Peerless, Henry ___ 1866-1930 ___ British ___ merchant

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
There is not much information about Henry Peerless available on the internet, except that associated with his diaries - 'A Brief Jolly Change' edited by Edward Fenton. He was born in Brighton into a middle-class family, and entered the family timber business when only 14. He married Amelia (Millie) Garrett in 1891, and they had four children. The oldest, Cuthbert, died during active service in the last year of the First World War. For thirty years, Peerless travelled all round the British Isles and beyond, by horse-drawn carriage, steam train, steam ship, bicycle and motor car and his diaries provide, the publisher says, 'a lively travelogue from a vanished world'.
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1891-1920 ___ domestic family social transport travel Italy Switzerland

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
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SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
A Brief Jolly Change - The Diaries of Henry Peerless 1891-1920
 

May 2005, April 2008
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