Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell
CBE MC | |
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Under-Secretary of State for Air | |
In office 1921–1922 | |
Preceded by | The Marquess of Londonderry |
Succeeded by | The Duke of Sutherland |
Personal details | |
Born | Ronald Gorell Barnes 16 April 1884 London, England |
Died | 2 May 1963 Rifle Brigade | (aged 79)
Battles/wars | First World War |
Military awards | Military Cross |
Ronald Gorell Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor.
Early life and education
Gorell was the second son of
Gorell was educated at Winchester College, Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford.[1] While at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for the University cricket team. After leaving Oxford, Gorell played with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) for 13 seasons, averaging 431 runs and 43 wickets in his 19-match career. In 1909, he was admitted to the Inner Temple, to practice as a barrister. Gorell worked as a journalist for The Times from 1911 to 1915.[1]
Military and career
During
Barnes succeeded as third Baron Gorell on 16 January 1917 after his unmarried elder brother was killed in the War. After the war, he took his seat on the Liberal benches in the
After the war, he spent two years working at the War Office as Deputy Director of Staff Duties (Education),[2] and then served a year as Under-Secretary of State for Air from 1921 to 1922.[1] In 1925, he left the Liberals and joined the Labour Party.[3]
He then devoted his life to literature, editing the Cornhill Magazine, while still serving on many public and private committees.[1][3]
Charitable work
Gorell was involved with many charities, particularly those that were educational or literary in nature. He was chairman of the Teachers' Registration Council (1922–1935), King's College Hospital (1929–1933), and of Dulwich College and Alleyn's School (1949–1959), and president of the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and her Child (1928–1962), the Royal Society of Teachers (1929–1935), and of the Royal Literary Fund (1951–1962).[1]
Personal life and honours
Gorell was invested as an
He was later editor of the
Lord Gorell married Maud Elizabeth Furse Radcliffe (1886–1954), eldest daughter of Alexander Nelson Radcliffe and Isabel Grace Henderson, in 1922. He died at his home in
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Bibliography
Gorell wrote 14 works of fiction, mainly detective stories, and several collections of poetry, published by John Murray.
- In the Night (1917)
- DEQ (1922)
- Venturers All (1927)
- The Devouring Fire (1928)
- He Who Fights (1928)
- Devil's Drum (1929)
- Red Lilac (1935)
- Wild Thyme and other stories (1941)
- Murder at Mavering (1943)
- Luck and other new stories (1948)
- Let Not Thy Left Hand (1949)
- Earl's End (1951)
- Where There's a Head (1952)
- Murder at Manor House (1954)
See also
References
Sources
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London, UK: Dean & Son. p. 408.
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. [page needed]