Researching Percy Sherwood
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The name Percy means "Form of PERCIVAL. Piercing the Valley" and is of French origin.
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Percy Sherwood (police officer)
Colonel Sir Arthur Percy Sherwood, (March 18, 1854 – October 15, 1940) was the Commissioner of Police of the Dominion Police in Canada.
Percy Sherwood was born in Ottawa and educated at the Ottawa Grammar School.
Sherwood was instrumental in the development of intelligence and security in Canada in the late 19th century through the early 20th century. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Carleton County, June, 1877; Chief of Police of the City of Ottawa, April, 1870: Superintendent of Dominion Police, October, 1882 ; and Commissioner of same, November, 1885. Chief Commissioner of Dominion Police (1885-1919).
Sherwood served in the militia of Canada with the Governor General's Foot Guards and eventually commanding the 43rd Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles.
Source: Percy Sherwood (police officer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPercy Sherwood
Percy Sherwood (23 May 1866 - 15 May 1939) was a German-born composer and pianist of English nationality.
He was born in Dresden, the son of a lecturer in English at Dresden University, John Sherwood, and a German mother Auguste Koch, who had been a successful soprano. After his studies with Theodor Kirchner, Felix Draeseke and Herman Scholtz, Sherwood became a major figure in the music life of Dresden before the First World War. In 1889 he won the Mendelssohn Prize for his Requiem. He was first a teacher, then professor, at the Dresden Conservatory from 1893 and 1911 respectively. His own students included Dora Pejačević. Shortly before war broke out in 1914 he and his wife abandoned their Dresden villa and returned to England, where he was almost unknown. Thereafter he made a living as a private teacher in London and travelling weekly to Oxford and Cambridge. He died in London.
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