Cecil Chisholm [SEP] date of death
Cecil Chisholm
Thomas Cecil Chisholm (1888 - 24 November 1961) was a British journalist, publisher and author noted for his 1914 biography of Sir John French, and books on Repertory theatre, Economics, and Business. His books on Retirement, published by Penguin Books sold well in the late 1950s.
Family.
He was the only child of John Christie Chisholm, a solicitor and Provost of Dalkeith and Jean Anderson, the first woman Provost of Dalkeith.
Education.
Chisholm was educated at George Watson's
), known as Lady Lavinia Charlotte Sarah Townshend from December 1823 to 1843.
br6. Cecil Mina Bolivar Dunn-Gardner (born 1825, d.1903), formerly of the 13th light Dragoons, known as Lord Cecil Townshend from birth to age 21 (a second private act forbidding him to use that name and style was then passed). His death is recorded, 7 September 1903. This Cecil Dunn-Gardner was the father of two sons, Robert Cecil,born 18 Sep. 1868, Francis Cyril, bapt.