Background
He was born at Eltham, Kent, United Kingdom on June 12, 1868. He was reared in Brighton and educated in London. The second son of the four sons and three daughters of Alfred Lucas and his wife, Jane née Drewett.
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He was born at Eltham, Kent, United Kingdom on June 12, 1868. He was reared in Brighton and educated in London. The second son of the four sons and three daughters of Alfred Lucas and his wife, Jane née Drewett.
In 1892 he attended lectures at University College, London, under W. P. Ker and A. E. Housman.
He began newspaper work at age 16. Studying at University College, London, he was writing for the London Globe. His professional life was occupied by journalism, publishing, and bookmaking, as well as writing. Lucas joined the staff of the humorous magazine Punch in 1904, and remained there for the rest of his life. From 1908 to 1924 Lucas combined his work as a writer with that of publisher's reader for Methuen and Co. In 1924 he was appointed chairman of the company.
His essays, among them the volumes Urbanities and Adventures and Enthusiasm, have been widely enjoyed and authoritatively praised, while his biography of Charles Lamb and his editions of the works of Charles and Mary Lamb and of their letters are definitive.
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He was appointed a member of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England in 1928, and from 1933 until his death he was a member of the Crown Lands Advisory Committee.
In 1897 he married (Florence) Elizabeth Gertrude, daughter of Colonel James Theodore Griffin, of the United States army; there was one child, Audrey, of the marriage.