Charles Patrick Graves
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Charles Ranke Patrick Graves (1 December 1899 – 21 February 1971) was a journalist and writer.
Born in Wimbledon, England, he worked on the Sunday Express, Daily Mail
and many other newspapers. He published 46 books in all including the Thin Blue Line or Adventures in the RAF. His hobbies were golf and gin rummy. He was the brother of Robert Graves
.
He begins his autobiography:
"Those were the days, the Bad Old Days - primarily of large families, but also of could look the dollar in the eye without flinching or wincing, when cigarettes were lid, for 20 and beef was unrationed and champagne was 5s. a bottle"
and he concludes it as follows:
"What is happiness? I did not yet know. But I had already learnt that to have any chance of success in life one must be able to ‘take it’; that tact can be worth all the genius in the world; that unless you specialise you will never make more than £800 a year; that it is madness to disbelieve in luck and the cycles of luck; that you have to spend money to make money; that you must at all costs keep your youthful enthusiasms; that the two greatest influences in a man’s life are his mother and his wife; that marriage will either make you or break you, because it can never leave you the same."
His father was Alfred Perceval Graves
(b. 22 July 1846) who received an M.A. and was H.M. Inspector of Schools. Alfred Perceval lived in Taunton
, England
, and was a poet of high standing, writing many charming poems and ballads. Alfred Perceval's marriage to Jane Cooper, (29 December 1874 - 24 March 1886) of Coopers Hill, Co. Limerick, resulted in five children:
After the death of his first wife, Alfred Perceval married Amalie (Amy) Elizabeth Sophie (or Sophia) von Ranke, on 30 December 1891, resulting in five more children:
Born in Wimbledon, England, he worked on the Sunday Express, Daily Mail
Daily Mail
The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
and many other newspapers. He published 46 books in all including the Thin Blue Line or Adventures in the RAF. His hobbies were golf and gin rummy. He was the brother of Robert Graves
Robert Graves
Robert von Ranke Graves 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985 was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works...
.
Books
Two of his books are of special interest, his Ireland Revisited (1949) and his autobiography The Bad Old Days (1951). In Ireland Revisited he takes the reader on an informative and humorous tour of Ireland.He begins his autobiography:
"Those were the days, the Bad Old Days - primarily of large families, but also of could look the dollar in the eye without flinching or wincing, when cigarettes were lid, for 20 and beef was unrationed and champagne was 5s. a bottle"
and he concludes it as follows:
"What is happiness? I did not yet know. But I had already learnt that to have any chance of success in life one must be able to ‘take it’; that tact can be worth all the genius in the world; that unless you specialise you will never make more than £800 a year; that it is madness to disbelieve in luck and the cycles of luck; that you have to spend money to make money; that you must at all costs keep your youthful enthusiasms; that the two greatest influences in a man’s life are his mother and his wife; that marriage will either make you or break you, because it can never leave you the same."
Personal life
The motto of the Graves family is Aquila non captat muscas, (The eagle does not stoop to capture flies). The Graves family worked in many fields, including theology, law, medicine, mathematics, poetry and literature fields.His father was Alfred Perceval Graves
Alfred Perceval Graves
Alfred Perceval Graves , was an Anglo-Irish poet, songwriter, and school inspector . His first marriage to Jane Cooper, eldest daughter of James Cooper of Cooper Hill, Co. Limerick, resulted in five children: the journalist Philip Graves, Mary, Richard, Alfred, and Susan...
(b. 22 July 1846) who received an M.A. and was H.M. Inspector of Schools. Alfred Perceval lived in Taunton
Taunton
Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, and was a poet of high standing, writing many charming poems and ballads. Alfred Perceval's marriage to Jane Cooper, (29 December 1874 - 24 March 1886) of Coopers Hill, Co. Limerick, resulted in five children:
- Philip PercevalPhilip GravesPhilip Perceval Graves was an Irish journalist and writer. While working as a foreign correspondent of The Times in Constantinople, he exposed The Protocols of the Elders of Zion as an antisemitic plagiarism, fraud, and hoax.-Life:Graves, eldest son of the writer Alfred Perceval Graves , was born...
, b. 25 February 1876 (or 1870), m. Millicent Gilchrist. - Mary, b. 6 June 1877, d. circa 1949. m. Arthur Sansome Preston.
- Richard Massie, b. 14 September 1880, d. 14 August 1960, m. Eva Wilkinson, 1912.
- Alfred Perceval ("Bones"), b. 14 December 1881, m. Eirene Gwen Knight (a singer).
- Susan Winthrop Savatier Graves, b. 23 March 1885, m. Kenneth Macaulay.
After the death of his first wife, Alfred Perceval married Amalie (Amy) Elizabeth Sophie (or Sophia) von Ranke, on 30 December 1891, resulting in five more children:
- Clarissa, b. 29 November 1892. Poet, artist, Christian ScienceChristian ScienceChristian Science is a system of thought and practice derived from the writings of Mary Baker Eddy and the Bible. It is practiced by members of The First Church of Christ, Scientist as well as some others who are nonmembers. Its central texts are the Bible and the Christian Science textbook,...
practitioner. - Rosaleen-Louise, b. 7 March 1894, d. 3 August 1989. m. James Francis Cooper.
- Robert von RankeRobert GravesRobert von Ranke Graves 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985 was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works...
, b. 24 July 1895, d. 7 December 1985, poet, novelist, critic, author of I, Claudius and Good-Bye to All That. - Charles Patrick Ranke, b. 1899, d. 1971. Journalist and writer.
- John Tiarks Ranke, b. 1903, d. 1980. m. Mary Wickens.