The Bampton Lectures were a course of lectures established in 1751 by John Bampton, canon of Salisbury, who bequeathed certain property to the University of Oxford for the endowment of eight divinity lectures to be annually delivered. The subjects prescribed were mainly connected with the evidences of Christianity, and the lecturer must have taken the degree of M.A. at Oxford or Cambridge. The first course of lectures was delivered in 1780, and were delivered every year since, with the exceptions of 1834, 1835, and 1841. Among the more remarkable lectures were those by Dr. White in 1784, by Dr. Mant in 1812, by Reginald Heber in 1815, Whately in 1822, Milman in 1827, Dr. Hampden in 1832, Mr. Mansel in 1858, Canon Liddon in 1866, CanonGore in 1891. A similar course of lectures, the Hulsean, was annually delivered at Cambridge. Research Bampton Lectures
Count Alfred D'Orsay was a French dilettante artist and man of fashion. He was born in 1798 at Paris 1798 and died in 1852. When a young man he visited England, and became acquainted with Byron and other literary and fashionable celebrities. He married a daughter of the Earl of Blessington, but after the earl's death a separation took place, and Alfred D'Orsay became an inmate of Gore House, which the Countess of Blessington had made the centre of a famous literary coterie. A zealous Bonapartist, he followed Prince Louis Napoleon to Paris in 1849, whose favour he enjoyed until his death. Research Alfred D'Orsay
Arthur Wentworth Gore (A W Gore) was a British lawntennis player. He was born in 1868 and died in 1928. A Wimbledon champion, he played at every Wimbledon competition between 1888 and 1927, winning the title in 1901. Research Arthur Gore
Catharine Grace Gore was an English novelist. She was born in 1799 and died in 1861. In 1823 she was married to Charles Arthur Gore of the 1st Life Guards, and shortly afterwards appeared her first novel, Theresa Marchmont, or the Maid of Honour. She wrote altogether from 60 to 70 novels, clever pictures of fashionable life, among the best of which are Preferment; the Courtier of the days of Charles II; Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb; The Hamiltons; The Banker's Wife; Pin Money; Peers and Parvenues; and Temptation and Atonement. She was also the author of a tragedy, LordDacre of the South; and a successful comedy, A Quid pro Quo. Research Catharine Gore
Margaret Power, Countess of Blessington, was an Irish writer and socialite. She was born in 1789 at Clonmel and died in 1849. She was the daughter of Edmund Power, an improvident man of good family, and at the age of fifteen was married to a Captain Farmer, who died in 1817; and a few months after his death she married Charles John Gardiner, earl of Blessington. In 1822 they went abroad, and continued to reside on the Continent until the earl's death in 1829, when Lady Blessington took: up her abode in Gore House, Kensington. Her residence became the fashionable resort for all the celebrities of the time; and that notwithstanding a doubtful connection which she formed with Count D'Orsay, with whom she lived until her death. She contributed to the New Monthly Magazine, Conversations with LordByron; wrote numerous novels, including The Belle of a Season, The Two Friends, Strathern, and the Victims of Society; and acted as an editor, for several years, of Heath's Book of Beauty, the Keepsake, and the Gems of Beauty. Research Margaret Power
Gattaca is a Sci-fi thriller starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal and Xander Berkeley in a story about a man forging an identity so as to escape from a world ruled by designer people, only to have his plans complicated by a murder. Gattaca was directed by Andrew Niccol in 1997. Research Gattaca
Paws is a comedy adventure starring Nathan Cavaleri, Emilie Francois, Sandy Gore and the voice of Billy Connolly as the voice of a Jack Russell, in a story about a dog fleeing with a computerdisc holding the location of a fortune, following the murder of his master. Paws was directed by Karl Zwicky in 1997. Research Paws
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