English author, born on the 6th of June 1862, the son of H. F. Newbolt, vicar of St. Mary’s, Bilston. He was educated at Clifton College, where he was head of the school in 1881 and edited the school magazine, and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was called to the bar at Lincoln’s Inn in 1887 and practised until 1899. His first book was a story, Taken from the Enemy (1892), and in 1895 he published a tragedy, Mordred; but it was the publication of his ballads, Admirals All (1897), that created his literary reputation. These were followed by other volumes of stirring verse, The Island Race (1898), The Sailing of the Long-ships (1902), Songs of the Sea (1904). From 1900 to 1905 he was the editor of the Monthly Review. Among his later books his novels The Old Country (1906) and The New June (1909) attracted considerable attention. He was knighted in 1915 and was made a Companion of Honour January 1, 1922. His Poems New and Old appeared in 1912; Drake’s Drum and other Sea Songs (1914) and Aladore (1914). During the World War he was engaged on naval records for the British Admiralty, and in 1902 he published a Naval History of the War. His Tales of the Great War (1916), The Book of the Happy Warrior (1917) and Submarine and Anti-Submarine (1918) were written primarily for the young. He also published A New Study of English Poetry (1917); Poetry and Time (1919). His chief contributions to war poetry appeared in 1918 as St. George’s Day and other Poems. See also “Drake’s Drum,” “He fell among Thieves,” “Commemoration” and “Clifton Chapel.”
