British Army officer, banker, and leading squash rackets player. He was a director of Coutts & Co. until 1931. Early life Robarts was born in Buckinghamshire on 15 April 1878. He was the second son of Abraham John Robarts and the former Hon. Edith Barrington, a daughter of Percy Barrington, 8th Viscount Barrington. He had an older brother, John, and four sisters, Mary Edith, Elsie, Marjorie Alice, and Laura Louise. Although Robarts's father was the tenant at Lillingstone Dayrell of the Dayrell family, in 1868 he paid for the restoration of the parish church. He was High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1869, and in 1882 he built Tile House, Lillingstone Dayrell, where he later lived, designed by Ewan Christian and described by Pevsner as “Neo-Elizabethan, big and forbidding with groups of huge chimneys. His grandson David was High Sheriff in 1963. Through his paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Sarah Smyth, Robarts was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robartes, 1st Earl Of Radnor
John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor (160617 July 1685) was an English politician, peer and military officer who fought for the Roundheads, Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. He retired from public life before the trial and execution of Charles I (1649) and did not take an active part in politics until after the Restoration (England), Restoration in 1660. During the reign of Charles II of England, Charles II he opposed the Cavalier party (because he wished for more tolerance of non-Anglican religious sects). Toward the end of his life he opposed the more extreme Protestant groups, led by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, who refused to accept the succession of James because he was a self-declared Catholic. Early life John Robartes was born in Truro, where his father Richard Robartes was knighted in 1616, created a baronet in 1621 and raised to the peerage as Baron Robartes of Truro in 1625. The family had amassed wealth by trading in tin, wood and gor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robarts
John Parmenter Robarts (January 11, 1917 – October 18, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th premier of Ontario from 1961 to 1971. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Early life Robarts was born in Banff, Alberta, to Herbert Roberts and Ellen Florence May Robarts, making him the only Ontario premier not to have been born in Ontario. As a young man, he moved to London, Ontario, with his family, where he studied at Central Collegiate (today, London Central Secondary School) and at the University of Western Ontario (UWO) in business administration. While attending UWO, he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. He played for Western Mustangs football, coached by John P. Metras. Robarts enrolled to study law at Osgoode Hall Law School, but his education was interrupted by service with the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. He served as an officer on . After the war, he returned to law school and graduated in 1948. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robarts (Baháʼí)
John Aldham Robarts (November 2, 1901 – June 18, 1991) was a prominent Canadian Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼí. He was born in 1901 in Waterloo, Ontario, to Aldham Wilson Robarts and Rachel Mary Montgomery-Campbell. His sister was Marjorie Campbell Robarts, who survived the sinking of the Allan Line Royal Mail Steamers, Allan liner ''RMS Hesperian'' in September 1915. In 1957, Shoghi Effendi appointed Robarts a Hands of the Cause, Hand of the Cause of God, the highest office to which an individual could be appointed in the Baháʼí Faith. His travels as a Hand included Southern Rhodesia, Morocco, Liberia, Cameroon, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Hawaii, Jamaica, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Western Samoa. He died in Rawdon, Quebec, Rawdon, Quebec, on 18 June 1991. References * Canadian Bahá'ís Hands of the Cause 1901 births 1991 deaths 20th-century Bahá' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robarts (VC)
John Robarts VC (c. 1818 – 17 October 1888) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Robarts was born in Chacewater, Cornwall, and joined the Royal Navy in 1842. He was about 37 years old, and a gunner in the Royal Navy during the Crimean War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 29 May 1855 in the Sea of Azov, Crimea, Gunner Robarts of HMS ''Ardent'' with two lieutenants, Cecil Buckley Captain Cecil William Buckley VC (7 October 1828 – 7 December 1872) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth ... and Hugh Burgoyne, one from HMS ''Miranda'' and the other from HMS ''Swallow'', volunteered to land on a beach where the Russian army were in strength. They were out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Robarts
Richard Robarts (born 22 September 1944) is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in 4 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 January 1974. He scored no championship points. Robarts began his career in Formula Ford, competing from 1969 to 1972. In 1973 he drove a GRD in Formula Three and shared the Lombard North Central, British Formula 3 championship with Tony Brise. After paying for an F1 drive with Brabham in 1974, Robarts lost it after three races to the better-funded Rikky von Opel. He later found a seat with Williams, but before Robarts could start a race, the team gave the opportunity to Tom Belsø instead. Robarts later raced in Formula 2 Formula Two (F2) is a type of open-wheel formula racing category first codified in 1948. It was replaced in 1985 by Formula 3000, but revived by the FIA from 2009 to 2012 in the form of the FIA Formula Two Championship. The name returned aga ... before moving on to other series. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin
Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin (7 February 1634 – 8 February 1682) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, House of Commons between 1660 and 1679. He was later ambassador to Denmark. Robartes was the eldest son of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor and his wife Lucy Rich, second daughter of Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick.s:Robartes, John (DNB00), Dictionary of National Biography He was educated at Felsted School in Essex and Christ's College, Cambridge In 1660, Robartes was elected Member of Parliament for Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency), Cornwall in the Convention Parliament (1660), Convention Parliament. He was elected MP (Member of Parliament) for Bossiney (UK Parliament constituency), Bossiney in 1661 for the Cavalier Parliament and sat until 1679. He was List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Denmark, ambassador to Denmark in 1681. Robartes died in 1682 at the court of Denmark at the age of 48, predeceasin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden
Thomas Charles Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden (1 January 1844 – 19 July 1930), styled The Honourable Thomas Agar-Robartes between 1869 and 1882 and known as The Lord Robartes from 1882 to 1899, was a British landowner and Liberal politician. Background and education Agar-Robartes was born at Grosvenor Place, London, the son of Thomas Agar-Robartes, 1st Baron Robartes, and Juliana Pole-Carew, daughter of Reginald Pole-Carew, of East Antony, Cornwall. He was educated at Harrow and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the Bar at the Middle Temple in 1870. On the death of his father in 1882 he inherited the Lanhydrock estate in Cornwall and arranged for Lanhydrock House to be rebuilt following a fire in 1881 that had killed his mother. He and his family were to live there from 1885. Public life In 1880 Agar-Robartes was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Cornwall East, a seat he held until 1882, when he succeeded his father in the barony and ente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baron Robartes
Baron Robartes was a title that was created twice in British history. It was first created in the Peerage of England on 26 January 1625 for Sir Richard Robartes, 1st Baronet. This creation became extinct in 1757. The second creation came in the Peerage of the United Kingdom The Peerage of the United Kingdom is one of the five peerages in the United Kingdom. It comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Acts of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great B ... on 13 December 1869 for Thomas Agar-Robartes. First creation (1625) Second creation (1869) References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Robartes, Baron 1625 establishments in England Extinct baronies in the Peerage of England Extinct baronies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1625 Noble titles created in 1869 Peerages created for UK MPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robarts Library
The John P. Robarts Research Library, commonly referred to as Robarts Library, is the main humanities and social sciences library of the University of Toronto Libraries and the largest individual library in the university, located at the University of Toronto#St. George campus, St. George campus in Downtown Toronto. Opened in 1973 and named for John Robarts, the 17th Premier of Ontario, the library contains more than 4.5 million bookform items, 4.1 million microform items and 740,000 other items. The library building is an example of brutalist architecture. Its towering main structure rests on an equilateral triangular footprint and features extensive use of triangular geometric patterns throughout. It forms the main component of a three-tower complex that also includes the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library and the Claude T. Bissell Building, which houses the University of Toronto Faculty of Information, Faculty of Information. The library's imposing appearance has earned it the nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robarts Research Institute
The Robarts Research Institute is a medical research institute at the University of Western Ontario, as part of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. Staff scientists work to investigate a range of diseases including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and cancer. History The institute was founded in 1986 by neurologist Henry Barnett, known for his discovery of aspirin as a preventive therapy for heart attack and stroke. Mark J. Poznansky became Scientific Director in 1993 and was awarded the Order of Canada The Order of Canada () is a Canadian state order, national order and the second-highest Award, honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ... in 2005 for his work at Robarts. Location Robarts is located in London, Ontario (1151 Richmond Street, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7). See also * PolyAnalytik References External linksOff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
