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People From West Somerset (District): People From Dulverton, People From Minehead, People From Watchet, Arthur C. Clarke, Neville Howse
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-11.
ISBN 9781155986456
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: People From Dulverton, People From Minehead, People From Watchet, Arthur C. Clarke, Neville Howse, John Gouriet, Auberon Waugh, Mark Purdey, Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet, Stephen Mulhern, Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, Mary Barclay, Decuman, John Nelder, Auberon Herbert, Wadham Wyndham, John Moresby, John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth, Peter Hurford, Charles Richard Alford, Sarah Biffen, John Wyndham, Simon Lyons, Haydn Sully, George Williams, Herbert Fulton, Andy Ford, William Burgess, William Cadogan. Excerpt: Auberon Herbert (1922-1974) was a British landowner and advocate of Eastern European causes after World War II .Herbert was the son of Aubrey Herbert , Member of Parliament (MP), who died the year after his birth, and brother-in-law of the famous novelist, Evelyn Waugh . He was named after his great-uncle , the Voluntarist philosopher, and in a gesture of familial reconciliation, the Waughs named their son after him.Herbert attended Ampleforth College from 1934-1940, as well as Balliol College , Oxford from 1940-42. When World War II broke out he made repeated attempts to serve, being rejected by the British Army , the Free French and the Dutch forces in Britain. He was finally accepted by the Polish forces in Britain. Herbert became an expert in Polish and Ukrainian affairs, and served with the Polish Army during World War Two. He fought throughout the Normandy Campaign . While on a personal mission from Winston Churchill in Belgium , Herbert was arrested in 1944 by Canadian military police in a Ghent bar, on suspicion of being a spy. His eccentric appearance, language proficiency and manner aroused suspicion. He was badly beaten and suffered facial scars thereafter. Herbert spoke six languages fluently. He was unsuccessful in his attempts to enter Parliament
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