Hannay (TV series) Hannay (TV series) Hannay was a 1988 ITV television series, a spin-off from the 1978 film version of John Buchan's novel "The Thirty-Nine Steps". The film and series starred Robert Powell as Richard Hannay. In the series, Powell reprised the role of Hannay, an Edwardian mining engineer from Rhodesia of Scottish origin. It features his adventures in pre-World War I Great Britain. These stories had little in common with John Buchan's novels about the character, although some character names are taken from his other novels. There were two series, the first with six episodes, the second with seven. "Hannay" was
Richard Shelton (solicitor general) 1644 and otherwise lived there apparently without incident throughout the Civil War and died there in December 1647. He was buried at West Bromwich on 7 December. He and his wife Lettice, the daughter of Sir Robert Fisher of Packington, had no children and the manor eventually passed to their nephew, John Shelton. Albert Frederick Pollard. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Vol 52. Richard Shelton (solicitor general) Sir Richard Shelton (died 1647) was an English lawyer and politician who served as Solicitor General between 1625 and 1634. Richard Shelton (or Sheldon or Shilton) was the elder of the two sons