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Worsleys
have made the headlines for one reason or another throughout
history. Here are a few that I have found out about. They are not
listed in any particular order: |
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Frank Arthur
Worsley(1872-1943)
Born in New Zealand; Antarctic explorer--Worsley was
Captain of the "Endurance" on the British
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17 under E. Shackleton, and was a
member of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition 1921-2 and was joint
leader of the British Arctic Expedition to Franz Josef Land
1925.(Now called Zemlya Frantsa Isofia) |
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Charles Worsley (1622-1656)
Made Lt. Col. of Cromwell's Lancashire Regiment in 1650. Reduced
the Isle of Man in 1651 and commanded the detachment which
expelled the Long Parliament in 1652. Became first Member of
Parliament for Manchester, England in 1654 for a short time. Made
Major General for Staffordshire,Lancashire and Cheshire in 1655. |
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Educated at Winchester and Oxford, became the
7th Baronet in 1768. Held various political and diplomatic posts
including;One of the clerks comptrollers of the green cloth,
1777; |
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- Clerk of privy council and comptroller of George III's
household, 1779;
- Privy councillor, 1780;
- British resident in Venice;
- Govenor of the Isle of Wight;
- Member of Parliament for Newport, Isle of Wight,
1774-1784
- Member of Parliament for Newtown, Isle of Wight,
1790-1793 and 1796-1801;
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He published an account of his travels through the
Levant in 1794-1803 and a history of the Isle of Wight.
He sued the lover of his unfaithful wife, Lady Seymour, for £20,000
however, after hearing that this man was only one of 27 that Lady
Seymour had been unfaithful with, the judge awarded Sir Richard
the amount that he considered his wife to be worth... 1 shilling!
(Approximately 5 pence or 3 cents)
A descendant of Sir Richard, one Charles Anderson Worsley
(2nd Earl of Yarborough, died 1897) is said to have bet a thousand
to one against the dealing of a hand in bridge or whist containing
no ace and no card higher than a nine . This hand has since become
known as 'a Yarborough'. |
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Katharine, Duchess of Kent was born on 22 February
1933, the youngest child and only daughter of the late Sir William
Worsley. Her father, the fourth Baronet, captained the Yorkshire
Cricket Club Team, was President of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket
Club) and was for 14 years Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of
Yorkshire. She grew up at the family home,
Hovingham Hall
near York, where the Worsleys have lived since the early eighteenth
century.
The
Duchess first met Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, when he was
stationed at Catterick near Richmond in 1956. Their engagement was
announced in March 1961 and they were married in York Minster on 8
June that year. They have three children and five grandchildren.
The children are George, Earl of St. Andrews; Lady Helen Windsor;
and Lord Nicholas Windsor. The Duke and Duchess's children do not
carry out official royal duties.
The official web site gives more details
on the Duchess
of Kent |
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John Worsley was born in Liverpool, England but
spent his early years in Kenya. From the age of nine he was educated
in England and completed his studies with three years at Goldsmiths
School of Art. On leaving art school he worked as a freelance artist
until September 1939 when he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer
Reserve. As well as normal duties he made drawings of naval life in
the capacity of active service war artist on the staff of the
Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean in 1943. Directed to "Get
into the Lion's mouth", he survived the torpedoing of HMS
Laurentic and capture by the Germans on the North Adriatic island of
Lussin Piccolo. Whilst in a German POW camp he continued to work,
depicting some of the Prisoner of War life around him and aiding in
the escape of a fellow prisoner by producing a dummy, "Albert
R.N." which successfully took the escaper's place at several
roll calls. The escape was later made into a film in 1953 and again
he made the dummy that was used. In 1946 he completed his war artist
work by painting many senior naval and military officers and, over
the years since then, he has continued to paint portraits and marine
subjects. 61 of his paintings hang in the Imperial War Museum in
London and another 29 are owned by the National Maritime Museum. He
also extended his art activities to include projects as diverse as
depicting life on the oil fields in the U.S. and Iraq, drawing a
strip cartoon, illustrating books and producing police photo-fit
pictures. A book showing many of his paintings and describing
his wartime adventures was published in 1993. 'John Worsley's War'
by John Worsley and Kenneth Giggal. Published by Airlife Publishing
Ltd. (ISBN 1 85310 257 1). |
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Sir James Worsley 1491 - 1538
Great-great-great-great-great grandfather to Sir Richard
Worsley (see above). Sir James had been a page at the court of
King Henry VII. It was an offence at that time for anyone to
strike a Prince of the realm so James was elected to be the "whipping
boy" for Prince Henry, later to become King Henry VIII. If
the Prince was naughty, James was beaten in his place. Career
wise, it did him more good than harm as he was knighted when Henry
VIII became king and was made Keeper of the Wardrobe and Captain
of the Isle of Wight, starting a dynasty that only ended in the
mid-1800s. He had a country house built at Appuldurcombe on the
island where the King stayed on one occasion . |
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Wallace Worsley 1878 - 1944
Wallace Worsley, born in Wappingers Falls,
New York, USA, was a film director in the early days of the
industry. Among the films he directed are: |
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Released |
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Wedlock |
1918 |
Starred John Gilbert |
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The Penalty |
1920 |
The first of 5 films that Wallace would
direct starring Lon Chaney. |
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Ace of Hearts |
1921 |
Starred Lon Chaney. |
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A Blind Bargain |
1922 |
Starred Lon Chaney. |
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Voices of the City |
1922 |
Starred Lon Chaney. |
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Grand Larceny |
1922 |
Starred Lowell Sherman |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
1923 |
Starred Lon Chaney. Considered to be one of
his best films. The first screen adaptation of Victor Hugo's
novel. |
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The Shadow of the Law |
1926 |
Starred Clara Bow. |
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Edward Worsley 1605 - 1676
Became a professor of philosophy, logic, and Scripture. He was
made a professed father 20 Sept., 1641. He became rector of the
college at Liège from 1658 till 1662, where he was made
procurator at the professed house at Antwerp. His chief works,
are: "Truth will out" (1665); "Protestancy without
Principles" (1668); "Reason and Religion" (1672); "The
Infallibility of the Roman Catholic Church" (1674); "A
Discourse of Miracles" (1676); and "Anti-Goliath"
(1678), published after his death. For more information try
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/w.htm |
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The following people have been
recommended as fit for inclusion:
T.C.Worsley the writer, theatre critic and intellectual,
Francis Worsley who produced the programme ITMA during the war;
Roger Worsley his son, the writer and broadcaster;
Bill Worsley the opera singer and later a BBC producer.
If anybody has further information about
any of these people I would love to hear from you.
If you know of any that aren't listed above
and you think should be in here, please
email me their details. |
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