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Eustace Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (June 27, 1912 – December 12, 2016), publishing as E. R. Braithwaite, was a Guyanese-born British-American novelist, writer, teacher and diplomat best known for his stories of social conditions and racial discrimination against black people.
To Sir, With Love is a 1959 autobiographical novel by E. R. Braithwaite set in the East End of London. The novel is based on the true story of Braithwaite accepting a teaching post in a secondary school. The novel, in 22 chapters, gives insight into the politics of race and class in postwar London.
The Jones baronetcy, of Treeton in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 23 May 1919 for the Yorkshire industrialist Frederick Jones. His son, the 2nd Baronet, was also a businessman. The family seat is Irnham Hall in Irnham, Lincolnshire. Irnham Hall; the seat of the Jones baronets of Treeton
Braithwaite baronets, of Burnham (1954): see Sir Gurney Braithwaite, 1st Baronet (1895–1958) This page was last edited on 3 July 2024, at 01: ...
Jones baronets of Albemarlis (1643): see Sir Henry Jones, 1st Baronet (died 1644) Jones baronets of Ramsbury (1774): see Sir William Jones, 1st Baronet (c.1737–1791) Jones, later Jones-Brydges baronets, of Boultibrook (1807): see Jones-Brydges baronets; Jones, later Lawrence-Jones baronets, of Cranmer Hall (1831): see Lawrence-Jones baronets
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - James Earl Jones, the actor, was sometimes in danger of being upstaged by James Earl Jones, the voice. Here are five facts about Jones, who died on Monday at the age of 93:
Braithwaite was adjutant-general of the force that defeated Tipu Sultan at the Siege of Seringapatam in April 1799 so concluding the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War. [2] He became Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army in January 1800 [ 3 ] and, after retiring in 1801, he was created a Baronet on 18 December 1802 [ 4 ] and died at his home in London on ...
Sir James Johnstone, 4th Baronet (23 January 1726 – 3 September 1794) [1]) was a Scottish officer in the British Army and then a politician. He sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain for all but one of the years 1784 to 1794.