Lord Gorell was born Ronald Gorell Barnes in 1884, the second son of the first baron Gorell. Both Ronald and his elder brother, Henry, served in the First World War; Ronald earned the Military Cross whilst his brother was killed at Ypres in 1917, elevating Ronald to the third baron Gorell.
As well as performing his duties as a British peer, he was a journalist for The Times, a longtime editor of the Cornhill Magazine, and played thirteen seasons with the Marylebone Cricket Club. He also occasionally wrote crime fiction -- his first, In the Night, was published in 1917, his last, Murder at Manor House, in 1954. Lord Gorell was also co-president of the Detection Club with Agatha Christie from 1956 until his death in 1963.
Ronald Gorell Barnes
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Politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (1884-1963)
| Born | 1884 |
| Died | 1963 |
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Ronald Gorell Barnes
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Politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (1884-1963)
| Born | 1884 |
| Died | 1963 |
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Biography, Criticism and interpretation, Education, Non-military, English Poets, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army, Poets, English, Soldiers, Aesthetics, Aphorisms and Proverbs, Aphorisms and apothegms, Christian life, Description and travel, Early works to 1800, English poetry, Hunting, Maxims, Mystery and detective stories, Poetry, World War, 1914-1918, african, ÄsthetikPeople
John Keats (1795-1821)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL118025A
- ISNI: 0000000108305931
- Library of Congress Names: n50038655
- Project Gutenberg: 58072
- VIAF: 64369327
- Wikidata: Q7364667
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q7364667
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