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