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Manby was born in the village of Denver on the edge of the Norfolk Fens.His parents were Mary Woodcock (1741-1783) and Captain Matthew Pepper Manby (1735-1774), lord of the manor of Wood Hall in Hilgay, a former soldier and aide-de-camp to Lord Townshend and barrack-master of Limerick at his death. [1]
The wreck was witnessed by captain George William Manby. [2] Following this tragedy, Manby experimented with mortars, and so invented the Manby Mortar, (later used with the breeches buoy), that fired a thin rope from shore into the rigging of a ship in distress. A strong rope, attached to the thin one, could be pulled aboard the ship.
Captain George William Manby (1765–1854), barrack-master and inventor of marine life-saving equipment and the fire extinguisher [81] Mary Dawson Turner (1774–1850), artist and illustrator [82] Dawson Turner (1775–1858), banker, botanist and antiquary [83] Captain John Black (1778–1802) son of a clergyman, ship's officer and privateer
John Cantiloe Joy Royal Navy shipping in the Channel (undated) Born (1805-06-04) 4 June 1805 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Died 10 August 1859 (1859-08-10) (aged 54) Soho, London Nationality British Known for Marine painting Movement Norwich School of painters William Joy Saving a Crew near Yarmouth Pier (undated, Norfolk Museums Collections) Born (1803-11-04) 4 November 1803 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk ...
Under the Anglo-Irish Treaty (which marked the end of the Irish War of Independence), the complex was handed over to troops of the Irish Free State on March 1, 1922.Due to escalating tensions between Free State and Republican troops, the barracks were handed over to Republican forces on March 5, as part of a truce agreement agreed between Liam Lynch, Commandant of the Republican Forces, and ...
Manby was born in the village of Hilgay on the edge of the Norfolk Fens. His father, Matthew Pepper Manby, was lord of the manor of Wood Hall in Hilgay and a former soldier and aide-de-camp to Lord Townshend. Manby's eldest sister Mary Jane (1763-1773), younger brother John (1773-1783) and two other siblings died as children.
Manby is a surname, and may refer to: Aaron Manby (ironmaster) (1776–1850), ironmaster and civil engineer Sir Alan Reeve Manby (1848–1925), Surgeon-Apothecary In Ordinary to the Prince of Wales at Sandringham and later Physician Extraordinary
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