W. G. Fish
Walter George Fish
Early life
Born in Accrington, Lancashire, Fish studied at Westminster City School before entering journalism.
Journalism and wartime occupations
Fish joined the
During the First World War, he worked for the Board of Trade, organising publicity for coal mining. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.[1]
Fish was promoted to the post of editor of the Mail in 1919. In 1922, he fell out with the newspaper's owner,
Gardening
In the late 1930s, Fish and his second wife Margery Fish bought East Lambrook Manor in Somerset, mainly in response to the dangers of the Second World War. There they established an innovative cottage garden that still attracts many visitors.
The couple famously had clashing styles, with Walter favouring bright summer flowers and Margery preferring an informal style with many shade-loving plants and early spring flowers. These included the
References
- ^ "No. 31114". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 January 1919. p. 449.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography