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Guy Louis Busson du MaurierDSO (18 May 1865 in London, England – 9 March 1915 in Kemmel, Flanders, Belgium) was an English army officer and playwright. He was the son of the writer George du Maurier and brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and the actor Gerald du Maurier.

Busson du Maurier was educated at Marlborough and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned a lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers on 7 February 1885.[1][2][3] He was promoted to captain on 15 September 1896, and served in the Second Boer War, where he commanded a mounted infantry regiment,[4] earning a promotion to major on 12 December 1900.[5] For his service in the war, he received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in the October 1902 South African honours list.[6]

He achieved notoriety in 1909 as the initially anonymous author of the play An Englishman's Home.[7][8][9] The play tells the story of the Brown family caught up in the invasion of Britain by a foreign power identified as "Nearland"[10] but widely assumed to represent Germany.[11] When the play was staged in Germany, it caused an outrage, as the German press saw clear references to their homeland. In 1940 it was made into a propaganda film, more pointedly titled "Mad Men of Europe".[12]

At the death of his sister Sylvia, and as requested in her will, he became co-guardian to the Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired Peter Pan.[13] He served for the last time in World War I, being killed in action in Flanders in 1915.[14]J. M. Barrie wrote to Guy's nephew George Llewelyn Davies to inform him of the death; by the time Barrie received his response, George himself had been killed.[15]

Notes

  1. ↑Marlborough College 1905
  2. ↑ Dudgeon 2008, pág. 106
  3. ↑ "N.º 25439" . The London Gazette . 6 de febrero de 1885. pág.  521.
  4. ↑ Dunbar 1970, pág. 161
  5. ↑ Lista del ejército de Hart, 1903
  6. ↑ "N.º 27490" . The London Gazette . 31 de octubre de 1902. pág. 6900. 
  7. ↑ Birkin 2003, pág. 172
  8. ↑ "La casa de un inglés; una obra de teatro en tres actos" . Nueva York: Harper. 1909.
  9. ↑ "Colecciones digitales de la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York" .
  10. ↑ Birkin, Andrew (diciembre de 2002). JM Barrie y los Niños Perdidos . Yale University Press. pág. 242. ISBN  978-0-300-09822-8.
  11. ↑ Cooper 2012, Capítulo 2
  12. ↑ Proyecto conmemorativo del parque Rosslyn: Guy Louis Busson du Maurier DSO
  13. ↑ Birkin 2003, pág. 189
  14. ↑ Dudgeon 2008, pág. 222
  15. ↑ Dunbar 1970, págs. 273-274

Referencias

  • Birkin, Andrew (2003). JM Barrie y los Niños Perdidos . Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09822-7.
  • Cooper, Stephen (2012). El último silbato: La Gran Guerra en quince jugadores . The History Press. ISBN 978-0752479354.
  • Dudgeon, Piers (2008). Cautivados: JM Barrie, los du Maurier y el lado oscuro de Nunca Jamás . Chatto & Windus. ISBN 978-0-7011-8216-8.
  • Dunbar, Janet (1970). JM Barrie: El hombre detrás de la imagen . Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Marlborough College (1905). Registro de Marlborough College desde 1843 hasta 1904 inclusive . [Oxford] [H. Hart, impresor]. pág . 348. OCLC 18234600 .  
  • "Retratos de jugadores MZ" . Proyecto conmemorativo de Rosslyn Park . Archivado del original el 11 de agosto de 2013.
  • "Rosslyn Park Recuerda" (PDF) . Noticias del parque . Archivado del original (PDF) el 19 de octubre de 2014.
  • "Du Maurier, Guy Louis Busson" . Comisión de tumbas de guerra de la Commonwealth .