Robert Peake may refer to: Robert Peake the Elder (c. 1551–1619), English painter Sir Robert Peake (printer) (c. 1592–1667), print-seller and royalist...
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Robert Peake the Elder (c. 1551–1619) was an English painter active in the later part of Elizabeth I's reign and for most of the reign of James I. In 1604...
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Sir Robert Peake (c.1607–1667) was an English print-seller and royalist. He published a number of engravings by William Faithorne. Peake was a grandson...
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Maxine Peake (born 14 July 1974) is an English actress and narrator. She is known for her roles as Twinkle in dinnerladies, a sitcom on BBC One (1998–2000)...
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contemporary J. R. R. Tolkien, but Peake's surreal fiction was influenced by his early love for Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson rather than Tolkien's...
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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, KG, PC (/ˈdɛvəˌruː/; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth...
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the top hat. England, 1592 (Portrait of an Unknown Lady, attributed to Robert Peake the Elder) England, 1600s (Detail from a contemporary engraving of the...
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Cardington Airfield, Catopsilia pomona, Portrait of the Prince of Wales by Robert Peake the Elder, Fire engine in Zürich, A Shot Glass of Chartreuse liqueur...
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British politician Pat Peake (born 1973), American ice hockey player Richard Brinsley Peake (1792–1847), English dramatist Robert Peake the elder (c. 1551–1619)...
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William Peake (c. 1580–1639) was an English painter and printseller. He was the son of the painter Robert Peake the Elder, and father of the printseller...
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seen in a Jacobean era portrait of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales by Robert Peake the Elder (above). The prince's capotain hat is made of felt using the...
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Major Timothy Nigel Peake CMG (born 7 April 1972) is a retired British European Space Agency astronaut, Army Air Corps officer and author. He is the first...
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her father's birthday, 19 June, Elizabeth danced at Worksop Manor with Robert Cecil's son. Elizabeth remained at court for a few weeks, but "there is...
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of State Robert Cecil that "she was more contented with her pictures than he with his great employments." However, in November 1600 Robert Cecil had...
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Neville, 5th Earl of Westmorland. A second portrait of Catherine by Robert Peake the Elder, dated 1590, resides at Burton Constable Hall. "CONSTABLE,...
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landholder John Robert Peake. The area was originally part of a land grant to Captain John Townson.[citation needed] John Robert Peake bought 10 acres...
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placed under the charge of Elizabeth, Lady Carey, the wife of courtier Sir Robert Carey, who put him in boots made of Spanish leather and brass to help strengthen...
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1603, at first jointly with Leonard Fryer and from 1610 jointly with Robert Peake the Elder. John de Critz's father was Troilus de Critz, a goldsmith from...
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in the previous reign, continued under James, producing figures like Robert Peake the Elder (died 1619), William Larkin (fl. 1609–19), and Sir Nathaniel...
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Brigadier Robert William Peake, (born 1903) was a British Army officer who briefly served as acting General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division during...
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English noblewoman Elizabeth Poulett wearing a piccadill, painted by Robert Peake the Elder in 1616 A French nobleman wearing a piccadill, painted by Frans...
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VI of Scotland and I of England by a group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who considered their actions attempted tyrannicide and who sought...
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experience in chyrurgerie", that is "surgery". Her portrait, attributed to Robert Peake the Elder, survives at Helmingham. In 2016, a British television programme...
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Flemish—served as the basis for the English translation of Books I-V published by Robert Peake in London in 1611. Fourth-hand though it was, it remained the most complete...
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John Townson. John Robert Peake bought his land from William Hebblewhite in 1838. School Inspector Huffer suggested that Peake's name be used to name...
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first on 19 May 1597 to Charity White (d. 18 December 1618), daughter to Robert White. Secondly on 22 April 1620 to Mary Cokayne, daughter of Sir William...
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Philip Sidney at age 16. Her second husband was Queen Elizabeth's favourite, Robert Devereaux Earl of Essex, with whom she had five children. Two years after...
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his second wife, Sir John Constable. A second portrait of Catherine by Robert Peake the Elder, dated 1590, resides at Burton Constable Hall. His second wife...
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procession with Queen Elizabeth I in a litter is depicted in a painting by Robert Peake the Elder. Afterwards there was a feast and a masque, a 'strange dance...
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administrators of his estates and incomes. In 1596 Queen Elizabeth, via Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and his secretary Anthony Bacon, sent her miniature...
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