Sir Guy
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The title Sir Guy is most commonly ascribed to Sir Guy of Gisbourne, a fictional character in Robin Hood
folklore.
Sir Guy may also refer to:
Robin Hood
Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....
folklore.
Sir Guy may also refer to:
People
- Sir Guy AclandGuy AclandLieutenant-Colonel Sir Christopher Guy Dyke Acland, 6th Baronet, LVO, DL was a British Army officer and member of the British Royal Household. Acland was educated at Allhallows School, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst...
, 6th Baronet, British Army officer and member of the Royal Household - Sir Guy Francis Boileau, 8th of the Boileau BaronetsBoileau BaronetsThe Boileau Baronetcy, of Tacolneston Hall in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 24 July 1838 for John Boileau. He was an antiquary and archaeologist as well as a Justice of the Peace, Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff for Norfolk. He was...
- Sir Guy Bracewell-Smith, 3rd Baronet, of the Smith BaronetsSmith BaronetsThere have been a number of creations of baronets with the surname Smith . -Smith of Crantock, Cornwall :Created in the Baronetage of England*Sir William Smith, 1st Baronet...
- Sir Guy Brian of Torbryan, Devon, father of Guy de Brian, 4th Baron Brian
- Sir Guy Campbell, 1st BaronetSir Guy Campbell, 1st BaronetMajor-General Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet, CB was a British Army officer, the eldest son of Lieutenant-General Colin Campbell and his wife Mary, daughter of Guy Johnson...
, Major-General in the British Army - Sir Guy Campbell, 5th BaronetSir Guy Campbell, 5th BaronetColonel Sir Guy Theophilus Halswell Campbell, 5th Baronet OBE, MC was a British soldier. Sir Guy's branch of the Campbell Baronets, of St Cross Mede, were created in 1815 with Sir Guy Campbell, 1st Baronet.-Background:...
, a British colonel - Sir Guy Carleton, 1st Baron DorchesterGuy Carleton, 1st Baron DorchesterGuy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB , known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Irish-British soldier and administrator...
- Sir Guy CalthropGuy CalthropSir Calthrop Guy Spencer Calthrop, 1st Baronet was a British railway manager.Born in Uppingham, Rutland, his brother was Everard Calthrop, railway engineer. He entered the London and North Western Railway as a Cadet at the age of 16 in 1886. In 1892 he was appointed outdoor assistant to the...
, 1st Baronet - Sir Guy DawberGuy DawberSir Edward Guy Dawber, RA, ARA was an English architect working in the late Arts and Crafts style whose work is particularly associated with the Cotswolds....
, an English architect - Sir Guy GarrodGuy GarrodAir Chief Marshal Sir Alfred Guy Roland Garrod GBE, KCB, MC, DFC was a senior British Royal Air Force officer.-RAF career:...
, senior UK Royal Air Force officer - Sir Guy GauntGuy Gaunt-External links:...
, Australian born officer of the British Royal Navy - Sir Guy GranetGuy GranetSir William Guy Granet, GBE trained as a barrister but became a noted railway administrator, first as general manager of the Midland Railway then as a director-general in the War Office.-Biography:...
, British railway administrator - Sir Guy Green (judge), Governor of Tasmania
- Sir Guy Lloyd, 1st BaronetSir Guy Lloyd, 1st BaronetSir Ernest Guy Richard Lloyd, 1st Baronet , known as Guy Lloyd, was a Scottish Unionist Party politician....
, Scottish Unionist Party politician - Sir Guy Anstruther Knox MarshallGuy Anstruther Knox MarshallSir Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall , was an Indian-born British entomologist and authority on Curculionidae....
, British entomologist and authority on Curculionidae - Sir Guy PalmesGuy PalmesSir Guy Palmes was MP for Rutland, High Sheriff of Yorkshire and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire.- Early life :Palmes lived at Lindley, now part of Huddersfield, and at Ashwell, Rutland and married Anne, the daughter of Sir Edward Stafford....
, High Sheriff and Justice of the Peace for Yorkshire. - Sir Guy PowlesGuy PowlesSir Guy Richardson Powles, ONZ, KBE, CMG . New Zealand diplomat, last Governor of Western Samoa and architect of Samoan independence, and first Ombudsman.-Early life:...
, New Zealand diplomat and Governor of Western Samoa - Sir Guy Russell, British naval commander
- Sir Guy Salisbury-JonesGuy Salisbury-JonesMajor-General Sir Guy Salisbury-Jones, GCVO, CMG, CBE, MC was His Majesty's and then Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1961....
, Major-General in the Royal Household Diplomatic Corps - Sir Guy StandingGuy StandingCommander Sir Guy Standing KBE RNVR was an English actor.-Biography:Standing served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve throughout the First World War, reaching the rank of Commander. In 1918, he was part of the British War Mission to the United States...
, an English actor - Sir Guy Williams (British Army officer)Guy Williams (British Army officer)General Sir Guy Charles Williams KCB CMG DSO was a British Army General during World War II.-Military career:Guy Williams was commissioned into the Royal Engineers and served in World War I....
who served in World War II - Sir Guy Francis LakingGuy Francis LakingSir Guy Francis Laking, 2nd Baronet was an English art historian and the first keeper of the London Museum from before its opening until his death.-Life:...
, artist and first keeper of the London Museum - Sir Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood WilsonGuy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood WilsonSir Guy Douglas Arthur Fleetwood Wilson was a British public servant who served in India during the colonial period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century....
, a British public servant in colonial India
In fiction
- Sir Guy, a character in Timeline (novel)Timeline (novel)Timeline is a science fiction novel by Michael Crichton that was published in November 1999. It tells the story of a group of history students who travel to 14th Century France to rescue their professor...
by Michael Crichton - Sir GuyonSir GuyonSir Guyon is a knight in Spenser's Faerie Queene, the personification of temperance and self-control; he subdued the sorceress Acrasia , and was the destroyer of her "Bower of Bliss."...
fictional character in Spenser's The Faerie Queene - Sir Guy Paynter, a character in Crusade (Laird novel)Crusade (Laird novel)Crusade is a novel written by Elizabeth Laird and first published by Macmillan in 2007. It is set in the Third Crusade and focuses on a Saracen boy named Salim and an English boy called Adam. It was shortlisted for the 2007 Costa Children's Book Award....
- Sir Guy de Guide, an aristocratic fox in Bertie the BunyipBertie the Bunyipalong with other puppettes like Sir Guy Deguy Fussy and Gussy it was often called one of the "noiseyest show on sunday morning\Bertie the Bunyip was a puppet character on a popular American children's television show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 1950s and 60s.Created by Australian...
TV puppet show
Other
- Sir Guy Carleton Elementary SchoolSir Guy Carleton Elementary SchoolSir Guy Carleton Elementary School is an elementary school situated in the Collingwood neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...
in Vancouver, Canada - Sir Guy Carleton Secondary SchoolSir Guy Carleton Secondary SchoolSir Guy Carleton Secondary School is a high school in Ottawa, Canada. It specializes in Adaptive Education, with programs modified to suit individual abilities...
in Ottawa, Canada