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Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet
Major Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet (10 September 1887 – 30 May 1969), also known by his pen name Henry Wade, was Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire from 1954 to 1961. He was also one of the leading authors during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. Life Aubrey-Fletcher was the only son and second child of Sir Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 5th Baronet and Emily Harriet Wade (married 18 April 1882 St Anne, Soho, London), though his father had already had another son by a previous marriage, but the child died in infancy. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. He fought in both the First World War and Second World War with the Grenadier Guards, being awarded the Distinguished Service Order and French ''Croix de guerre'' in 1917. He was a member of Buckinghamshire County Council and appointed High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1925. He played Minor counties cricket between 1921 and 1928 for Buckinghamshire. He was also, under the pen n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Grenadier Guards
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Too Soon To Die
''Too Soon to Die'' is a 1953 mystery detective novel by the British writer Henry Wade.Herbert p.205 It was the sixth in a series of seven novels featuring the character of Inspector Poole, published during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It followed a thirteen year gap since the publication of the previous novel '' Lonely Magdalen''. Synopsis Colonel Jerrod and his son concoct an ingenious plan as part of an attempt to save their country estate from crippling death duties. After an apparent boating accident the Inland Revenue investigate before Poole, now a Chief Inspector Chief inspector (Ch Insp) is a rank used in police forces which follow the British model. In countries outside Britain, it is sometimes referred to as chief inspector of police (CIP). Usage by country Australia The rank of chief inspector is use ..., arrives on the scene References Bibliography * Herbert, Rosemary. ''Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing''. Oxford University Press, 2003. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lonely Magdalen
''Lonely Magdalen'' is a 1940 mystery detective novel by the British writer Henry Wade. It was the fifth in a series of seven novels featuring the character of Inspector Poole, published during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. The book focuses more closely on police procedural than the traditional puzzle format.Evans p.34 There was a thirteen-year gap between this and the next entry in the series ''Too Soon to Die''. Synopsis A woman is found strangled on a corner of London's Hampstead Heath, who proves to be a prostitute from Kentish Town Kentish Town is an area of northwest London, England in the London Borough of Camden, immediately north of Camden Town. Less than four miles north of central London, Kentish Town has good transport connections and is situated close to the ope .... The investigations of Inspector Poole, however, reveal that she had once been from a respectable background. He deduces the culprit is like to be drawn from one her clients. References Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bury Him Darkly
''Bury Him Darkly'' is a 1936 mystery detective novel by the British writer Henry Wade. It was the fourth in a series of seven novels featuring the character of Inspector Poole. Along with the following Poole novel, ''Lonely Magdalen'', it marked a shift towards more realistic police procedurals that has been described as pioneering.Evans p.34 Superintendent Fraser, who appeared in Wade's fist novel ''The Verdict of You All'', also appears as one of the characters. Synopsis A robbery at a jewellers in Bond Street Bond Street in the West End of London links Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. Since the 18th century the street has housed many prestigious and upmarket fashion retailers. The southern section is Old Bond Street and the l ... goes wrong, leaving a nightwatchman dead. Police follow up various lines of inquiry. References Bibliography * Herbert, Rosemary. ''Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime & Mystery Writing''. Oxford University Press, 2003. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constable Guard Thyself
''Constable Guard Thyself'' is a 1934 mystery detective novel by the British writer Henry Wade. It was the third in a series of seven novels featuring the character of Chief Inspector Poole, although it was preceded by the 1933 short story collection ''Policeman's Lot'' in which seven of the twelve stories had featured Poole. After his more experimental novel '' Mist on the Saltings'' Wade returned to the traditional detective model.Magill p.1668 Synopsis When the Chief Constable of the rural county of Brodshire is found shot to death in his office, his acting replacement reluctantly calls in the assistance of Scotland Yard Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs, but not the City of London, the square mile that forms London's .... Inspector Poole arrives to head the investigation in the face of hostility from the local police, a number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Friendly Drop
''No Friendly Drop'' is a 1931 mystery detective novel by the British writer Henry Wade. It was the second in a series of seven novels featuring the character of Inspector Poole, published during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.Herbert p.205 It was released in the United States the following year by Brewer and Warren where it received positive reviews in the ''New York Herald Tribune'' and the ''New York Evening Post'', with the latter describing it as "A superior detective story, depending more upon intrinsic interest in a logical plot than upon excitement and goriness for its hold on the reader". Synopsis When Lord Henry Grayle is found dead in bed his country house it is at first assumed he committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills. However, a more detailed examination reveals traces of scopolamine in his body creating a fatal combination of the two drugs. Everyone who knew him claimed he was well-liked, so who could the poisoner be? Called in to investiga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Duke Of York's Steps
''The Duke of York's Steps'' is a 1929 mystery detective novel by the British writer Henry Wade. It was the first in a series of seven novels featuring the character of Chief Inspector Poole, published during the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. The title refers to the steps that connect the Duke of York Column to The Mall in Central London. It is notable for its portrayal of a German Jewish character, a banker who seeks revenge for his mistreatment by murdering a fellow banker.Turnbull p.55 It was well-received by critics and sold well. In ''The Observer'' the reviewer Gerald Gould wrote "It would be difficult to overpraise it". Synopsis After banker Sir Garth Fratten is found dead near a London landmark, Poole of Scotland Yard Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs, but not the City of London, the square mile that forms London's ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Aubrey-Fletcher
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Baronet (22 August 1912 – 19 June 1992) was a British baronet, who played first-class cricket for Oxford and was a British Army soldier. Born in Kensington, Aubrey-Fletcher was the eldest son of Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet and his wife Mary Augusta Chilton. He was educated at Eton College and at New College, Oxford. While at Oxford in 1933 he played cricket for the university team. In 1937 he was accepted at Inner Temple entitled to practice as Barrister-at-Law. He played Minor counties cricket between 1931 and 1948 for Buckinghamshire. In 1939 he married Diana Mary Fynvola Egerton (the great granddaughter of the second Baron Harlech) and they had two children: *Susan Mary Fynvola Aubrey-Fletcher, 1940-1976 who was married without issue to Hon. Richard Stanley, brother and heir presumptive of the Earl of Derby * Henry Egerton Aubrey-Fletcher, born 1945 During the Second World War he fought in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detection Club
The Detection Club was formed in 1930 by a group of British mystery writers, including Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ronald Knox, Freeman Wills Crofts, Arthur Morrison, Hugh Walpole, John Rhode, Jessie Rickard, Baroness Emma Orczy, R. Austin Freeman, G. D. H. Cole, Margaret Cole, E. C. Bentley, Henry Wade, Constance Lindsay Taylor and H. C. Bailey. Anthony Berkeley was instrumental in setting up the club, and the first president was G. K. Chesterton. There was a fanciful initiation ritual with an oath written by Sayers, and the club held regular dinner meetings in London. Guidelines In addition to meeting for dinners and helping each other with technical aspects in their individual writings, the members of the club agreed to adhere to Knox's Commandments in their writing to give the reader a fair chance at guessing the guilty party. These fair-play "rules" were summarised by one of the members, Ronald Knox, in an introduction to an anthology of detective stories. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club
Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club is one of twenty minor county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Buckinghamshire. The team is currently a member of the Minor Counties Championship Eastern Division and plays in the MCCA Knockout Trophy. Buckinghamshire played List A matches occasionally from 1965 until 2005 but is not classified as a List A team ''per se''. The club has its administrative headquarters at Little Chalfont and plays its matches around the county at various locations including at Wormsley on the Getty Estate. Until 1979 it played regularly at Ascott Park, the home of the Rothschild family which was prominent in the club's foundation. Honours * Minor Counties Championship (9) - 1922, 1923, 1925, 1932, 1938, 1952, 1969, 1987, 2009; shared (1) - 1899 * MCCA Knockout Trophy (1) - 1990 Earliest cricket A match in October 1730 on Datchet Heath (now known as Datchet Common), outside the village of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minor Counties Of English And Welsh Cricket
The National Counties, known as the Minor Counties before 2020, are the cricketing counties of England and Wales that do not have first-class status. The game is administered by the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), which comes under the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). There are currently twenty teams in National Counties cricket: nineteen representing historic counties of England, plus the Wales National County Cricket Club. Of the 39 historic counties of England, 17 have a first-class county cricket team (the 18th first-class county is Glamorgan in Wales) and 18 participate in the National Counties championship. Since 2021, Cumberland and Westmorland have been represented by Cumbria in the National Counties championship, while the remaining two historic counties, Huntingdonshire and Rutland, have associations with other counties (Huntingdonshire with Cambridgeshire and Rutland with Leicestershire). Despite this, Huntingdonshire has its own Cricket Board, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
