James lees milne biography for kids

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He was the second of three children and the elder son of a prosperous cotton manufacturer and farmer, George Crompton Lees-Milne (–), and his wife, Helen Christina (–), a daughter of Henry Bailey, JP and Deputy Lieutenant of Coates, Gloucestershire.

james lees milne biography for kids

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JAMES LEES-MILNE (), English architectural conservationist and writer, is now best remembered for his diaries.

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James Lees-Milne () is known, first, as one of the great diarists of the 20th century and, second, for his heroic efforts in preserving dilapidated country houses for the .


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James Lees-Milne was a British architectural historian, novelist and biographer.