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STRACHEY, GILES LYTTON. Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Sept. 30, 1899. [4th] s. of Lieut.-Gen. Sir Richard (1892), of 69, Lancaster Gate, London . B. [Mar. 1], 1880, in London . School, Leamington. Matric. Michs. 1899; Scholar, 1902; B.A. 1903. Hon. LL.D., Edinburgh. Biographer and man of letters. Author, Landmarks in French Literature; Eminent Victorians; Queen Victoria; Characters and Commentaries; Elizabeth and Essex , etc. Sir Max Beerbohm in his Rede Lecture, 1943, said 'the paramount quality' of his prose was 'Beauty.' Lived at 51, Gordon Square, London , W.C. Died, unmarried, Jan. 21, 1932, at Marlborough. (Burke, P. and B.; Who was Who; The Times, Jan. 22, 1932; Cambridge Review, Jan. 29, 1932.) | Giles Lytton STRACHEY Approx. lifespan: 18801932 pens. Trinity College adm1899:09:30 4th] s. of Lieutenant-General: Sir Richard (1892), of 69 Lancaster Gate, London b. 1880:[03:01] in London Sch: Leamington School Leamington, [ Warwickshire ] Matric 1899:10MT: Scholar 1902 BA 1903 Hon.LLD Edinburgh, [ Scotland ] Biographer and man of letters. Publ.: Landmarks in French Literature; Eminent Victorians; Queen Victoria; Characters and Commentaries; Elizabeth and Essex etc. Sir Max Beerbohm in his Rede Lecture 1943 said 'the paramount quality' of his prose was 'Beauty.' At 51 Gordon Square, London W.C. d., unmarried 1932:01:21 at Marlborough, [ Wiltshire ] (Burke, P. and B.; Who was Who; The Times 1932:01:22; Camb. Review 1932:01:29) [add:]Followed the Schoolmasters' training course, Michaelmas 1903; then desisted[:add] [add:]Portrait, by H. Lambat, 1913, at Fitzwilliam Museum[:add] [add:](P.J. Barnwell: Educ. Dept. archives; Goodison: CP : 249)[:add] |