Gerard Fairlie
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Francis Gerard Luis Fairlie (1 November 1899 – 31 March 1983) was an English author and scriptwriter on whom Sapper (H. C. McNeile
) based the character of Bulldog Drummond
. After Sapper's death, Fairlie continued the Bulldog Drummond book series.
Fairlie was born in Kensington
, London, educated at Downside School
, Somerset and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
and subsequently served in the Scots Guards
. He was both an Army boxing champion and a member of the British bobsleigh team, in France, in 1924. His team finished fifth in the Olympic bobsleigh competition
.
He married Joan Roskell in 1923 and became a journalist and screenwriter. In addition to the Drummond series Fairlie wrote series books about Victor Caryll, Johnny Macall and Mr Malcolm. He died in East Lavington
.
H. C. McNeile
Cyril McNeile MC was a British author, who published under the pen name Sapper.He was one of the most successful British popular authors of the Interwar period; his principal character was Bulldog Drummond.-Biography:Cyril McNeile was born in 1888 at Bodmin in Cornwall...
) based the character of Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character, created by "Sapper", a pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile , and the hero of a series of novels published from 1920 to 1954.- Drummond :...
. After Sapper's death, Fairlie continued the Bulldog Drummond book series.
Fairlie was born in Kensington
Kensington
Kensington is a district of west and central London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street, and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.To the north, Kensington is...
, London, educated at Downside School
Downside School
Downside School is a co-educational Catholic independent school for children aged 11 to 18, located in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, between Norton Radstock and Shepton Mallet in Somerset, south west England. It is attached to Downside Abbey...
, Somerset and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is a British Army officer initial training centre located in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England...
and subsequently served in the Scots Guards
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army, whose origins lie in the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland...
. He was both an Army boxing champion and a member of the British bobsleigh team, in France, in 1924. His team finished fifth in the Olympic bobsleigh competition
Bobsleigh at the 1924 Winter Olympics
At the 1924 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the four man event. However, rules at the time also allowed a fifth sledder to compete...
.
He married Joan Roskell in 1923 and became a journalist and screenwriter. In addition to the Drummond series Fairlie wrote series books about Victor Caryll, Johnny Macall and Mr Malcolm. He died in East Lavington
East Lavington
East Lavington is a village and civil parish in the District of Chichester in West Sussex, England located six kilometres south of Petworth, west of the A285 road....
.