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Spouse. Alvilde, Viscountess Chaplin. . . ( m. 1951; died 1994) . (George) James Henry Lees-Milne (6 August 1908 – 28 December 1997) was an English writer and expert on country houses, who worked for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. He was an architectural historian, novelist and biographer. His extensive diaries remain in print.
James Lees-Milne. James Lees-Milne (1908-1997) foi um escritor inglês, perito em casas de campo inglesas. Foi um influente historiador de arquitectura, romancista e destacado biógrafo. A sua prolongada influência suporta-se no facto de que foi, também, um dos mais importantes diarista do século XX.
The life of JAMES LEES-MILNE (1908-97) spanned the twentieth century; and he left his imprint on that century in a variety of ways. As the first Historic Buildings Secretary (1936-51) of the National Trust, he was instrumental in establishing that institution as the leading force in the conservation of the English country house.
THE LIFE OF JAMES LEES-MILNE. 1908-1931: James Lees-Milne was born on 6 August 1908. Both his parents came from minor landed families which had made industrial fortunes in the 19th century; but the money was fast disappearing and JLM would receive little of it, and that late in life. His father, whom he feared, was a man of many gifts, but an ...
19 de set. de 2009 · James Lees-Milne, diarist and saviour of our national treasures, is well served in this life, says Oliver Marre. Oliver Marre. Sat 19 Sep 2009 19.07 EDT. J ames Lees-Milne was visited on his ...
1 de jan. de 1998 · James Lees-Milne, who saved the country house, died on December 28th, aged 89. THE old houses of England, James Lees-Milne once wrote, meant for him “far more than human lives”. In the 1930s ...
29 de dez. de 1997 · James Lees-Milne, architectural historian and writer: born Wickhamford, Worcestershire 6 August 1908; Private Secretary to the first Lord Lloyd 1931-35; staff, Reuters 1935-36; Secretary, Country ...
