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William Webbe (other)
William Webbe (born 1550), English critic and translator. William Webbe may also refer to: * William Webbe alias Kellowe (by 1466 – 1523), MP for Salisbury *William Webbe (by 1499 – 1554), MP for Salisbury * William Webbe (by 1508 – c. 1547), MP for Huntingdon * William Webbe (fl. 1542), MP for Warwick *William Webbe (died 1585), MP for Salisbury *William Webbe (mayor) (died 1599), Lord Mayor of London *William Harold Webbe Sir William Harold Webbe, CBE DL (30 September 1885 – 22 April 1965) was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1939 to 1959. Born in Solihull, Webbe was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and ... (1885–1965), British politician See also * William Webb (other) {{hndis, Webbe, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webbe
William Webbe (fl. 1568–1591) was an English critic and translator. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a tutor for distinguished families, including the two sons of Edward Sulyard of Flemyngs, Essex, and later the children of Henry Grey of Pirgo, also in Essex. Webbe wrote a '' Discourse of English Poetrie'' (1586), dedicated to Sulyard, in which he discusses prosody and reviews English poetry up to his own day. He argued that the dearth of good English poetry since Chaucer's day was not due to lack of poetic ability, or to the poverty of the language, but to the want of a proper system of prosody. He decried rhyming verse, showed enthusiasm for Spenser's ''The Shepheardes Calender'', and urged the adoption of hexameters and sapphics for English verse He also translated Virgil's first two ''Eclogues.'' A letter by Webbe to Robert Wilmot (fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webbe Alias Kellowe
William Webbe alias Kellowe (by 1466 – 1523), of Salisbury, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Salisbury Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ... in 1504 and 1510. References 15th-century births 1523 deaths Politicians from Salisbury English MPs 1504 English MPs 1510 Year of birth missing {{16thC-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webbe (by 1499 – 1554)
William Webbe (by 1499 – 1554), of Salisbury, Wiltshire, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Salisbury Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ... in 1529 and 1536. References Politicians from Salisbury 15th-century births 1554 deaths English MPs 1529–1536 English MPs 1536 {{1529-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webbe (by 1508 – C
William Webbe (fl. 1568–1591) was an English critic and translator. He attended Trinity College, Cambridge, and was a tutor for distinguished families, including the two sons of Edward Sulyard of Flemyngs, Essex, and later the children of Henry Grey of Pirgo, also in Essex. Webbe wrote a '' Discourse of English Poetrie'' (1586), dedicated to Sulyard, in which he discusses prosody and reviews English poetry up to his own day. He argued that the dearth of good English poetry since Chaucer's day was not due to lack of poetic ability, or to the poverty of the language, but to the want of a proper system of prosody. He decried rhyming verse, showed enthusiasm for Spenser's ''The Shepheardes Calender'', and urged the adoption of hexameters and sapphics for English verse He also translated Virgil's first two ''Eclogues.'' A letter by Webbe to Robert Wilmot (fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webbe (died 1585)
William Webbe (died 15 April 1585) was an English politician. Webbe was Mayor of Salisbury from 1561 to 1562. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Salisbury Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ... in 1559. References Year of birth missing 1585 deaths English MPs 1559 Mayors of Salisbury {{1559-England-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Webbe (mayor)
William Webbe (died 1599) was a 16th-century English merchant and Lord Mayor of London. He was the son of John Webbe, a clothier of Reading in Berkshire. Webbe moved to London and joined the Salters' Company, one of the livery companies of the city. He was elected alderman in 1581, then as one of the Sheriffs of London later the same year. He was elected mayor in 1591, succeeding Rowland Heyward. While serving as mayor, he was the subject of a dedication of one of the works of the author Richard Johnson, his " Nine Worthies of London." After his term, he served as the president of the Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals, from 1594 until his death. He died in 1599. Webbe was related by blood or marriage to several other important figures of the time. He was the maternal uncle of William Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury. Webbe married Bennet (or Benedicta) Draper, daughter of an earlier Lord Mayor of London, Sir Christopher Draper. Two of his sisters-in-law married other Lord M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Harold Webbe
Sir William Harold Webbe, CBE DL (30 September 1885 – 22 April 1965) was a British politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1939 to 1959. Born in Solihull, Webbe was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Queens' College, Cambridge, which he attended from 1904 to 1907. During World War I, he worked at the Ministry of Munitions. He worked as a director of several companies. Webbe was a member of the London County Council from 1925 to 1949, representing Camberwell North West and then serving as an alderman, and he led the Municipal Reform Party on the council for 12 years. He was a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London. On 17 May 1939, he was first elected to Parliament in a by-election in the London constituency of Westminster Abbey, following the death of Sir Sidney Herbert, Bt. He remained the seat's MP until it was abolished for the 1950 general election, when he was elected for the new constituency of the Cities of London and We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |