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| name = J. Griffyth Fairfax | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = James Griffyth Fairfax | birth_date = {{Birth date|1886|07|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|01|27|1886|07|15|df=y}} | death_place = France | nationality = Anglo{{endash}}Australian | other_names = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = | occupation = Poet; trasnlator; politician | father = Charles Burton Fairfax[1] | mother = {{nowrap|Florence Fairfax (née Frazer)[1]}} | education = Winchester School | alma_mater = New College, Oxford | relations = {{unbulleted list|{{nowrap|Sir James Reading Fairfax (grandfather)}}|John Fairfax (great-grandfather)}} | module = {{Infobox MP|embed=yes | constituency_MP = Norwich | parliament = United Kingdom | majority = | term_start = {{start date|1924|10|29|df=y}} | term_end = {{end date|1929|05|30|df=y}} | alongside = Hilton Young | predecessor = {{nowrap|Dorothy Jewson; Walter Robert Smith}} | successor = {{nowrap|Walter Robert Smith; Geoffrey Shakespeare}} | prior_term = | party = Conservative and Unionist Party }} | module2 = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes | allegiance = {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = British Army | serviceyears = | rank = Captain | servicenumber = | unit = Royal Army Service Corps | commands = 15th Indian Division | battles_label = War | battles = World War I | awards = | memorials = }} }} James Griffyth Fairfax (15 July 1886{{spaced endash}}27 January 1976) was a British poet, translator, and politician. BiographyFairfax, a great-grandson of the Australian newspaper tycoon John Fairfax, was a member of the Fairfax family, and was educated at Winchester School and New College, Oxford. Fairfax departed permanently from Australia in 1904.[3] He served in the 15th Indian Division for the duration of the First World War, and rose to the rank of Captain in the Army Service Corps. His first volume of poetry was published in 1908. He was also active in literary circles and had an influence on and was influenced by his friend Ezra Pound.[2] Fairfax was a Member of the UK House of Commons representing the borough constituency of Norwich for the Conservative and Unionist Party from the 1924 election until the 1929 election.[1] Published works
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References1. ^1 2 {{cite web |title=Fairfax, Charles Burton (1859–1941) |work=Obituaries Australia |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fairfax-charles-burton-13802/text24651 |accessdate=26 March 2016 }} 2. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A20835 |title=J. Griffyth Fairfax |work=AustLit |publisher=The University of Queensland |date= |accessdate=25 March 2016 }} External links
| title = Member of Parliament for Norwich | with = Hilton Young | before = Dorothy Jewson Walter Robert Smith | after = Walter Robert Smith Geoffrey Shakespeare | years = 1924–1929 }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Fairfax, J. Griffyth}}{{UK-poet-stub}}{{Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub}}{{England-Conservative-UK-MP-stub}} 12 : Alumni of New College, Oxford|Royal Army Service Corps officers|British Army personnel of World War I|Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies|Fairfax family (publishers)|UK MPs 1924–29|1886 births|1976 deaths|Place of birth missing|Place of death missing|People educated at Winchester College|English male poets |
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