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Cyril Holland (born Cyril Wilde, 5 June 1885 – 9 May 1915) was the older of the two sons of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd and brother to Vyvyan Holland.
Vyvyan Beresford Holland, OBE (born Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Wilde; 3 November 1886 – 10 October 1967) was an English author and translator. He was the second-born son of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd, and had a brother, Cyril.
Cyril Holland (born Cyril Wilde, 5 June 1885 – 9 May 1915) was the older of the two sons of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd and brother to Vyvyan Holland.
May 1, 2003 · So did Cyril Holland's name, after he became, of all things, an efficient and popular officer in the Royal Artillery, but "man of peace" wasn't allowed him.
The couple had two sons, Cyril (1885) and Vyvyan (1886). Wilde became the sole literary signatory of George Bernard Shaw 's petition for a pardon of the anarchists arrested (and later executed) after the Haymarket massacre in Chicago in 1886.
Cyril Holland. For the following article the editor has, without shame, taken large sections from. two excellent books: Son of Oscar Wilde. by Vyvyan Holland and Constance: The. Tragic and Scandalous Life of Mrs. Oscar. (E Social, 1899-1903) Wilde by Franny Moyle. There was little. original research apart from the discovery.
Excerpted photograph of Cyril Holland c/o the University of Glasgow Library, probably taken soon after he had joined the Royal Field Artillery.
Holland stands up for both his mother and his father, and focuses on pre-trial and post-trial life for the family. He includes childhood stories, the fight of the sword-cane with Cyril is told wonderfully. Holland does write some wonderful descriptions of places and things.
Jan 23, 2021 · There is a moment in the new BBC documentary, Edward Carson and the Fall of Oscar Wilde, when Merlin Holland actually moans at his grandfather's inability to resist making a joke. Holland, who is...
Jun 8, 2024 · On 9 May 1915, near Neuville-Saint-Vaast in northern France, Cyril Holland was shot dead by a German sniper.’ Rudyard Kipling’s only son Jack, despite his very poor eyesight, was commissioned into the army thanks to his famous father’s contacts, on the month of his 18th birthday in August 1915.
