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C.A.A and G.A., 1957 | 1st Edition | Signed [Cyril & Giles Alington]

  • Title
  • C.A.A AND G.A.; Cyril & Giles Alington
  • Author
  • Anon
  • Published
  • 1957
  • Printed by G. Bailes & Sons, Durham
  • Edition
  • 1st Edition
  • Other Contributors

  • Format
  • Hardcover | Cloth
  • Signed
  • Signed And Inscribed By Connected Person | Inscribed and signed by Hester Alington
  • Condition
  • Book: Very Good | DJ: No DJ
  • Provenance
  • SIGNATURE: Hester Margaret Alington
  • Additional Items
  • 1) In Memorium Order of Service for Cyril Argentine Alington Eton College June 1955. 2) Christmas Greeting note from Cyril and Hester Alington signed by Hester Margaret Alington. 3) Four newspaper and magazine articles on Hester Margaret Alington following her death.

Description and Condition

  • Description
  • Hardcover | Cloth. Maroon cloth. Language: English. Size: 18.5 cm by 12 cm. Pages: 67.
  • Book Condition
  • Very Good
  • Sharp corners, edges and spine ends. Tightly bound with lightly tanned and foxed intact endpapers. Inscription and signature to ffep signed 'Hester A'. Lightly toned pages with occasional mark or stain to margins.
  • Dust Jacket Condition
  • No DJ

Notes

  • Provenance
  • SIGNATURE: Hester Margaret Alington
  • HESTER MARGARET ALINGTON: The Honourable Mrs Hester Margaret Lyttelton CBE, daughter of the 4th Lord Lyttelton. Married Rev Cyril Argentine Alington on 5 April 1904. During her time in Durham with Cyril she supported the local mining communities through her role as president of the Mothers Union and established the Girls club in Durham earning herself a C.B.E.
  • Subject Background
  • CYRIL ARGENTINE ALINGTON : (1872-1955) was an English educationalist, scholar, cleric, and author. He was successively the headmaster of Shrewsbury School and Eton College. He also served as chaplain to King George V and as Dean of Durham. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford gaining a First in Classical Moderations (Latin and Greek) in 1893. He was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford in 1896 and was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1901.Sixth-form master at Marlborough College in 1896 and headmaster of Shrewsbury School in 1908. In 1917 he returned to Eton to succeed his brother-in-law, Edward Lyttelton, as headmaster; he remained there until his retirement from teaching in 1933. He served as chairman of the Headmasters' Conference, 1924–25.From 1933 to 1951 Alington served as Dean of Durham. He was chaplain to the King from 1921 until 1933; he was made an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford in 1926.In 1904, Alington married Hester Margaret Lyttelton (CBE; died 1958), the youngest daughter of George Lyttelton, 4th Baron Lyttelton. Alington died at the age of 82 and was buried at Durham Cathedral, where there is a memorial in the north transept. Alington wrote more than 50 books. He also wrote several popular hymns, including Good Christian Men, Rejoice and Sing, Ye that know The Lord is gracious and The Lord of Hosts Our King Shall Be which is used as the epigraph to Nevil Shute's novel In the Wet.

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