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From: Athel Cornish-Bowden <me@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: A.P.Herbert died (11/11/1971)
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:12:51 +0100
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On 2024-11-11 10:05:10 +0000, Ross Clark said:

> Now there's a name that was once familiar.
> Born Surrey, 1890. Served in WWI.
> First novel, _The Secret Battle_ (1919)
> Trained as lawyer, though never practised.
> Independent Member of Parliament 1935-1950.
> Wrote a great deal, many things for _Punch_.
> Lots more at
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._Herbert
> including his youthful image on what appears to be a cigarette card.
> And his eccentric but real service in WWII.
> And this list of "Styles":
> 
>      1890–1914: Mr Alan Patrick Herbert
>      1914–1914: Ordinary Seaman A. P. Herbert
>      1914–1914: Able Seaman A. P. Herbert
>      1914–1915: Acting Leading Seaman A. P. Herbert
>      1915–1918: Sub-Lieutenant A. P. Herbert RNVR
>      1918–1935: Mr A. P. Herbert
>      1935–1939: A. P. Herbert MP
>      1939–1945: Petty Officer A. P. Herbert MP
>      1945–1950: Sir A. P. Herbert MP

He represented the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, a seat that 
was abolished in, I think, 1950. In general a good idea, but in his 
case a pity.

>      1950–1970: Sir A. P. Herbert
>      1970–1971: Sir A. P. Herbert CH
> 
> Oh yes, he wrote some things about language (usage, new words).


-- 
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly 
in England until 1987.