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Arthur Clutton-Brock (23 March 1868 – 8 January 1924) was an English essayist, critic and journalist. Arthur Clutton-Brock was born at

Weybridge Weybridge () is a town in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. The settlement is recorded as ''Waigebrugge'' and ''Weibrugge'' in the 7th century and the name derives from a crossing point of the ...

, third son of John Alan Clutton-Brock, a banker, and his wife Mary Alice, daughter of Rev. Henry Thomas Hill, rector of

Felton, Herefordshire Felton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, and is north-east from the city and county town of Hereford. The closest town is the market town of Bromyard, to the north-east. History Felton is derived fro ...

. They were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Rev. Henry William Hill, rector of

Rock, Worcestershire Rock is a village and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, which lies south-west of Bewdley. It had a population of 2,366 in 2001. In the parish is Fingerpost, the junction of the A456 and A4117 roads. The paris ...

. The Clutton-Brock family were landed gentry, of Pensax Court, near Tenbury, Worcestershire, where they had lived since the 1600s. They were coal mine owners. The family name originated in the adoption of the additional surname of 'Brock' by John Alan's father, Thomas Clutton, J.P., D.L., in 1809, as per a stipulation in the will of his maternal great-uncle, Thomas Brock, of

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

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, in which county the Clutton family had been resident since the reign of Henry III. He was educated at Summerfields and Eton, then

New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at ...

. Following a short period in a stockbroker's office, he was called to the bar in 1895 by the

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, working as a barrister for some years. In 1908 Clutton-Brock was appointed art critic on ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ...

'', having previously occupied the same role on the staff of the ''Tribune'' and ''

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''; he wrote however on a plethora of subjects, from gardening to religion. In 1903, he married Evelyn Alice, the daughter of the civil engineer Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt He lived at The Red House,

Godalming Godalming is a market town and civil parish in southwest Surrey, England, around southwest of central London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, at the confluence of the Rivers Wey and Ock. The civil parish covers and includes the settleme ...

, Surrey. The historian

John William Willis-Bund John William Bund Willis-Bund (8 August 1843 – 7 June 1928) was a British lawyer, legal writer and professor of constitutional law and history at King's College London, a historian who wrote on the Welsh church and other subjects, and a loc ...

was first cousin to Clutton-Brock's mother Mary Alice.A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 1871, vol II, ed. Sir Bernard Burke, pg 1526–1527

Selected publications

''Eton''
(1900)
''Shelley: The Man and the Poet''
(1909)
2nd edition
(1922)
''William Morris: His Work and Influence''
(1914)
''Studies in Gardening''
(1916) * ''Studies in Christianity'' (1918)
reprint
(1922)
''Essays on Art''
(1919)
''Essays on Books''
(1920)
''More Essays on Books''
(1921)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clutton, Arthur English writers 1868 births 1924 deaths English journalists Members of the Fabian Society