L. G. Pine
Leslie Gilbert Pine (22 December 1907 – 15 May 1987) was a British writer, lecturer and researcher in the areas of genealogy, nobility, history, heraldry and animal welfare.[1]
Early life and education
Pine was born at Bristol, the son of Henry Moorshead Pine, a tea merchant, and Lilian Grace, daughter of James Phillips Beswetherick, of Glastonbury.[1][2] He was educated at Tellisford House School, Bristol, the South West London College at Barnes, and at the University of London, where he took a BA.[2]
Career
From 1935 to 1940, Pine was an assistant
He became a Barrister-at-Law,
Pine was managing editor of a British hunting magazine,
Personal life
In 1948 Pine married Grace Violet (20 August 1914 – 5 November 2019), daughter of Albert Griffin and Margaret Emily (née Stowers), of Chelmsford.[1] Their only child, Richard Pine, was born in London on 21 August 1949. Pine died in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in 1987.[2][5]
Works
His books are:
- "The Stuarts of Traquair" (1940)
- The Middle Sea: A Short History of the Mediterranean (1950/1973)
- "The Golden Book of the Coronation" (1953)
- Trace Your Ancestors (1953)
- "The House of Wavell" (1953)
- They Came with the Conqueror: A Study of the Modern Descendants of the Normans (1954)
- Tales of the British aristocracy (1956)
- Heraldry and Genealogy: Teach Yourself (1957/1970)
- "The House of Constantine" (1957)
- The Twilight of Monarchy (1958)
- Orders of Chivalry and Decorations of Honour of the World (1960)
- Ramshackledom, A Critical Appraisal of the Establishment (1962)
- Heraldry, Ancestry And Titles: Questions And Answers (1965)
- The Story of Surnames (1965)
- The Story of Heraldry (1952, revised 1966)
- After Their Blood : a Survey of Blood Sports in Britain (1966)
- Tradition and Custom in Modern Britain (1967)
- Genealogist's Encyclopedia (1969)
- Story of Titles (1969)
- Princes of Wales (1970)
- International Heraldry (1970)
- The Highland Clans (1972)
- The History of Hunting (1973)
- Sons of the Conqueror: Descendant of the Norman Dynasty (1973)
- The New Extinct Peerage, 1884–1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant & Suspended Peerages with Genealogies and Arms (1973)
- American Origins (1980)
- A Dictionary of Mottoes (1983)
- A Dictionary of Nicknames (1984)
Pine is also the primary contributor to the article "Genealogy" in the Encyclopædia Britannica.
References
- ^ England & Wales, Death Index: 1984–2004 Record, Volume 10, Page 2278, from Ancestry.com
- ^ The Times, Deaths, 1982–1988 Record, from Ancestry.com
- ^ Contemporary Authors. A bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields. Volume 122. Detroit: Gale Research, 1988.
- ^ The Times, 21 May 1987
- ^ L.G. Pine, The Story of Heraldry (Rutland, Vt: Chas. E. Tuttle, 1966).