Belloc Family Correspondence

Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945

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Maurice Baring was born on April 27, 1874, as the eighth child and fifth son of Edward Charles Baring, first Baron Revelstoke and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel. Born in the West End of London, Baring attended Eton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1898, he joined the diplomatic service. In 1904, he became a journalist and reported on the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria for the Morning Post. Later, he was a correspondent in Russia and Istanbul (Constantinople). During World War ...

Belloc, Elodie Hogan, 1868-1914

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Elodie Agnes Hogan was born in 1868 in Napa, California to Irish immigrant parents. She considered becoming a nun with the Order of the Sisters of Charity and spent time at a convent in Maryland before deciding to not pursue a religious vocation. She met her husband, Hilaire Belloc who was a British writer, in London in 1890 while on a family trip. Elodie's mother, Ellen, initially did not approve of Hilaire because she thought he was too young and would not be able to provide for her daughter. ...

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...

Belloc, Louis, 1897-1918.

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Belloc, Hilary A., b. 1902.

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Hilary A. Belloc was the fourth of five children born to British Catholic author Hilarie Belloc and his wife Elodie Hogan Belloc. Hilary Belloc was raised in England, but lived in the United States as an adult. He married, adopted a son, and graduated with a degree in engineering from McGill University. Hilary A. Belloc died in 1977; he and his wife are buried the Hogan family plot in Tulocay Cemetery, Napa, CA. From the description of Hilary A. Belloc Papers, 1865-1997, bulk 1907-19...

Knox, Ronald Arbuthnott, 1888-1957

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Ronald A. Knox was born in Knibworth, Leicestershire on Feb. 17, 1888 to Ellen Penelope French and Rev. Edmund Arbuthnott Knox. He completed his formal education at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford in 1910. He was appointed chaplain at Trinity College in 1912, but left in 1917 when he converted to Roman Catholicism. He served as Roman Catholic chaplain to the university from 1926-1939 and was appointed as a prelate by the pope in 1936. He was a prolific writer, writing both religious com...

Jebb, Reginald.

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Iddesleigh, Elizabeth Belloc Lowndes.

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Belloc, Bessie Rayner, 1829-1925

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Bessie Rayner Parkes (later Belloc), 1829-1925, was the only daughter of Joseph Parkes, a Birmingham Unitarian, and Elizabeth Parkes, granddaughter of Joseph Priestley. She was a lifelong friend of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon and with her was an active supporter of the campaigns for women's work, suffrage, legal rights and education. Bessie Parkes was born in Birmingham on 16 June 1829. Both her father and mother were from long-established Unitarian families. However, despite their radical libe...

Marques, Susan Belloc Lowndes.

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Belloc, Stella.

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Belloc, Peter, 1904-1941.

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Belloc Family.

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British author, historian and poet. Belloc was born in France and raised in England. He attended Oxford from 1906-1910 and served as a member of Parliament. Many of Belloc's works reveal his strong faith in Catholicism. From the description of Belloc Family Correspondence, 1829-1976, bulk 1900-1942. (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 226248989 ...

Lowndes, Lily Belloc.

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Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953

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Franco-British writer. From the description of Letters : to Miss Penn, 1917 Nov. 24 and 1929 Mar. 15. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122601939 English historian, essayist, poet and novelist born La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France July 27, 1870; died Guildford, England July 16, 1953. Belloc wrote biographies of Robespierre (1901) Marie Antoinette (1909) and numerous works on English political history. From 1920-19...

Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966

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English novelist and travel writer. From the description of Evelyn Waugh Collection, 1843-1994 (bulk 1910-1966). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122492298 Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh (1903-1966) ranks as one of the outstanding satiric novelists of the 20th century. Hilariously savage wit and complete command of the English language were hallmarks of his style. He was born in London on Oct. 28, 1903, the son...

Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965

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British novelist, playwright, and short story writer, most well-known for his autobiographical novel "Of Human Bondage". From the description of Letter, signed : St. Jean-Cap Ferrat (France), to James R. Parish, Brockton, Mass. 16 June 1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 62718967 William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a British author. From the description of W. Somerset Maugham letters, 1919-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652236 ...

Belloc, Louise.

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Jebb, Eleanor Belloc, b. 1899

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Lowndes, Charles.

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Jebb, Philip

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Lowndes, Marie Belloc, 1868-1947

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English author. From the description of Typed letter signed : London, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1946 July 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868154 Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x00019a ...

Belloc, Elizabeth, b. 1900.

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Lowndes, F. S. A. (Frederic Sawrey Archibald), 1868-1940

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