Humourist and writer. Born in Shepherd's Bush, he invented the verse form which took his middle name (his mother's maiden name), and is a four-line nonsense poem about a famous person; an example being:
Edward the Confessor
Slept under the dresser.
When that began to pall
He slept in the hall.
He also wrote several novels, including 'Trent's Last Case'. Died London.
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