Background
Kingsmill, Hugh was born on November 21, 1889 in London, England. Son of Sir Henry Simpson Lunn.
Kingsmill, Hugh was born on November 21, 1889 in London, England. Son of Sir Henry Simpson Lunn.
Student Harrow School, 1903-1908. New College, Oxford, 1908-1911. Master of Arts, Trinity College, Dublin Ireland, 1913-1914 and 1919.
Served in first world war, 1914-1918, sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Division, prisoner-of-war in Germany, 1917-1918. Worked for some years in travel business for his father, Sir Henry Lunn. Since 1927 has been author, educator and lecturer.
Author (fiction).
The Dawn’s Delay. The Return of William Shakespeare. The Fall; (biography) Frank Harris.
Doctorate. H. Lawrence. The Poisoned Crown, 1944.
(with Pearson) Skye High. (with Same) This Blessed Plot, 1941.
(with William Gerhardi) The Casanova Fable. Home: 101 Westbourne Terrace, London, England.
Address: care Alfred A. Knopf, Incorporated, New York York 22, New New York
Served in first world war, 1914-1918, sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Division, prisoner-of-war in Germany, 1917-1918.
Married Dorothy Vernon, 1929.