34-630: Lovat may refer to: A colour of Scottish tweed River Lovat , a river in England Lovat (river) , a river in Belarus and Russia Lord Lovat , a title in the Peerage of Scotland Lovat Scouts , British Army unit Lovat Shinty Club , a shinty club from Kiltarlity, Scotland LOVAT Inc. , a Canadian company which manufactures and markets tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Topics referred to by
68-581: A cerebral haemorrhage on 6 July 1932. He was buried at the Church of St James the Less in Pangbourne, with his body later being removed to Holywell cemetery to be buried with Alastair. Grahame's cousin, Anthony Hope, wrote his epitaph: "To the beautiful memory of Kenneth Grahame, husband of Elspeth and father of Alastair, who passed the river on the 6th of July, 1932, leaving childhood and literature through him
102-678: A lease on a house in the Kensington Crescent (now demolished) in Kensington , which he shared with another writer, Tom Greg, until the latter's marriage, and housekeeper Sarah Bath. The Golden Age , published in 1895, was a collection of stories about four children being brought up by aunts and uncles referred to as the Olympians. Some of the chapters had already been published in Pagan Papers while most had appeared in
136-488: A new story was The Reluctant Dragon . In 1897, Grahame met Elspeth (Elsie) Thomson, the daughter of Robert William Thomson and sister of Courtauld Thomson . Elsie had written a novel, as well as plays and poems. Having lost both her parents, she was living in Onslow Square with her stepfather John Fletcher Moulton who was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament. Grahame and Elsie married on 22 July 1899, at
170-517: A private tutor to prepare for the University of Oxford . During World War I , Grahame did war work in the village, setting up a factory for surgical supplies, while Alastair was rejected for active service, probably on account of his poor eyesight, and went up to Christ Church, Oxford in 1918. On 7 May 1920, Alastair's body was found on the railway line near a level crossing in Oxford. Although
204-469: A tweed cloth backing to protect the internal mechanism. Occasionally, Scottish bagpipes were covered in tweed as an alternative to tartan wool. The term "tweed" is used to describe coverings on instrument cables and vintage or retro guitar amplifiers , such as the Fender tweed and Fender Tweed Deluxe . Despite the terminology, many of these coverings were not considered tweed but cotton twill due to
238-412: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tweed (cloth) Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric , of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun , but more closely woven . It is usually woven with a plain weave, twill or herringbone structure. Colour effects in the yarn may be obtained by mixing dyed wool before it
272-516: Is spun. Tweeds are an icon of traditional Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and English clothing, being desirable for informal outerwear, due to the material being moisture-resistant and durable. Tweeds are made to withstand harsh climates and are commonly worn for outdoor activities such as shooting and hunting , in England , Wales , Ireland , and Scotland . In Ireland, tweed manufacturing is now most associated with County Donegal but originally covered
306-694: The Church of St Fimbarrus, Fowey , Cornwall. Grahame had been recovering from pneumonia with his friend Arthur Quiller Couch and family in Fowey . The best man at the wedding was Grahame's cousin, the writer Anthony Hope . Grahame's sister, Helen, disapproved of the marriage, thinking the couple were temperamentally unsuited to each other, and the brother and sister became estranged. The couple set up home in Durham Villas (now Phillimore Place ) in Kensington , where their only child, Alastair (nicknamed Mouse)
340-533: The National Observer and other periodicals. The book made Grahame famous and established him as a leading authority on childhood. The poet Algernon Swinburne said the book was "well-nigh too praiseworthy for praise". A sequel, Dream Days followed in 1898, the year that Grahame was appointed Secretary to the Bank of England. Dream Days included stories published in periodicals over the past four years;
374-660: The 2000s and 2010s, members of long-established British and American land-owning families started to wear high-quality heirloom tweed inherited from their grandparents, some of which pre-dated the Second World War. In modern times, cyclists may wear tweed when they ride vintage bicycles on a Tweed Run . This practice has its roots in the British young fogey and hipster subcultures of the late 2000s and early 2010s, whose adherents appreciate both vintage tweed, and bicycles. Some vintage Danemann upright pianos have
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#1732772155651408-453: The Bank and become a full-time writer. In 1893 he encouraged Grahame to send a collection of his short stories and essays to John Lane at The Bodley Head publishers. The collection was published with the title Pagan Papers and illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley and was well received by critics. Grahame was now in demand as a writer, and became a regular contributor to The Bodley Head periodical, The Yellow Book . In 1894, Grahame took out
442-659: The Bank left him time to pursue his literary interests. He had been jotting down his thoughts in prose and poetry in a bank ledger, but it was not until 1887 that he started to submit stories and essays to periodicals. His first published piece appeared in St James's Gazette in December 1888. He was then invited to become a regular contributor to the National Observer by its editor, the poet William Ernest Henley , who tried to persuade him to give up his position with
476-538: The Bank of England in Threadneedle Street in the City of London as a "gentleman clerk". He would stay at the Bank for nearly thirty years, working his way up to become its youngest Secretary (one of the Bank's three highest officers) at the age of thirty-nine. In the entrance examination to become a clerk, Grahame had scored the highest marks of his intake, and became the only candidate to score 100 percent in
510-456: The Bank. Grahame retired from the Bank in 1908, aged forty-nine, ostensibly on the grounds of ill-health. In his resignation letter, Grahame stated that his health was being affected by his work. A different explanation for Grahame's retirement was offered by a former colleague, W. Marston Acres, who wrote in 1950 that Grahame's resentment of the bullying manner of a director during a discussion about official business provoked him into accusing
544-856: The English Essay paper. To be nearer his work, Grahame took lodgings in Bloomsbury Street , which he later shared with his brother Roland, who also worked at the Bank. In 1882 he moved into a flat in Chelsea , where he lived on his own and caught the ferry to work. In 1884, he became a volunteer at Toynbee Hall , working with impoverished youths from the East End of London . Summer holidays with his sister, Helen, were spent in Cornwall and Italy, both places which would remain favourite destinations throughout his life. Grahame's work at
578-884: The Willows was published in 1908, four months after the author's resignation from the Bank. Rejected at first by Everybody's Magazine in the United States and by Grahame's usual publishers, Bodley Head, the book was eventually published in the United Kingdom by Methuen , with an American edition released by Scribner . Reviews were generally unfavourable; a reviewer in The Times wrote: "Grown-up readers will find it monstruous and elusive, children will hope, in vain, for more fun". A rare positive review appeared in Vanity Fair where Richard Middleton wrote that it
612-502: The Willows . In 1903, Grahame had a narrow escape when a man entered the Bank of England and took three shots at him with a revolver , missing each time. The man, George Frederick Robinson, was overpowered and arrested. After a trial at the Old Bailey in which he was found guilty but insane, he was sent to Broadmoor Hospital . Grahame never completely recovered from the trauma and it may have contributed to his early retirement from
646-572: The children to Scotland but the arrangement did not work out and the children returned to Cranbourne in 1867, while their father resigned his post in Scotland, went to live in France and had no further contact with his children. In 1868, when he was nine years old, Grahame became a boarder at the recently-established St Edward's School in Oxford. He was successful at school both academically and in sport, winning prizes for divinity and Latin in 1874 and
680-460: The cover's design, which caused this misidentification of the design. Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame ( / ˈ ɡ r eɪ . ə m / GRAY -əm ; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer. He is best remembered for the classic of children's literature The Wind in the Willows (1908). Scottish by birth, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother in England, following
714-455: The death of his mother and his father's inability to look after the children. After attending St Edward's School in Oxford, his ambition to attend university was thwarted and he joined the Bank of England , where he had a successful career. Before writing The Wind in the Willows , he published three other books: Pagan Papers (1893), The Golden Age (1895), and Dream Days (1898). Grahame
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#1732772155651748-505: The director of being "no gentleman". Marston Acres believed the director in question to be Walter Cunliffe who would later become Governor of the Bank of England . On leaving the Bank, Grahame was awarded an annual pension of £400, although he could have expected to receive £710. In 1906, he had taken out a lease on a house called Mayfield (later Herries Preparatory School) in Cookham Dean, close to where he grew up. The Wind in
782-443: The elite. Due to their durability tweed Norfolk jackets and plus-fours were a popular choice for hunters, cyclists, golfers, and early motorists, hence Kenneth Grahame 's depiction of Mr. Toad in a Harris Tweed suit. Popular patterns include houndstooth , associated with 1960s fashion , windowpane, gamekeeper's tweed worn by academics, Glen plaid check, originally commissioned by Edward VII , and herringbone . During
816-588: The handwriting, understanding it to be a trade-name taken from the River Tweed that flows through the Scottish Borders textile area. The goods were subsequently advertised as Tweed and the name has remained since. Traditionally used for upper-class country clothing such as shooting jackets , tweed became popular among the Edwardian middle classes who associated it with the leisurely pursuits of
850-469: The jury at the inquest returned a verdict of accidental death, rumours of suicide persisted. He was buried in Holywell Cemetery in Oxford on 12 May 1920, his twentieth birthday. Following the death of their son, Grahame and Elsie went to Italy and spent several years travelling. When they returned to England, they settled at Church Cottage in the village of Pangbourne , where Grahame died of
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918-538: The sixth form prize in 1875, captaining the rugby fifteen, and becoming head boy. Holidays were spent at Cranbourne or with his naval commander uncle, Jack Ingles, and his children in Portsmouth and London. It was during a Christmas holiday in London in 1875 that Grahame's brother, Willie, died of a chest infection. While he was at school, Grahame dreamt of attending Oxford University , but his uncle, John Grahame,
952-595: The whole country. In Scotland, tweed manufacturing is most associated with the Isle of Harris in the Hebrides. The original name of the cloth was tweel , Scots for twill , the material being woven in a twilled rather than a plain pattern. A traditional story has the name coming about almost by chance. Around 1831, a London merchant, James Locke , received a letter from a Hawick firm, Wm. Watson & Sons, Dangerfield Mills about some "tweels". The merchant misinterpreted
986-543: Was "the best book ever written for children and one of the best written for adults". The book sold well and continued to sell well, reaching 100 editions in the United Kingdom in 1951. In 1910, the Grahames moved from Cookham Dean to a farmhouse, Boham's, in the village of Blewbury near Oxford. Grahame's son Alastair flourished at The Old Malthouse School but went on to have brief, and less happy, experiences at Rugby School and Eton College before having lessons with
1020-581: Was Grahame's uncle David Ingles, who was the curate at the local church and took the children boating on the River Thames at nearby Bisham . The children were supported financially by Grahame's paternal uncle, John Grahame, who was a parliamentary agent in London. In the spring of 1866, after the collapse of a chimney at The Mount, the children moved with their grandmother to Fernhill Cottage in Cranbourne . Later that year, Grahame's father recalled
1054-616: Was born and the following month Grahame's mother died of scarlet fever . Grahame contracted the disease and was seriously ill. Although he recovered, he was left vulnerable to chest infections for the rest of his life. After their mother's death, the four children were sent to live with their maternal grandmother at The Mount , a large house in extensive grounds in Cookham Dean in Berkshire , while their grieving father remained in Scotland and took to drink. Also living at The Mount
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1088-587: Was born on 8 March 1859 at 32 Castle Street in Edinburgh . His parents were James Cunningham Grahame (1830–1887), advocate , and Elizabeth Ingles (1837–1864). When Grahame was a little more than a year old, his father was appointed as sheriff-substitute in Argyllshire , and the family moved to Inveraray on Loch Fyne with Grahame, his older sister, Helen, and his older brother, Thomas William (known as Willie). In March 1864, Grahame's younger brother, Roland,
1122-534: Was born prematurely in 1900 with a congenital cataract that left him blind in one eye. Grahame told his son bedtime stories about a mole, beaver, and water-rat, and the letters he wrote when Alastair was holidaying with his nanny in Littlehampton in 1907 while his parents were in Falmouth, Cornwall , included stories about a toad. These stories about animals have been seen as the source for The Wind in
1156-731: Was opposed to the idea and refused to finance it. Instead, Grahame began work as a clerk in his uncle's firm of parliamentary agents Grahame, Currie and Spens. While working in the Westminster office, he lodged with another uncle, Robert Grahame, in Fulham , joined the London Scottish Volunteers and, having met Frederick James Furnivall in a Soho restaurant, became a member of the New Shakspere Society . On 1 January 1879, aged nineteen, Grahame entered
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