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unusual facts about Philemon T. Herbert


Philemon T. Herbert

In 1856, when he was refused breakfast service at Willard's Hotel in Washington because it was too late in the morning, he got into a quarrel with the Irish headwaiter, and shot and killed him.


Bless the Bride

Bless the Bride is a musical with music by Vivian Ellis and a book and lyrics by A. P. Herbert, the third of five musicals they wrote together.

Davis Filfred

Elected leaders from the Utah’s five tribes met with former Utah State Gov. Jon M. Huntsman Jr., Gov. Gary R. Herbert, Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and a number of program directors to emphasize the importance of maintaining adequate funding for programs which provide direct services to tribal citizens.

Dragonlance Nexus

Following the launch of the Lexicon the very first author submission was by Douglas Niles on his character Jaymes Markham, with other authors such as Nancy Varian Berberick, Mary H. Herbert, and Kevin Stein all submitting articles.

Hilary A. Herbert

Herbert also became well known for leading a charge in Congress to reduce the funding of the United States Geological Survey, resulting in a public feud with paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh.

Informationist poetry

The poets usually associated with this movement are: Richard Price – who coined the term in 1991 in the magazine Interference – Robert Crawford, W. N. Herbert, David Kinloch, Peter McCarey and Alan Riach.

LGBT rights in Utah

Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert appointed openly gay Brian Doughty in 2011 to replace Utah Rep. Jackie Biskupski, D-Salt Lake, when she resigned from the Utah House of Representatives.

Paul Herbert

Paul M. Herbert (1889–1983), American legislator and state executive

Song of Liberty

In 1940, six years after the death of the composer, A. P. Herbert (with permission) wrote lyrics to the tune.

Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane

The title of the play was borrowed from the Swedish 1982 play Albert & Herbert: Mordet på Skolgatan 15 (meaning Albert & Harold : The Murder at Skolgatan 15) by Sten-Åke Cederhök, although in this play, the murder refers not to Albert but to their home in Haga, Gothenburg.

Tantivy Towers

Tantivy Towers is a three-act light opera, written by A. P. Herbert and with music composed by Thomas Frederick Dunhill.

The Red Pen

The Red Pen is a two-act operetta and early radio opera composed by Geoffrey Toye to a libretto by A. P. Herbert.

Thomas Dunhill

In 1935 Dunhill's music came to a wider public with the comic opera Tantivy Towers to a libretto by A.P. Herbert.

Thomas J. Herbert

His son John D. Herbert was Ohio State Treasurer for two terms, 1963 to 1971 and an unsuccessful candidate for Ohio Attorney General in 1970.

William Smith, 4th Viscount Hambleden

Smith was the son of William Smith, 3rd Viscount Hambleden, and his wife, Patricia née Herbert, a descendant of the Earls of Pembroke and the Vorontsov family.


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