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Bracegirdle Affair
:''This article refers to the political activist. For the Rear Admiral see Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle. For the fictional family of Hobbits see Bracegirdle.'' Mark Anthony Lyster Bracegirdle (10 September 1912 – 22 June 1999) was a British-born Australian Marxist revolutionary who played a key role in the Sri Lankan independence movement. He was one of the handful of European Radicals in Sri Lanka. He is most known for initiating the Bracegirdle Incident. Early life Bracegirdle was born in Chelsea, to Ina Marjorie Lyster and James Seymour Bracegirdle, and was educated in Kennington. He emigrated to Australia with his mother, a suffragette who had been active in the Labour Party and a candidate in 1925 for the Holborn borough. He studied art at a Sydney art school and trained as a farmer in the outback. In about 1935 he joined the Australian Young Communist League (YCL). In Ceylon In 1936 he sailed on the SS ''Bendigo'' for Ceylon (as Sri Lanka was then known). He began ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle
Rear admiral (Australia), Rear Admiral Sir Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle, (31 May 1881 – 23 March 1970) was an Australian naval officer and an Official Secretary to the Governor-General of Australia, Official Secretary to four Australian governors-general: Isaac Isaacs, Sir Isaac Isaacs, Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, Lord Gowrie, the Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Duke of Gloucester, and William McKell. Early life Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle was born in Balmain, Sydney, on 31 May 1881. He attended Sydney Boys High School, in 1898 he joined the New South Wales Naval Brigade as a cadet. Two years later he became a midshipman and served with the New South Wales contingent in China during the Boxer Rebellion. Bracegirdle then served as a lieutenant in the South African Irregular Horse in the final year of the Second Boer War, Boer War. He returned to Australia after being wounded and continued to serve in the naval militia while working as a clerk. He married Lill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |