Alfred Noyes

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Alfred Noyes

Birth
Wolverhampton, Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
Death
25 Jun 1958 (aged 77)
Burial
Totland, Isle of Wight Unitary Authority, Isle of Wight, England Add to Map
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Poet. He is best remembered for his narrative poem "The Highwayman".

Born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. In 1907, married first spouse Garnett Daniels, the youngest daughter of U.S. Army Col. Byron Daniels, U.S. Civil War veteran and former U.S. Consul at Hull. She died in 1926 at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France.
A staunch pacifist, but nonetheless, in 1916, gave his military and patriotic service for the war effort on attachment to the Foreign Office, working on propaganda.
Married second spouse Mary Angela née Mayne, widow of Lt. Richard Shireburn Weld-Blundell, who had been killed in World War I. Noyes and Mary settled at Lisle Combe in 1929, on the Undercliff near Ventnor, Isle of Wight. They had three children: Hugh (1929–2000), Veronica and Margaret. Noyes' younger daughter "Maggie" married English jurist Sir Michael Nolan (later Lord Nolan) in 1953. (bio info by Michael)
Poet. He is best remembered for his narrative poem "The Highwayman".

Born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. In 1907, married first spouse Garnett Daniels, the youngest daughter of U.S. Army Col. Byron Daniels, U.S. Civil War veteran and former U.S. Consul at Hull. She died in 1926 at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France.
A staunch pacifist, but nonetheless, in 1916, gave his military and patriotic service for the war effort on attachment to the Foreign Office, working on propaganda.
Married second spouse Mary Angela née Mayne, widow of Lt. Richard Shireburn Weld-Blundell, who had been killed in World War I. Noyes and Mary settled at Lisle Combe in 1929, on the Undercliff near Ventnor, Isle of Wight. They had three children: Hugh (1929–2000), Veronica and Margaret. Noyes' younger daughter "Maggie" married English jurist Sir Michael Nolan (later Lord Nolan) in 1953. (bio info by Michael)