Introduction
Born: October 23, 1844, Walmer, Kent, England.
Died: April 21, 1930, Chilswell, Boar’s Hill, Oxford, England.
Buried: St. Peter and St. Paul churchyard, Yattendon, Berkshire, England.
Born: October 23, 1844, Walmer, Kent, England.
Died: April 21, 1930, Chilswell, Boar’s Hill, Oxford, England.
Buried: St. Peter and St. Paul churchyard, Yattendon, Berkshire, England.
Robert was the son of John Thomas Bridges and Harriet Elizabeth Affleck Molesworth, and husband of Mary Monica Waterhouse.
He attended Eton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (BA 1867, MA 1874), planning to be a doctor, but eventually discovered his literary gifts—he wrote three volumes of lyrics, several plays, literary criticism, and other works.
He was the United Kingdom’s Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930.