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John Grigg
FRSL
Lord Altrincham in 1957
Born
John Edward Poynder Grigg (1924-04-15)15 April 1924 London, England
Died
31 December 2001(2001-12-31) (aged 77) London, England
Pen name
Lord Altrincham (1955–1963)
Occupation
Historian
journalist
Alma mater
New College, Oxford
Subject
Biography
history
Spouse
Patricia Campbell
(m. 1958)
Children
2 (both adopted)
Parents
Edward Grigg
Joan Grigg
Relatives
John Dickson-Poynder (grandfather)
Military career
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1943–1950
Rank
Lieutenant
Service number
302263
Unit
Grenadier Guards
Battles/wars
World War II
Western Front
John Edward Poynder GriggFRSL (15 April 1924 – 31 December 2001) was a British writer, historian and politician. He was the 2nd Baron Altrincham from 1955 until he disclaimed that title under the Peerage Act on the day it received Royal Assent in 1963.
Grigg edited the National and English Review (1954–1960) as his father had done. He was a liberal Tory but was defeated at the 1951 and 1955 general elections. In an article for the National and English Review in August 1957, Grigg argued that Queen Elizabeth II's court was too upper-class and British, and instead advocated a more "classless" and Commonwealth court. He also likened the Queen's voice to that of "a priggish schoolgirl". He was slapped across the face by a man in public, and was attacked by the majority of the press, with a minority, including the New Statesman and Ian Gilmour's The Spectator, agreeing with some of Grigg's ideas.
As a historian, his most notable work was an uncompleted four-volume biography of Prime Minister David Lloyd George; he had reached the end of the First World War in 1918 by the time of his death.
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