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.
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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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Education, Non-military, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army, Soldiers, Aesthetics, Biography, Criticism and interpretation, Description and travel, English Poets, Hunting, Mystery and detective stories, Poetry, Poets, English, 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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