Barnes, Kenneth Ralph, 1878-1957
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- 1878-1957
Barnes, Sir Kenneth Ralph, brother of Reginald Walter Ralph Barnes (q.v.); b. Sept. 11, 1878; adm. May 8, 1891 (R); left July 1895; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Jan. 1897; B.A. 1899; M.A. 1904; a clerk in the Land Registry Office 1900; Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 1909; journalist and dramatist; served in Great War I in India and Siberia; Capt. 9th (Cyclist) Batt. Hampshire Regt. June 1, 1916; mentioned in despatches; author of two plays, Undercurrents (1921) and The Letter of the Law (1924); knighted 1938; retired from R. A. D. A. 1955; brother of two great actresses, Irene and Violet Vanbrugh, he did more than any one man in the whole history of the theatre to secure sound training for the young actor and actress; m. Dec. 12, 1925, Daphne, daughter of Sir Richard Graham, Bart; d. Oct. 16, 1957.