English diplomat and man of letters, fourth son of the first Lord Revelstoke; born in London on the 27th of April 1874. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he entered the diplomatic service in 1898, but resigned in 1904. Taking to literature and journalism, he acted also at various times as a war correspondent for The Times and for the Morning Post; but he cultivated belles lettres for the most part, and his poems and essays soon gained high critical approval. During the World War he worked on the staff of the R.F.C. in France and also at home. In addition to various volumes of imaginative literature—poems, parodies and critical essays—he published several works on Russia, especially The Russian People (1911); What I Saw in Russia (1913); The Mainsprings of Russia (1914), &c. In 1920 he also published R.F.C.H.Q. 1914–18, an account of his experiences in France. See also “Pierre” and “Deirioessa Kadyx.” (See authored article: Hippolyte Adolphe Taine.)
