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Elizabeth Carter (pen name Eliza; 16 December 1717 – 19 February 1806) was an English poet, classicist, writer, translator, and linguist. As one of the Bluestocking Circle that surrounded Elizabeth Montagu, [1] she earned respect for the first English translation of the 2nd-century Discourses of Epictetus. [2]
Leslie Barbara Ashton (née Carter; June 6, 1986 – January 31, 2012) was an American pop singer. In 2001, she debuted through DreamWorks Records with the single "Like Wow!". Originally set to release her debut album through the label, it was later canceled. From 2006 to 2009, Carter was a member of the band she founded, The Other Half.
Coat of arms of Jane Bonham Carter, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury Escutcheon Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure two lions combatant Or collared and lined Gules supporting with their interior paws a mural crown Gold 2nd & 3rd Gules a sword erect between in chief two cross crosslets fitchee Argent over all a chevron of the last. Motto Trusty To The ...
The Bonham Carter family, as descended from Sir Maurice Bonham Carter and The Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury, is the only example so far where three generations have received Life Peerages under the Life Peerages Act 1958: [note 1] Violet, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury; her son, Mark Raymond Bonham Carter; and her granddaughter, Jane Bonham Carter ...
Henry Randolph I (1623-1673), born in Little Houghton, Northamptonshire, England, [2][3] immigrated to the colony of Virginia in 1642, [4] protege of Sir William Berkeley. [5] Randolph became clerk of the county court, and when Charles Norwood left the colony, Speaker Francis Moryson put forth Randoph's name for the position and the House of ...
Helena Bonham Carter CBE (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received various awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award and an International Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards ...
Lynda Jean Cordova Carter (born July 24, 1951) is an American actress, singer and beauty pageant titleholder best known as the star of the live-action television series Wonder Woman, in the role of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, based on the DC comic book fictional superhero character of the same name. As a pageant contestant, Carter was crowned ...
Despite this, Jane and the son become close, and over the years she never forgets him. [59] Is the title character of Jane Seymour: Henry VIII's True Love by Elizabeth Norton. [60] Seymour is the title character in Alison Weir's book Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen, the third in the Six Tudor Queens series. [61]