User:Viewfinder

Viewfinder This user lives in Scotland This user is a Trinitarian. en This user is a native speaker of English. fr-1 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français. de-1 Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

Hello World!

My name is Jonathan de Ferranti and my year of birth is 1957. My e-mail address, and more about me, can be found on my home page. My main interests are hiking and topographic research. My favorite quotes are "live and let live" and "the free flow of knowledge is strength". Economic theory tells us that the general interest is best served when price is based on cost of reproduction. It follows that what can be reproduced cheaply should be priced accordingly.

Articles that I have started

• Timeline of climbing Mount Everest
• Monte Pissis
• Monte San Valentin
• Ritacuba Blanco
• Semo La
• Marsimik La

Articles to which I have substantially contributed

• Mount Everest
• Topographic prominence
• Khardung La
• List of worldwide peaks by prominence
• List of countries by highest point
• List of highest mountains
• Cordillera del Paine
• Eton College
• Newburgh, Fife (home town)
• Ultra prominent peak (indirectly via contributions to source material published at peaklist).

Plus many minor contributions, mostly height and prominence related, to many other mountain sites. I also watch pages in many other categories, notably the biographies of leading British politicians, celebrities and members of the Royal Family, but my contributions to these are mostly confined to reverting vandalism and other inappropriate material.

Ancestry

My ancestors in three generations

Jonathan de Ferranti (b.1957)	Father: Basil de Ferranti (1930-1988)	Paternal Grandfather: Sir Vincent de Ferranti (1892-1980)	Paternal Great-grandfather: Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti (1864-1930)
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Gertrude Ince (1869-1959)
		Paternal Grandmother: Dorothy Wilson (1895-1993)	Paternal Great-grandfather: Reginald Wilson
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Ada Campbell
	Mother: Sara Gore (b.1935)	Maternal Grandfather: Christopher Gore (1903-1954)	Maternal Great-grandfather: Francis William George Gore (1855-1938)
			Maternal Great-grandmother: The Lady Constance Grace Milles (1864-1941)
		Maternal Grandmother: The Lady Barbara Montgomerie (1909-1992)	Maternal Great-grandfather: Archibald Montgomerie, 16th Earl of Eglinton (1880-1945)
			Maternal Great-grandmother: The Lady Beatrice Dalrymple (d.1961)

Beatrice Dalrymple was the daughter of
Lady Susan Harriet Grant-Suttie (d.1941), wife of John Dalrymple, 11th Earl of Stair and daughter of
Lady Susan Harriet Innes-Ker (d.1909), wife of Sir James Grant-Suttie and daughter of
Susanna Stephania Dalbiac (1814-1895), wife of James Henry Robert Innes-Ker, 6th Duke of Roxburghe and daughter of
Susanna Isabella Dalton (d.1829, B2/C6), wife of Sir James Charles Dalbiac (1776-1847) and daughter of
Susanna Prescott, wife of John Dalton (1758-1841, B2) and daughter of
General Robert Prescott (1725-1811) (more detail)

Constance Grace Milles (106/A1/B2/C1/D6) was the daughter of:
George Watson Milles, 1st Earl Sondes, husband of Charlotte Stracey and son of
George John Monson (later Milles), 4th Baron Sondes (1794-1874, 106/A1/B2), husband of Eleanor Knatchbull and son of
Lewis Thomas Monson, 2nd Baron Sondes (1754-1806, [1]]), husband of Mary Elizabeth Milles and son of
Grace Pelham (1728-1777, 105/A2), wife of Lewis Monson, 1st Baron Sondes and daughter of
Henry Pelham (1694-1754; 105), husband of Lady Catherine Manners and son of
Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham of Laughton (1653-1712), husband of Grace Holles and son of
Lucy Sydney (1630-1685, 89), wife of Sir John Pelham and daughter of
Dorothy Percy (1598-1650; 54), wife of Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester and daughter of
Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland "The Wizard" (1564-1632, 3rd Earl according to 4/A1/B2/C2/D1), husband of Lady Dorothy Devereux and son of
Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland (1532-1585; 2nd Earl according to 4/A1/B2/C2), husband of Catherine Neville and son of
Sir Thomas Percy (1502-1537, executed for his part in the Pilgrimage of Grace; 4/A1/B2), husband of Eleanor Harbottle and son of
Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland (1478-1527; 4th Earl according to 4/A1), husband of Catherine Spencer and son of
Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland (1449-1489, killed by a mob; 3rd Earl according to 3/A3/B1/C3/D1/E1/F1), husband of Lady Maud Herbert and son of
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421-1461, killed on the Lancastrian side at the Battle of Towton; 2nd Earl according to 3/A3/B1/C3/D1/E1), husband of Eleanor Poynings and son of
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393-1455, killed on the Lancastrian side at Battle of St. Albans; 1st Earl according to 3/A3/B1/C3/D1), husband of Lady Eleanor Neville and son of
Elizabeth Mortimer (1371-1417; 3/A3/B1/C3), wife of Sir Henry “Hotspur” Percy and daughter of
Philippa Plantagenet (1355-1382, 3/A3/B1), wife of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and daughter of
Lionel Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338-1368; 3/A3), husband of Elizabeth de Burgh and son of
Edward III Plantagenet (1312-1377; 2/A1/B4/C1), King of England, husband of Philippa of Hainault and son of
Edward II Plantagenet (1284-1327; 2/A1/B4), King of England, allegedly murdered on the orders of his wife Isabella and her lover; son of
Edward I “Longshanks” Plantagenet (1239-1307; 2/A1), King of England (1272), husband of Eleanor of Castile and son of
Henry III (1207-1272; 1/A4/B4/C1/D5/E1), King of England (1216), husband of Eleanor of Provence and son of
John 'Lackland' Plantagenet (1166-1216; 1/A4/B4/C1/D5), King of England (1199), husband of Isabella of Angouleme and son of
Henry II 'Curtmantle' (1133-1189; 1/A4/B4/C1), King of England (1154), husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine and son of
Matilda (1102-1167; 1/A4/B4), wife of Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, and daughter of
Henry I 'Beauclerk' (1068-1135; 1/A4), King of England (1100), husband of Matilda (Edith) of Scotland and son of
William I 'the Conqueror' (1027-1087), King of England (1066), husband of Matilda of Flanders and illegitimate son of Robert I, Duke of Normandy and Herleva of Falaise.

Residence and Travel

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		The Ultras Barnstar
		For work on the ultras pages on wikipedia
		this WikiAward was given to Viewfinder by --GreatestrowereverTalk Page on 16:38, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		I noticed that your edits are impressive and your varied input makes highly interesting reads. As small a contributor as I am, I think you deserve my praise in form of this Original Barnstar. Qwrk (talk) 07:50, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Miscellaneous thoughts

• With most legends, it's what we want to believe that counts. [2]

• The world looks with some awe upon a man who appears unconcernedly indifferent to home, money, comfort, rank, or even power and fame. The world feels not without a certain apprehension, that here is some one outside its jurisdiction; someone before whom its allurements may be spread in vain; some one strangely enfranchised, untamed, untrammelled by convention, moving independent of the ordinary currents of human action. Winston Churchill