Vol. CXXIV. 1934-1945.George Bernard Shaw, author: Notes on a visit to G. B. Shaw by Colonel Ralph H. Isham: 1936: Typewritten.Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, poet: Alphonse James Albert known as A. J. A. Symons, alias Albert James Alroy; writer: Correspo... 1934-1945

Meynell, Francis Meredith Wilfrid, 1891-1975

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Francis Meredith Wilfrid Meynell was born on May 12, 1891 in London, England to Wilfrid and Alice (Thompson) Meynell, the youngest of seven surviving children. Francis Thompson was Francis Meynell's godfather. Meynell attended Trinity College, Dublin, from 1908 until 1910 or 1911. He married three times: Hilda Saxe, 1914 (one daughter, Cynthia); Vera Mendel, 1925 (one son, Benedict); and Alix Hester Marie Kilroy, 1946 (no children). Francis Meynell was a typographer, book designer, and pub...

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, on July 26, 1856, George Bernard Shaw was the only son and third and youngest child of George Carr and Lucinda Elizabeth Gurly Shaw. Though descended from landed Irish gentry, Shaw's father was unable to sustain any more than a facade of gentility. Shaw's official education consisted of being tutored by an uncle and briefly attending Protestant and Catholic day schools. At fifteen Shaw began working as a bookkeeper in a land agent's office which required him t...

Chesterton, Frances Alice, née Blogg wife of G K Chesterton

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Epithet: née Blogg wife of G K Chesterton British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x00021a ...

Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

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John Betjeman was a poet, journalist, free-lance writer, architectural commentator, broadcaster, and television personality who was popular in England in the 1960s and 1970s and was active in the campaigning for the preservation of churches, buildings and landscape. He was knighted in 1969 and became poet laureate in 1972. During his time at Oxford University, Betjeman's active social life included writers such as Evelyn Waugh, Bryan Guiness, Graham Greene, and W.H. Auden. He married Penelope Ch...

Rothenstein John Knewstub Maurice

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Epithet: Director Tate Gallery British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000265.0x000275 ...

Earle, Adrian, active 1934-1945

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Gielgud, John, 1904-2000

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (19) : London, to "Dear Mardi" [Mrs. John C. Hughes], 1972-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589158 From the description of Autograph letters signed (5) and typed letter signed : London, Hampstead, and Beverly Hills, to Denys [Blakelock], 1958 Dec. 6-1964 May 30 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870868 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, t...

Douglas, Francis Archibald Kelhead, 11th Marquess of Queensberry

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Title: 11th Marquess of Queensberry British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0000ba ...

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, on 30 November 1874. He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before joining the Army in 1895 and serving in India and Sudan. After leaving the Army in 1899, he worked as a war correspondent for the Morning Post and the following year was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for Oldham. In 1904, Churchill decided to join the Liberal Party, and in 1906, was elected Liberal MP f...

Channon, Henry, Sir, active 1934-1945, MP

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Whibley, Charles

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Epithet: author and essayist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x00003f ...

Scott, John William Robertson, journalist

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Epithet: journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000030 ...

Smithers, Leonard Charles, publisher and antiquarian bookseller

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Epithet: publisher and antiquarian bookseller British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000330 ...

Odhams Press Ltd (publisher : active 1934-1992)

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Turner, Reginald, active 1888-1945, author

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Shard, C L, active 1934-1945, Book Department Manager Odham Press Ltd

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Epithet: Book Department Manager Odham Press Ltd British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0000d7 ...

Kennard, Coleridge Arthur Fitzroy, Sir, 1st Baronet

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Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0002f3 ...

Pepler, Hilary Douglas Clerk, of the 'St Dominic's Press'

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Epithet: of the 'St Dominic's Press' British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000065 ...

Rothenstein, William, 1872-1945

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William Rothenstein was born in 1872 in Bradford. He studied art at the Slade School 1888-9 and in Paris at the Académie Julian from 1889 - 1893. Although he painted landscapes, people and architectural subjects he specialised in portraiture and published several series of lithographs from 1893, completing 800 portraits by 1926. He died in 1945. From the guide to the Study collection of 179 drawings and lithographs by Sir William Rothenstein 1896 - 1942, 1896-1942, (Tate Gallery Arch...

Lewis, Percy Wyndham, artist and writer

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Epithet: artist and writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x00009a ...

Colman, Sheila, active 1934-1945, literary executor of Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas

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Epithet: literary executor of Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0000eb ...

John, Augustus, 1878-1961

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The Welsh artist Augustus John was a successful painter and draftsman, and a well known bohemian figure. He was in great demand as a portraitist, although his works were often controversial. During WWI he was employed by the Canadian government as a war artist in France. John visited the United States as a guest of the Carnegie Institute in 1923. In 1942 King George VI awarded him the Order of Merit for services to art. From the description of Letters, 1917-ca. 1957. (Getty Research ...

Baker, Frank, active 1934-1945, writer

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Epithet: writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0000ea ...

Jones, Lilian, active 1918-1971, niece of Robert Baldwin Ross

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Epithet: niece of Robert Baldwin Ross British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000098 ...

Stopes, Marie Carmichael 1880-1958

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Epithet: pioneer of birth control British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000171 Pioneer in birth control and sex education, poet. From the description of Letters, 1916-1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515055 Pioneer of birth control and sexual education. From the description of Letters, 1950. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 318...

O'Sullivan, Vincent, active 1906-1945, author

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Nowell-Smith, Simon Harcourt

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Epithet: FSA, bibliographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0001cf ...

Meyerstein, Edward Harry William

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x000119 ...

Sherard, Robert Harborough, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x0003a2 ...

Sotheby and Co (auctioneers of London : active 1501-2001)

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Ball, Albert, active 1924-1945, of the Savile Club

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Epithet: of the Savile Club British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0000c8 ...

Pearson, Edward Hesketh Gibbons, actor and biographer

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Epithet: actor and biographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x00021a ...

Norman, —, active 1934-1945, of Pinner Middlesex lesex

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Epithet: of Pinner Middlesex lesex British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0000d8 ...

Wyndham, Guy, active 1894-1945, son of George Wyndham PC MP

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Epithet: son of George Wyndham PC MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0002e9 ...

McLaren, Moray David Shaw, active 1920-1966, author and broadcaster

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Epithet: author and broadcaster British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x00017e ...

Kingsmill, Hugh, author

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Wardrop, Eleanor, active 1934-1945, friend of George Bernard Shaw

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Epithet: friend of George Bernard Shaw British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0000ec ...

Sprigge, Ethel, active 1927-1952, 2nd wife of Sir S S Sprigge

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Epithet: 2nd wife of Sir S S Sprigge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001123.0x000071 ...

Ross, Alexander Galt, brother of Robert Baldwin Ross

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Epithet: brother of Robert Baldwin Ross British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000361 ...

Symons, Alphonse James Albert, 1900-1944

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Epithet: writer; alias Albert James Alroy British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x000263 ...

Gordon, W A, active 1893-1947, friend of Oscar Wilde

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Epithet: friend of Oscar Wilde British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000363 ...

Partridge, Bernard, 1861-

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British artist Bernard Partridge studied architecture and stained-glass design, and spent some time as an actor in his youth. He joined Punch as a staff cartoonist in the 1890s, and was a mainstay with the magazine for some fifty years, becoming chief cartoonist in 1901. His drawings are notable for their theatrical nature and conservative politics, and Partridge is considered among the best Punch illustrators. From the description of Bernard Partridge letter and Christmas cards, 189...

Aitken, William Maxwell, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

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Title: 1st Baron Beaverbrook British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x00024d ...

Blair, David Oswald Hunter, active 1912-1945, friend of Oscar Wilde

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Epithet: friend of Oscar Wilde British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000070 ...

Douglas, Archibald Edward, active 1893-1945, Very Reverend brother of John 9th Marquess of Queensberry

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Epithet: Very Reverend brother of John 9th Marquess of Queensberry British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000199 ...

Wolfe, Humbert, Deputy Sec Ministry of Labour, writer

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Epithet: Deputy Sec Ministry of Labour, writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001150.0x0001e2 ...

Chalmers, Robert, Sir, 1858-

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1882-1899 clerk in the Treasury; 1908-1911 chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue; 1911-1913 permanent secretary of the Treasury; 1913-1919 governor of Ceylon Epithet: civil servant Title: 1st Baron Chalmers British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0003a8 ...

Russell, Claud Frederick William, Sir, active 1900-1945, KCMG

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Epithet: KCMG British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x00025a ...

Douglas, Alfred Bruce, Lord

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0001ec ...

Loosemore, Leonard P, active 1934-1945, of the Royal Australian Air Force

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Epithet: of the Royal Australian Air Force British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x0000ed ...

Farrer and Co (solicitors, of London : active 1501-1945)

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Gwynn, Edward John, active 1918-1945, Provost Trinity College Dublin

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Epithet: Provost Trinity College Dublin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x0003ca ...