Sir Swire Smith (4 March 1842 – 16 March 1918) was an English woollen manufacturer, educationalist and Liberal Party politician. In many ways he was typical...
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Swire Hotels is a division of Swire Properties Limited, a subsidiary of Swire Pacific Limited, a blue chip company quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange...
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Sophia Swire is a British social entrepreneur and impact venture capitalist with a focus on gender, climate and sustainability. Sophia Swire is the daughter...
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year, the following candidates had been selected: Labour; Hastings Lees-Smith Conservative; Gay Burdett Results compared to December 1910 election List...
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needed] Captain Sir Thomas Moore: 16 April 2020. Sir Swire Smith: March 1918. Sir Bracewell Smith: 6 February 1957. Lord Snowdon of Ickornshaw[citation...
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Black Death (film) (category Films directed by Christopher Smith)
group, which consists of soldiers Wolfstan, Griff, Dalywag, Mold, Ivo, and Swire. The group informs Osmund that the village is believed to be led by a necromancer...
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general election and became vacant on the death of the sitting MP, Sir Swire Smith on 16 March 1918. At the election, Somervell, stood as the candidate...
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Ruston (1835–1897), engineer, manufacturer, Liberal Party politician Sir Swire Smith (1842–1918), woollen manufacturer, educationalist and Liberal Party politician...
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caused by the death on 16 March 1918 of the sitting Liberal MP, Sir Swire Smith. The most recent contest in the constituency had seen a three-way battle;...
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List of Downton Abbey characters (redirect from Lavinia Swire)
Catherine Swire (played by Zoe Boyle) (1895–1919) is the sweetheart and fiancée of Matthew Crawley. She is the daughter of London solicitor Reggie Swire, to...
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Cathay Pacific (category Swire Group)
70th anniversary in 2016. As of March 2024, its major shareholders are Swire Pacific with a 45% stake, Air China with 30% and Qatar Airways with 9.9%...
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with a rateable value above £5, or whose husbands did. In March 1918 Swire Smith, the Liberal MP for Keighley died, causing a by-election on 26 April...
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he gained the 1913 Londonderry City by-election for the Liberals. Sir Swire Smith was 73 when he held the 1915 Keighley by-election for the Liberals. William...
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Taikoo Place (category Swire Group)
reachable by MTR Island line (MTR). These three complexes are all managed by Swire Properties since the beginning from Taikoo Sugar Refinery, the subsequent...
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John Gunn, Esq. Colonel Arthur Wellington Marshall Marcus Samuel, Esq. Swire Smith, Esq. Edward Knox, Esq., late Member of the Legislative Council, New...
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unveiled at Thornton Mechanics’ Institute by Joshua’s close friend, Swire Smith, who paid tribute to Joshua’s "purity of character" and lamented the...
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1911–1915 Succeeded by Sir Swire Smith Legal offices Preceded by Sir John Simon Solicitor General 1913–1915 Succeeded by Sir F. E. Smith Political offices Preceded by...
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on the Commission there were H. E. Roscoe, Philip Magnus, John Slagg, Swire Smith and William Woodall. Its secretary was Gilbert Redgrave. The Commission's...
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Hadfield (DSc) Rev. William Keeling (LLD) Thomas Newbigging (DSc) Sir Swire Smith (LLD) Kommerzienrat Friedrich Springorum (DSc) John Stead (DSc) Sir Corbert...
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in the Bible, London : Watts (1915) The Master Spinner; a Life of Sir Swire Smith, LL.D., M.P., George Allen & Unwin, Ltd, London (1921) Jack the Outlaw...
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Charles Pulley Conservative Killed in action Keighley 26 April 1918 Sir Swire Smith Liberal William Somervell Liberal Death Birmingham West 25 April 1918...
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Provincial Holdings Survation SVG Capital Swaine London Swan Song Records Swire System Simulation Takeover/Cloud 9 Takeover Entertainment TalkTalk Group...
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1918, the Liberal MP for Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Sir Swire Smith, died, causing a by-election. Although women over thirty had gained the...
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guitar Bernt Rune – stray guitar Carl Styrken – executive producer Rob Swire – musician Igor Szwec – violin Sean Tallman – engineer Marcos Taylor – engineer...
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Small as Marigold Shore (Guest, Christmas special) Zoe Boyle as Lavinia Swire (Recurring) Christine Lohr as May Bird (Guest) Christine Mackie as Daphne...
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venture with Swire Pacific Limited, reaching a total of 86 Chinese retail stores by 2017. In 2018, Columbia announced it would buy out Swire's remaining...
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Rausing Gerhard A. Ritter Sir Adam Roberts Nemak Shafik, Baroness Shafik Alfred Stepan Sir John Swire Romila Thapar Richard von Weizsäcker Sir Denis Wright...
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Cononley (section The Swire family and Cononley Hall)
Tillotson family and a number of branches of the Laycock family. Roger Swire became a land owner in Cononley about 1627 and by the later 18th century...
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consequent elevation to the peerage. Keighley Liberals chose Sir Swire Smith as their candidate. Smith was well known locally in business and public life. He had...
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Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2023. Swire, Sonnet (February 4, 2023). "What to know about the suspected Chinese spy...
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