J. Griffyth Fairfax
James Griffyth Fairfax was a British poet, translator, and politician.Biography
Fairfax, a great-grandson of the Australian newspaper tycoon John Fairfax, was a member of the Fairfax family, and was educated at Winchester School and New College, Oxford. Fairfax departed permanently from Australia in 1904.
He served in the 15th Indian Division for the duration of the First World War, and rose to the rank of Captain in the Army Service Corps.
His first volume of poetry was published in 1906. He was also active in literary circles and had an influence on and was influenced by his friend Ezra Pound.
Fairfax was a Member of the UK House of Commons representing the borough constituency of Norwich for the Conservative and Unionist Party from the 1924 election until the 1929 election.Published works
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