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'''Henry Simpson,''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSL}} (22 October 1868 - 20 November 1960)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Memorials of the family of Forbes of Forbesfield |url=https://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/archive/95724451?mode=transcription |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=[[National Library of Scotland]] |page=29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=22 November 1960 |title=Deaths |pages=1 |work=[[The Times]] |issue=54935}}</ref> was a banker and the founder and president of the [[Poets' Club]] in [[London]] in 1908. |
'''Henry Simpson,''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSL}} (22 October 1868 - 20 November 1960)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Memorials of the family of Forbes of Forbesfield |url=https://digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-families/archive/95724451?mode=transcription |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=[[National Library of Scotland]] |page=29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=22 November 1960 |title=Deaths |pages=1 |work=[[The Times]] |issue=54935}}</ref> was a banker and the founder and president of the [[Poets' Club]] in [[London]] in 1908. |
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Simpson was born in [[Canonbury|Canonbury, London]], son of Archibald Simpson, a doctor, and Agnes Simpson (nee Forbes). Simpson's mother was descended from the [[Lord Forbes of Pitsligo]]; his Great Uncle was the Scottish architect [[Archibald Simpson]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=10 May 1947 |title=MAKAR |pages=2 |work=[[Aberdeen Press and Journal]] |issue=28815 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19470510/030/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 March 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 November 1909 |title=PARNASSUS IN LONDON The Story of the Poets' Club |pages=26 |work=[[The Graphic]] |issue=2086 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000057/19091120/029/0026 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 March 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> He was brought up in [[Aberdeen]] and educated at the [[Royal High School, Edinburgh]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> Following school he joined the banking profession: he spent four years with the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] in Edinburgh. He then returned to London where he joined the [[Capital and Counties Bank]] and took up the role of bank manager in their Westminster branch.<ref name=":0" /> |
Simpson was born in [[Canonbury|Canonbury, London]], son of Archibald Simpson, a doctor, and Agnes Simpson (nee Forbes). Simpson's mother was descended from the [[Lord Forbes of Pitsligo]]; his Great Uncle was the Scottish architect [[Archibald Simpson]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=10 May 1947 |title=MAKAR |pages=2 |work=[[Aberdeen Press and Journal]] |issue=28815 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19470510/030/0002 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 March 2022 |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=20 November 1909 |title=PARNASSUS IN LONDON The Story of the Poets' Club |pages=26 |work=[[The Graphic]] |issue=2086 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000057/19091120/029/0026 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 March 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> He was brought up in [[Aberdeen]] and educated at the [[Royal High School, Edinburgh]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> Following school he joined the banking profession: he spent four years with the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] in Edinburgh. He then returned to London where he joined the [[Capital and Counties Bank]] and took up the role of bank manager in their Westminster branch.<ref name=":0" /> |
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In March 1908 he played a chief role in the founding of the Poets Club and was the club's first president. The first meeting consisted of a group of nine men and women who met at a Bohemian restaurant in Soho, all were poetry enthusiasts who wished to recite their works in public.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=7 Jan 1934 |title=News and Views of Literary London |pages=BR8 |work=[[New York Times]]}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:34, 2 March 2022
Henry Simpson, FRSL (22 October 1868 - 20 November 1960)[1][2] was a banker and the founder and president of the Poets' Club in London in 1908.
Simpson was born in Canonbury, London, son of Archibald Simpson, a doctor, and Agnes Simpson (nee Forbes). Simpson's mother was descended from the Lord Forbes of Pitsligo; his Great Uncle was the Scottish architect Archibald Simpson.[3][4] He was brought up in Aberdeen and educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh.[3][1] Following school he joined the banking profession: he spent four years with the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh. He then returned to London where he joined the Capital and Counties Bank and took up the role of bank manager in their Westminster branch.[1]
In March 1908 he played a chief role in the founding of the Poets Club and was the club's first president. The first meeting consisted of a group of nine men and women who met at a Bohemian restaurant in Soho, all were poetry enthusiasts who wished to recite their works in public.[4][5]
References
- ^ a b c "Memorials of the family of Forbes of Forbesfield". National Library of Scotland. p. 29. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. No. 54935. 22 November 1960. p. 1.
- ^ a b "MAKAR". Aberdeen Press and Journal. No. 28815. 10 May 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 2 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "PARNASSUS IN LONDON The Story of the Poets' Club". The Graphic. No. 2086. 20 November 1909. p. 26. Retrieved 2 March 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "News and Views of Literary London". New York Times. 7 Jan 1934. pp. BR8.
Sources
- Jewel Spears Brooker, Mastery and Escape: T.S. Eliot and the Dialectic of Modernism, University of Massachusetts Press, 1996, ISBN 1-55849-040-X. (page 48)
- The papers of Oscar Browning
