Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew

The Right Rev. Bickerstaffe-Drew.

Monsignor Francis Browning Bickerstaffe-Drew K.H.S., better known as John Ayscough,[1][2] (11 February 1858 – 3 July 1928) was an English writer[3] and Roman Catholic priest.

Biography

He was born in Headingley, Leeds, the son of Harry Lloyd Bickerstaffe, a Church of England Clergyman, and Elisabeth Mona Brougham Drew.[4] In 1878, he converted to Catholicism while an undergraduate at Pembroke College, Oxford.[5] Msgr. Drew was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1884 and served as a chaplain in the British army for more than thirty years. He was made a private Chamberlain by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 and by Pius X in 1903, was a member of the Pontifical Chamber of Malta and was a knight of the sacred military Order of the Holy Sepulchre.[6]

Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew died in Salisbury, England.

Honors

Msgr. Drew held honorary degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Marquette University. In 1901, he received the cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice.

Works

  • Oremus: or, Little Mildred (1880).
  • Dominus Vobiscum: or, The Sailor Boy (1880).
  • Veni Creator; or, Ulrich's Money (1881).
  • Pater Noster; or, An Orphan Boy (1881).
  • Per Jesum Christum: or, Two Good Fridays (1881).
  • Ave Maria; or, Catesby's Story (1882).
  • Credo; or, Justin's Martyrdom (1882).
  • Ora Pro Nobis (1883).
  • Marotz (1908).
  • Mr. Beke of the Blacks (1908).
  • Dromina (1909).
  • A Roman Tragedy and Others (1909).
  • San Celestino (1909).
  • Outsiders—and In (1910).
  • Mezzogiorno (1911).
  • Hurdcott (1911).
  • Faustula N. A.D. 340 (1912).
  • Gracechurch (1913).
  • Monksbridge (1914).
  • Prodigals and Sons (1914).
  • French Windows (1918).
  • Jacqueline (1918).
  • The Tideway (1918).
  • Fernando (1919).
  • Abbotscourt (1920).
  • First Impressions in America (1921).
  • Discourses and Essays (1922).
  • Mariquita (1922).
  • Pages from the Past (1922).
  • Dobachi (1923).

Selected articles

Short stories

References

  1. ↑ Halkett, Samuel & John Laing (1956). Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature. New York: Haskell House Publishers, pp. 135, 169.
  2. ↑ Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., p. 40.
  3. ↑ Keller, Leo W. (1920). "John Ayscough, Novelist," The Catholic World, Vol. CXI, pp. 164–173.
  4. ↑ Gorman, W. Gordon (1910). Converts to Rome. London: Sands & Co., pp. 23, 33.
  5. ↑ "Bickerstaffe-Drew, Francis," New Catholic Dictionary.
  6. ↑ "The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Count Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew, LL.D.," The Notre Dame Alumnus, Vol. VII, No. 1, September 1928, p. 16.

Further reading

  • Adams, J.R. (1922). "The Modern Catholic Novel," The American Catholic Quarterly Review, Vol. XLVII, pp. 130–135.
  • Bickerstaffe-Drew, F. (1919). John Ayscough's Letters to his Mother during 1914, 1915 and 1916. New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons.
  • Braybrooke, Patrick (1931). "John Ayscough; Priest and Novelist." In: Some Catholic Novelists: Their Art and Outlook. London: Burns, Oats & Washbourne, Ltd.
  • Gerrard, Thomas J. (1911). "The Real Romance of Life," The Catholic World, Vol. XCIII, No. 553, pp. 1–16.
  • Martin, Arthur A. (1915). A Surgeon in Khaki. London: Edward Arnold.
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