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British writer (1904–1994)
Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton CBE (5 July 1904 – 27 February 1994) was a British writer, scholar, and aesthete who was a prominent member of the Bright
Harold_Acton
Oxford student club
included: Hugh Lygon; Lord Clonmore; Anthony Powell; Graham Pollard; Harold Acton; Robert Byron; Alfred Duggan; Mark Ogilvie-Grant; Arden Hilliard; Gavin
Hypocrites'_Club
English poet
where he was one of the Eton Arts Society group including Robert Byron, Harold Acton, Oliver Messel, Anthony Powell and Henry Yorke. He entered Christ Church
Brian_Howard_(poet)
British aristocrat, sinologist, and aesthete
passionate friendship with James Lees-Milne, was the one true love of Harold Acton and the unrequited love of Robert Byron. Desmond Edward Parsons was born
Desmond_Parsons
Indian-American businesswoman, philanthropist, and musician
ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 August 2024. Communications, NYU Web. "The Sir Harold Acton Society". www.nyu.edu. Retrieved 6 August 2024. "The Best Preschool Products
Chandrika_Tandon
Irish peer
of Ilchester, Brian Howard, Michael Parsons, John Sutro, Hugh Lygon, Harold Acton, Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross
Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse
Michael_Parsons,_6th_Earl_of_Rosse
1928 novel by Evelyn Waugh
asked to suppress for the first edition. The novel was dedicated to Harold Acton, "in homage and affection". Modest and unassuming theology student Paul
Decline_and_Fall
British fascist and writer (1910–2003)
Mosley wrote the foreword and introduction of Nancy Mitford: A Memoir by Harold Acton. She produced her own two books of memoirs: A Life of Contrasts (1977
Diana_Mosley
English novelist and biographer (1904–1973)
was ennobled that year as Baron Rennell. According to Mitford's friend Harold Acton, Rodd was "a young man of boundless promise ... he had abundant qualifications
Nancy_Mitford
Italian banking family and political dynasty
187. Acton, p. 111. Acton, p. 192. Acton, p. 27. Acton, p. 38. Hale, p. 180. Hale, p. 181. Acton, p. 108. Acton, p. 112. Acton, p. 182. Acton, p. 243
House_of_Medici
English aristocrat (1905–1960)
University. At Eton his contemporaries were Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, Harold Acton, Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, Henry Yorke, Robert Byron, Brian
John_Drury-Lowe
British socialite, child of Herbert Gardner
including to a soldier, a ship's purser, and a middle-aged divorcé. Harold Acton said she was "a fauness, with a little snub nose". Her closest friend
Evelyn_Gardner
1920s group of aristocratic socialites
of which he was a member. Prominent members of the group included: Harold Acton Patrick Balfour, Baron Kinross Cecil Beaton John Betjeman Edward Burra
Bright_young_things
Villa in Tuscany, Italy
central Italy. It was formerly the home of Arthur Acton (1873–1953) and later of his son Harold Acton, on whose death in 1994 it was bequeathed to New
Villa_La_Pietra
Italian aristocrat
of Arthur Acton's $1 billion art collection, and DNA testing has confirmed that she is his granddaughter. When Acton's son Sir Harold Acton died in 1994
Dialta_Alliata_di_Montereale
British peer and philanthropist
Howard, Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, John Sutro, Hugh Lygon, Harold Acton, Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross
Harry Fox-Strangways, 7th Earl of Ilchester
Harry_Fox-Strangways,_7th_Earl_of_Ilchester
English writer (1903–1974)
cowardice and academic outlook debarred him from making friends with Harold Acton, Oliver Messel, Robert Byron, Henry Green and Anthony Powell". Connolly
Cyril_Connolly
British noble (1904-1936)
Railway Club at Oxford, conceived by John Sutro, dominated by Harold Acton. Left to right, back: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Weymouth, David Plunket
Hugh_Lygon
1945 novel by Evelyn Waugh
Waste Land through a megaphone from his college window was inspired by Harold Acton. When Sebastian and Charles return to Oxford, in the Michaelmas term
Brideshead_Revisited
Duke of Mantua and Montferrat from 1637 to 1665
men including the castrato Atto Melani. In his book, The Last Medici, Harold Acton records that his death occurred in the midst of lascivious intercourse
Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat
Charles_II_Gonzaga,_Duke_of_Mantua_and_Montferrat
British diplomat & botanist (1905-1969)
moved to Trinity College, Oxford, where he was part of a group including Harold Acton, Robert Byron, Henry Vincent Yorke, Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath
Mark_Ogilvie-Grant
Qing dynasty play written by Kong Shangren
translation by Chen Shih-hsiang [zh] (Chinese: 陳世驤; pinyin: Chén Shìxiāng) and Harold Acton, K.B.E. with Cyril Birch collaborating, appeared in 1976. Wai-yee Li
The_Peach_Blossom_Fan
Unpublished novel by Evelyn Waugh
work on it intermittently in the following 12 months. After his friend Harold Acton commented unfavourably on the draft in June 1925, Waugh burned the manuscript
The_Temple_at_Thatch
English socialite and author (1894–1972)
Montdore in Nancy Mitford's Love in a Cold Climate and of Muriel in Harold Acton's The Soul's Gymnasium (1982). Trefusis herself wrote many novels, as
Violet_Trefusis
British historian (1904-1976)
Railway Club at Oxford, conceived by John Sutro, dominated by Harold Acton. Left to right, back: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Weymouth, David Plunket
Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross
Patrick_Balfour,_3rd_Baron_Kinross
English society figure and mistress of King Edward VII
Christmas tree laden with presents for everyone". The British writer Sir Harold Acton described Keppel: "None could compete with her glamour as a hostess.
Alice_Keppel
Permission granted in 1971 by Pope Paul VI
following were signatories of the original petition to Pope Paul VI: Harold Acton Vladimir Ashkenazy John Bayler Lennox Berkeley Maurice Bowra Agatha Christie
Agatha_Christie_indult
British writer and journalist (1903–1966)
October 1922 of the sophisticated Etonians Harold Acton and Brian Howard changed Waugh's Oxford life. Acton and Howard rapidly became the centre of an
Evelyn_Waugh
Cultural institute in Italy
Conway, Professor of Latin at Manchester University; Arthur Acton, father of Harold Acton; R.S. Spranger; the Irish poet Herbert Trench. According to
British_Institute_of_Florence
Type of trousers
success. Other theories include claims that the style was invented by Harold Acton of Christ Church or by Bob Boothby of Magdalen; but there is evidence
Oxford_bags
Cemetery in Florence, Italy
Alexandros Panagoulis, her companion, is also present. Harold Acton – British writer, Lot: LOG-I-43 William Acton – British painter, Lot: LOG-I-43 Gisela von Arnim
Cimitero Evangelico agli Allori
Cimitero_Evangelico_agli_Allori
English painter
John J. Mitchell, President of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. Harold Acton was his older brother. He attended Chateau de Lancy, Geneva, and Eton
William_Acton_(painter)
British art dealer and collector
aesthete Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton (1904–1994). Their younger son, William Hamilton Mitchell Acton (1906–1945), was an artist. Acton also fathered
Arthur_Acton
British writer (1905–1941)
call tangible." But writing in 1948, Waugh said of Byron in a letter to Harold Acton: "It is not yet the time to say so but I greatly disliked Robert in his
Robert_Byron_(travel_writer)
Monument in Florence, Italy
Geoffrey Jellicoe (with drawings by J.C. Shepherd), Georgina Masson, and Harold Acton, with Introduction, prefaces to each essay, and notes. Judith Kinnard
Villa_Gamberaia
English actor (1877–1966)
1966) was an English actor who used the stage name Robert Farquharson. Harold Acton wrote that he was "our last great actor" in the tradition of Henry Irving
Robin_de_la_Condamine
British author and peer (born 1966)
Charles Harold Ferdinand Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton (born 19 August 1966), is a British author, writing under the name Johnny Acton, and peer
John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton
John_Lyon-Dalberg-Acton,_5th_Baron_Acton
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
King of Sicily (1736–1759) Coat of arms as King of Spain (1761–1788) Acton, Sir Harold (1956). The Bourbons of Naples, 1734–1825. London: Methuen. Chávez
Charles_III_of_Spain
1911 film by Francesco Bertolini, Giuseppe de Liguoro and Adolfo Padovan
film in her letter home is quoted during the biography Nancy Mitford by Harold Acton. The scenes from Hell from the film were reused in an American 1936 exploitation
L'Inferno
English writer, heiress and political activist (1896–1965)
Laura Riding, the Collected Poems of John Rodker, poems by Roy Campbell, Harold Acton, Brian Howard and Walter Lowenfels. Wyn Henderson had taken over day-to-day
Nancy_Cunard
English historian and politician (1834–1902)
Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, KCVO DL (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902), better known as Lord Acton, was an English
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
John_Dalberg-Acton,_1st_Baron_Acton
Two Sicilian general
location missing publisher (link) Harold Acton,"Gli Ultimi Borboni di Napoli", Ed Giunti, Firenze, 1997. Harold Acton (1997). Giunti (ed.). Gli ultimi
Ferdinando_Lanza
Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 to 1723
185–186. Acton, p. 25. Acton, p. 44. Acton, p. 45. Acton, p. 160 Acton, p. 164 Acton, p. 46. Acton, p. 62. Acton, p. 70. Acton, p. 71. Acton, p. 73. Hale
Cosimo_III_de'_Medici
Medical school of New York University
1007/s11999-013-3459-8. ISSN 0009-921X. PMC 3916597. PMID 24435714. "The Sir Harold Acton Society." "Acton Society Adds New Million–Dollar Donors". Global Health Nexus
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
New_York_University_Grossman_School_of_Medicine
Inspiration of the novel Vile Bodies
Railway Club at Oxford, conceived by John Sutro, dominated by Harold Acton. Left to right, back: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Weymouth, David Plunket
David_Plunket_Greene
English inkeeper (1876–1957)
avoid theft. Harold Acton also visited the inn and namechecked Fothergill in his memoirs, Memoirs of an Aesthete. Fothergill praised Acton's novel, Humdrum
John_Fothergill_(innkeeper)
British poet and arts patron (1907–1984)
a contemporary of Evelyn Waugh (Waugh attended Hertford College) and Harold Acton, a fellow student at Christ Church. When his father died in 1912 he inherited
Edward_James
English aristocrat
September 2017. Acton, Harold (1994). "The fine art of doing nothing: To be an aesthete is no longer practical, says Hugo Vickers. Harold Acton was one of
Hamish_Erskine
19th-century art movement
names associated with this assemblage are Robert Byron, Evelyn Waugh, Harold Acton, Nancy Mitford, A.E. Housman and Anthony Powell. Artists associated with
Aestheticism
Surname list
Guglielmo Acton (1825–1896), his first cousin once removed, officer in the Neapolitan Navy, attempted to intercept Garibaldi at Marsala Harold Acton (1904–1994)
Acton_(surname)
of James Lees-Milne) Hon. Desmond Parsons (1910–1937) (lover of Sir Harold Acton and James Lees-Milne) Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu
LGBTQ_nobility_and_royalty
Historic house in Florida, United States
of the landscape master plan and individual gardens, trained with Sir Harold Acton at the gardens of Villa La Pietra. Suarez originally planned to model
Vizcaya_Museum_and_Gardens
(1903–2000), historian James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–1979) Sir Harold Acton (1904–1994), writer and aesthete Francis Thomas Bacon (1904–1992) Cameron
List of Old Etonians born in the 20th century
List_of_Old_Etonians_born_in_the_20th_century
English ballerina
dance in Bali (1938), India (1953) and Sri Lanka (1957). According to Harold Acton, she had a tendency to overstretch the hospitality of her friends: when
Beryl_de_Zoete
Australian comedian (1934–2023)
a Public Baby by Philip O'Connor, an autographed copy of Humdrum by Harold Acton, the complete works of Wilfred Childe and several volumes of the pre-war
Barry_Humphries
British-American sinologist (1925–2023)
play The Peach Blossom Fan, in collaboration with Chen Shih-hsiang and Harold Acton, and the Ming dynasty play The Peony Pavilion. On his retirement in 1990
Cyril_Birch
English economist (1900–1978)
Howard, Michael Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, John Sutro, Hugh Lygon, Harold Acton, Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne, Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross
Roy_Harrod
Largest city in Tuscany, Italy
noblewoman and poet Antonia of Florence, saint Agnes of Montepulciano, saint Harold Acton, author and aesthete John Argyropoulos, scholar Leone Battista Alberti
Florence
English novelist (1905–1973)
Green Railway Club at Oxford, conceived by John Sutro, dominated by Harold Acton. Left to right, back: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Weymouth, David
Henry_Green
Mistress of Lord Nelson (1765–1815)
London, Arrow Books, 2007. ISBN 978-0-09-945183-9. P. 120, 167-168. Harold Acton, The Bourbons of Naples (1734-1825). London: Methuen and Co Ltd, 1956
Emma,_Lady_Hamilton
Queen of the Two Sicilies from 1825 to 1830
96. Acton, Harold. The Bourbons of Naples (1734-1825). Prion books limited, London, 1989 (first published in 1957). ISBN 1-85375-291-6 Acton, Harold. The
María_Isabel_of_Spain
Domenico Crivelli Clara Novello Nancy Storace Dante Gabriel Rossetti Harold Acton Jani Allan Serena Guen Isaac D'Israeli Armando Iannucci Anna Mazzola
List_of_British_Italians
1598 Chinese play by Tang Xianzu
Southern Drama." In: K'ung, Shang-jen. Translators: Chen, Shih-hsiang and Harold Acton. Collaborator: Birch, Cyril. The Peach Blossom Fan (T'ao-hua-shan). University
The_Peony_Pavilion
British politician (1905–1992)
Fox-Strangways, Brian Howard, Michael Rosse, John Sutro, Hugh Lygon, Harold Acton, Bryan Guinness, Patrick Balfour, Mark Ogilvie-Grant, and John Drury-Lowe
Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath
Henry_Thynne,_6th_Marquess_of_Bath
Queen Mother of Romania (1896–1982)
the British Consulate, she also frequented the intellectuals who, like Harold Acton, had settled in the region of Florence. From 1968 to 1973, Helen had
Helen_of_Greece_and_Denmark
British film producer (1903–1985)
At Oxford Sutro conceived the Railway Club, which was dominated by Harold Acton. The other members included: Henry Yorke, Roy Harrod, Henry Thynne, 6th
John_Sutro
Luxury hotel in London, England
10th Duke of Marlborough, the architectural writer James Lees-Milne, Harold Acton and writer Norman Douglas were regular diners at the Ritz during wartime
The_Ritz_Hotel,_London
visit. By this time Taormina had become "a polite synonym for Sodom", as Harold Acton described it. Taormina was the headquarters of the German Wehrmacht Command
History_of_Taormina
Queen of Spain from 1759 to 1760
Arms of Queen Maria Amalia of Spain, Princess of Saxony (1759–1760) Harold Acton, I Borboni di Napoli (1734–1825), Florence, Giunti, 1997. Dizionario
Maria_Amalia_of_Saxony
Ruggero Moscati, I Borboni in Italia, Rome, Newton Compton Italiana, 1973. Harold Acton, I Borboni di Napoli (1734–1825), Traduzione di A. P. Vacchelli, Florence
President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
President_of_the_Council_of_Ministers_of_the_Kingdom_of_the_Two_Sicilies
British author (1904–1997)
high society. She became friends with, among others, Tallulah Bankhead, Harold Acton and Evelyn Waugh (who dedicated his 1957 novel The Ordeal of Gilbert
Daphne_Fielding
Literary magazine
addition to Auberon Waugh, contributors to this magazine included: Sir Harold Acton Tariq Ali Lord Boothby Melvyn Bragg Prince Charles Richard Crossman Terry
Books_and_Bookmen
Newman; it was while attending a talk by Chesterton that Waugh first met Harold Acton, to whom he would later dedicate Decline and Fall. The 17th Duke of Norfolk
The_Newman_Society
Governor of Siena
possession of the Villa di Lappeggi, which became, in the words of historian Harold Acton, "a sort of literary academy". Here, she feted poets Lucchesi, Ghivanizzi
Violante_Beatrice_of_Bavaria
Day of the year
3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (died 1985) 1904 – Harold Acton, English scholar and author (died 1994) 1904 – Ernst Mayr, German-American
July_5
CFO of ByteDance Including honorary professors and other associates: Harold Acton - British scholar and aesthete Mao Zedong – library staff, leader of
List of Peking University people
List_of_Peking_University_people
Calendar year
(died 1996) František Plánička, Czech footballer (died 1996) July 5 Harold Acton, British writer, scholar, and aesthete (died 1994) Ernst Mayr, German-born
1904
Listed manor house in West Sussex, England
Christ Church, Oxford, where he was a contemporary of Evelyn Waugh and Harold Acton. In 1912 he inherited the 8,000-acre (32 km2) West Dean House, on the
West_Dean_House
1977 autobiography of Diana Mosley
recounts her friendships with leading literary figures Evelyn Waugh, Harold Acton, John Betjeman and Lytton Strachey. In the revised 2002 edition, Mosley
A_Life_of_Contrasts
Gardner (managing director) Anthony Burgess, Robert Aickman (Estate), Harold Acton (Estate), Roger Lewis artellusltd.co.uk 1988 Andrew Lownie Literary Agency
List_of_UK_literary_agencies
National Rail station in London, England
Acton Main Line is a railway station on the Great Western Main Line, in Acton, west London, England. Located 4 miles 21 chains (6.9 km) down the line
Acton Main Line railway station
Acton_Main_Line_railway_station
Student publication of the University of Oxford
Westminster politics. Isis alumni include Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh, Harold Acton, Graham Greene, John Betjeman, Michael Foot, Jo Grimond, Sylvia Plath
The_Isis_Magazine
Grand Duchess of Tuscany from 1609 to 1621
Dowager grand duchesses sent Ferdinando on a tour of Europe in 1627. Harold Acton ascribes the decline of Tuscany to their regency. It is also asserted
Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria
Archduchess_Maria_Maddalena_of_Austria
English writer (1869–1938)
was one of those men who talk like angels and write like pedestrians". Harold Acton agreed, writing of Turner's conversation, "One forgot to eat while he
Reginald_Turner
Argentine-born English historian, novelist and archaeologist (1903–1964)
described the character as "2/3 Brian [Howard] and 1/3 Harold Acton. People think it was all Harold, who is a much sweeter and saner man [than Howard]."
Alfred_Duggan
Antiquity to World War II, Routledge (UK). ISBN 0-415-15982-2. (discusses Harold Acton) "Obituary: Gilbert Adair". The Telegraph. 22 January 2012. Archived
List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people: A
List_of_gay,_lesbian_or_bisexual_people:_A
English journalist, politician and churchman (1905–1976)
featured an avant-garde aesthetic movement in which personalities such as Harold Acton, Brian Howard, Cyril Connolly and, a little later, W. H. Auden were leading
Tom_Driberg
English writer (1905–1993)
(1985) with John Phillips and Lorna Sage The Pursuit of Happiness (1988) Harold Acton and Peter Quennell (eds.) Oxford Poetry (1924) Antoine Hamilton, transl
Peter_Quennell
England in the first half of the 1920s. Their leader in fashion was Harold Acton, but their later leader in intellectual matters was more noticeably Maurice
Oxford_Wits
Multiracial dancer of Chinese-American descent
textiles and robes titled Marco Polo's invitation. The British writer Harold Acton acknowledged Roung Ling's pivotal cultural role in the new Republic in
Nellie_Yu_Roung_Ling
Oxford University student newspaper
of the paper for some years, especially the 1970s.[citation needed] Harold Acton Jeffrey Archer (Sports columnist, Member of Parliament, novelist, House
Cherwell_(newspaper)
Winklevoss, Coxless Pair – 2008 Summer Olympics USA, see also business Sir Harold Acton (1904–1994) writer and scholar W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet F. W. Bain
List of alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
List_of_alumni_of_Christ_Church,_Oxford
Private university in New York City, New York
at Villa LaPietra in Italy. The estate was bequeathed by the late Sir Harold Acton to NYU in 1994, and at the time it was the largest donation to a university
New_York_University
British writer and translator
The Brideshead Generation: Evelyn Waugh and His Friends (1992), p. 177 Harold Acton, Nancy Mitford (2010 edition), p. 36 John Howard Wilson, Evelyn Waugh:
Lady_Pansy_Lamb
No editors cited. 1923: David Cleghorn Thomson, F. W. Bateson 1924: Harold Acton, Peter Quennell 1925: Patrick Monkhouse, Charles Plumb 1926: Charles
Oxford_Poetry
1938 book by Cyril Connolly
cowardice and academic outlook debarred him from making friends with Harold Acton, Oliver Messel, Robert Byron, Henry Green and Anthony Powell. He rounds
Enemies_of_Promise
contrasti nella Basilicata del 1799, F. lli Montemurro, 1961, p. 206 Harold Acton, Gli ultimi Borboni di Napoli (1825–1861), Giunti, 1997, p. 332 Alfonso
Giustino Fortunato (1777–1862)
Giustino_Fortunato_(1777–1862)
Calendar year
Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne (Houghton Mifflin, 1900) p. 73, 490 Harold Acton, The Last Medici (Macmillan, 1980) p. 172 "Historical Events for Year
1718
Australia, nf) Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf) Eliza Acton (1799–1859, England, nf) Harold Acton (1904–1994, Italy/England, nf) Manuel Acuña (1849–1873
List_of_writers_by_name:_A
Wodehouse Quick Service / The Code Of The Woosters (1953) D-026 NA Harold Acton and Lee Yi-Hsieh (translators) Love In A Junk And Other Exotic Tales
List_of_Ace_double_titles
HAROLD ACTON
HAROLD ACTON
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Harold 1 and 2.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Blend of Daryl and Harold or Gerald
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Indian, Irish, Norse, Norwegian, Scandinavian, Swedish, Teutonic
Army-power; Army Ruler; Leader of an Army; Heroic Leader; Warrior; Powerful Ruler or Warrior
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Dutch, English, French, German, Teutonic
Army Ruler; One who Proclaims; Variant of Harold; Army Commander
Male
Italian
Italian form of English Harold, AROLDO means "army leader."
Boy/Male
British, English
Son of Harold
Male
English
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Hereweald, HAROLD means "army ruler."
Boy/Male
Norse American Teutonic English
War chief.
Female
French
French form of Latin Carola, CAROLE means "man."
Surname or Lastname
English (Essex)
English (Essex) : variant of Harbold.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English
Blend of Daryl and Harold or Gerald
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name Hereweald, its Old Norse equivalent Haraldr, or the Continental form Herold introduced to Britain by the Normans. These all go back to a Germanic personal name composed of the elements heri, hari ‘army’ + wald ‘rule’, which is attested in Europe from an early date; the Roman historian Tacitus records a certain Cariovalda, chief of the Germanic tribe of the Batavi, as early as the 1st century ad.English : occupational name for a herald, Middle English herau(l)d (Old French herau(l)t, from a Germanic compound of the same elements as above, used as a common noun).German : from a personal name equivalent to 1.Irish : this name is of direct Norse origin (see 1), but is also occasionally a variant of Harrell and Hurrell.
Male
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian form of Old Norse Haraldr, HARALD means "army ruler." Compare with another form of Harald.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Harold.
Male
German
 Dutch and German form of Anglo-Saxon Hereweald, HARALD means "army ruler." Compare with another form of Harald.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Harold 1 and 2.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Gerald, JEROLD means "spear ruler."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Harold.German, Dutch, and French : from the Germanic personal name Hari(o)wald (see Harold 1).French (Hérold) : status name for a herald, Old French herau(l)t (see Harold 2).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Herold ‘herald’ (see 3).
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : derivative of the Scandinavian personal name Harald (see Harold).English (East Anglia) : variant of Harwood.English (East Anglia) : variant of Herrod 1.
Male
Norse
Old Norse equivalent of Anglo-Saxon Hereweald, HARALDR means "army ruler."
HAROLD ACTON
HAROLD ACTON
HAROLD ACTON
HAROLD ACTON
HAROLD ACTON
HAROLD ACTON
HAROLD ACTON
a.
See 2d Parol.
superl.
Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
adv.
Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold.
superl.
Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.
superl.
Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.
n.
Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.
n.
A haloid substance.
superl.
Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.
n.
A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol.
adv.
In a hard or difficult manner; with difficulty.
imp. & p. p.
of Carol
v. t.
To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
v. i.
To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
adv.
With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
n.
A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
superl.
Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
imp. & p. p.
of Parole
v. t.
To harden; to make hard.
a.
Given or done by word of mouth; oral; also, given by a writing not under seal; as, parol evidence.
v. t.
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.