English poet, novelist, and soldier, born in Paris, of Greek-English parentage. He received his academic training in England, afterward studying at the University of Bonn. After seven years’ service in the British army he retired with the rank of captain, thenceforward devoting himself to romance and poetry. The best known of his poems are Eleanore, and Songs Without Music; among his novels; Rita; Passages in the Life of a Lady; and The Marstons.
