J. Griffyth Fairfax Explained

J. Griffyth Fairfax
Birth Name:	James Griffyth Fairfax
Birth Date:	15 July 1886
Birth Place:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:	France
Nationality:	AngloAustralian
Occupation:	poet; translator; politician
Father:	Charles Burton Fairfax^[1]
Education:	Winchester School
Alma Mater:	New College, Oxford
Module:	Embed: yes Constituency Mp: Norwich Parliament: United Kingdom Alongside: Hilton Young Party: Conservative and Unionist Party
Module2:	Embed: yes Branch: British Army Rank: Captain Unit: Royal Army Service Corps Commands: 15th Indian Division Battles Label: War Battles: World War I

James Griffyth Fairfax (15 July 188627 January 1976) 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.^[2]

Married Rosetta Mary Glover, 10 October 1922 at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge^[3] the daughter of Captain Sir John Hawley Glover.

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.^[1]

Published works

• Book: Fairfax, J. G. . University of California Libraries . The horns of Taurus . 1914 . Smith, Elder & Co. . London .
• Book: Civil aviation in Australia . 1960 . Fairbairn, J. V. . James Fairbairn . Fairfax, J. G. . Canberra . Canberra Pub. Co. .

Poetry

• Book: Fairfax, J. G. . The Gates of Sleep and other poems . 1906 . Elkin Mathews, Vigo Street . London .
• Book: Fairfax, J. G. . Mesopotamia: sonnets and lyrics at home and abroad, 1914-1919 . 1919 . John Murray . London .
• Book: Billington, William John . Catalogue of the war poetry collection presented by and anonymous donor in memory of Private William John Billington . 1921 . Birmingham Public Libraries .
• Fairfax, J. G. (1937) The Fifth Element. London: John Murray.
• Book: . Gardner, Brian . London . Methuen . 1964 .
• Book: Fairfax, J. G. . The forest of the dead . Dapin, Mark . From the trenches: the best ANZAC writing of World War One . 2013 . Melbourne, Victoria . Viking . 978-0-670-07781-6 .

External links

• • J. Griffyth Fairfax Collextion at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fairfax, Charles Burton (1859–1941) . Obituaries Australia . . 26 March 2016 .
2. Web site: J. Griffyth Fairfax . AustLit . . 25 March 2016 .
3. Web site: A Club-Woman's Notebook (news item) . . 1922-12-02 . 22 January 2024 .