Tyrwhitt

Tyrwhitt

Tyrwhitt is an English surname. It may refer to one of the following:

;Persons
*Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (1883-1950), also Lord Berners, a British composer, novelist, painter, and aesthete.
*Sir John Tyrwhitt, 5th Baronet, a member of the Parliament of Great Britain in the 1720s
*Mary Tyrwhitt (1903-1997), a British Army officer
*Reginald Tyrwhitt (1870-1951), a British admiral
*Richard Tyrwhitt (1844-1900), a Canadian politician
*Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730-1786), an English classical scholar and critic

;Also:
*Charles Tyrwhitt, a British mail-order clothing company
*Mount Tyrwhitt, a mountain in Alberta, Canada
*The Tyrwhitt Baronets, three baronetcies created for persons named Tyrwhitt


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  • Tyrwhitt — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (1882–1950), englischer Komponist, Schriftsteller und Maler Siehe auch: Charles Tyrwhitt, Versandhandel für Hemden Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tyrwhitt — (Thyrwhitt), Thomas, geb. 1721 in London, war 1757 Untersecretär des Kriegsdepartements, 1761–67 Secretär im Unterhaus, 1784 mit Crocherode Inspector des Britischen Museums u. st. 19. Aug. 1786; er schr.: De Babrio, Lond. 1776, Auctar. dazu 1781 …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Tyrwhitt — od. Thyrwhitt, Thomas, geb. um 1730 in England, gest. 1786 als Curator des brit. Museums, verdient als Philologe durch Ausgaben griech. Classiker, gab auch Chaucers berühmteste Dichtung, »die Canterbury. Erzählungen« (Lond. 1786) heraus …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • Tyrwhitt — Recorded in several modern spelling forms including Tyrwhitt, Truett, and Truitt, this is a surname of English origins. It is locational from a village called Trewhitt in the county of Northumberland. First recorded in the year 1115 as Tirwit,… …   Surnames reference

  • Tyrwhitt-Wilson — Tyrwhitt ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (1882–1950), englischer Komponist, Schriftsteller und Maler Siehe auch: Charles Tyrwhitt, Versandhandel für Hemden …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Tyrwhitt Baronets — There have been three Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Tyrwhitt (pronounced Tirrit ), one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.The Tyrwhitt Baronetcy, of Stainfield in the County of Lincoln …   Wikipedia

  • Tyrwhitt, Thomas — ▪ English scholar born March 27, 1730, London died Aug. 15, 1786, London  English scholar especially notable for his work on the medieval English poet Geoffrey Chaucer. In classical and English scholarship alike, Tyrwhitt showed the same… …   Universalium

  • Tyrwhitt-Wilson — biographical name Gerald Hugh 1883 1950 14th Baron Berners English composer & painter …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Tyrwhitt-Wilson — /tir it wil seuhn/, n. Gerald Hugh, 14th Baron Berners /berr neuhrz/, 1883 1950, English composer, painter, and author. * * * …   Universalium

  • TYRWHITT, THOMAS —    English scholar, the son of an English Church canon, born in London; was a Fellow of Merton in 1755, and in 1762 became clerk to the House of Commons, a post, however, which proved too arduous for him, and in 1768 he resigned; the remainder of …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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