Item II/vii/12 - The grain of my life: poems, 1943 - 1997

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GB 2014 WS-01-GRX-II/vii/12

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The grain of my life: poems, 1943 - 1997

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  • 1997 (Creation)

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4to, 1 volume

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(1913-2008)

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Hunter, Muir Vane Skerrett, son of Hugh Stewart Hunter, civil servant, and Bluebell Matilda Williams, novelist, d. of George Douglas Williams, chief editor Reuters; b. 19 Aug. 1913; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1937, MA 1961; called to the Bar (Gray's Inn) Nov. 1938; served WW2 1940-6: RAC, GHQ (India), and GSO 1 War and Leg. Depts Govt of India (hon. Lieut.-Col.); standing counsel (bankruptcy) to Board of Trade 1949- 65; QC 1965; Bencher Gray's Inn 1976; Amnesty International observer. Burundi 1962, Rho­desia 1969, Turkey 1972; Governor Roy. Shakespeare Theatre 1978-; editor Williams and Muir Hunter on Bankruptcy 1979-84, Muir Hunter on personal Insolvency 1987-; . m. 1st 29 July . 1939 Dorothea, d. of Philip Eason Verstone, 1ournal1st and publisher, of Ealing; 2nd 1986 Gillian Victoria Joyce, sister of Rupert Alexander Neil Petrie (qv); d. 18 Oct. 2008.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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GB 2014

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Final

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  • English

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  • Latin

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