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British-born American actor, playwright, and director
Francis Neilson
MP
Member of Parliament for Hyde
In office 1910–1916
Preceded by
Charles Duncan Schwann
Succeeded by
Owen Jacobsen
Personal details
Born
(1867-01-26)26 January 1867 Birkenhead, England
Died
(1961-04-13)13 April 1961 Port Washington, Long Island, New York.
Political party
Liberal
Spouse
Helen Swift
Francis Neilson (26 January 1867 – 13 April 1961) was an accomplished British-born American actor, playwright and stage director. He was also a political figure and former member of the British House of Commons. An avid lecturer, Neilson was an author of more than 60 books, plays and opera librettos and the most active leader in the Georgist movement.[1]
^Mulvey, Paul (2002). "The Single-Taxers and the Future of Liberalism, 1906–1914". Journal of Liberal Democrat (34/35 Spring/Summer). Retrieved 15 August 2015.
FrancisNeilson (26 January 1867 – 13 April 1961) was an accomplished British-born American actor, playwright and stage director. He was also a political...
husband died and in 1917, she remarried to British politician and writer FrancisNeilson, with whom she founded the weekly paper The Freeman in 1920. She is...
Commencement Address Delivered by FrancisNeilson at the Henry George School of Social Science, June 3, 1940. Neilson, Francis (September 1939). "Albert Jay...
the wealthy wife of the magazine's other editor, FrancisNeilson, although neither Nock nor Neilson was a dedicated single taxer. Contributors to The...
silent film directed by Richard Ridgely and written by Everett McNeil, FrancisNeilson and Charles Sheldon. The film stars Robert Conness, Mabel Trunnelle...
Latrobe, 1764–1820). In 1847, with James Crawford Neilson, (1816–1900), he formed the Niernsee & Neilson architectural firm that largely served the Baltimore...
Manchester (1899), and "the architect of the world's fire service". FrancisNeilson-Butters 1867–1961 MP for the Hyde Division of Cheshire 1910–1916. Writer...
Cockermouth Lib 24 February 1916 Thomas Taylor Bolton Lib 13 March 1916 FrancisNeilson Hyde Lib 7 July 1916 Sir Edward Grey, Bt Berwick-upon-Tweed Lib 21...
was funded by co-editor FrancisNeilson, a British author and former member of Parliament, and his wife Helen Swift Neilson, who was heir to a meatpacking...
Libretto Première date Place and theatre Prince Ananias operetta 2 acts FrancisNeilson 20 November 1894 The Broadway Theatre The Wizard of the Nile operetta...
divorced and her mother remarried to British politician and playwright FrancisNeilson). Similarly to other writers of the Lost Generation, Gardiner was born...
the Disney miniseries The Swamp Fox, as American Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion. In a 1988 interview, he reflected on the series, saying, "That...
the first operetta composed by Victor Herbert. The libretto is by FrancisNeilson. It was first produced by a troupe called "The Bostonians" at The Broadway...
Company, whose paper mills were at Hyde, Cheshire. In March 1916, FrancisNeilson, MP for Hyde, resigned his seat. Jacobsen was chosen as the Liberal...
Edward Chapman Member of Parliament for Hyde 1906–1910 Succeeded by FrancisNeilson Baronetage of the United Kingdom Preceded by Charles Ernest Swann Baronet...
kidnapped at gunpoint from her home in Highley, Shropshire, by Donald Neilson; a notorious burglar and murderer known as the Black Panther. Whittle was...
Scandal in Paris. It was based on a British play by Edward Hemmerde and FrancisNeilson. The wife of a British aristocratic politician, who is neglected by...
of singer-guitarist Kim Jarvis, singer-bassist Catherine Neilson and drummer Robin Francis. The band formed after meeting while studying music & music...
in Smithtown, New York. They had a daughter, Charlotte Adams Brown. FrancisNeilson (1901). Madame Bohemia. Charlotte Harding, illustrator. Philadelphia:...
Huddersfield Arthur Sherwell Liberal Huntingdon John Cator Conservative Hyde FrancisNeilson Liberal Hythe Sir Edward Sassoon Liberal Unionist Ilkeston J. E. B...