Henry Beckles Willson

Henry Beckles Willson, known as "Beckles Willson", (26 August 1869, Montreal – 1942) was a Canadian journalist, WW I soldier, historian and prolific author.^[1][2][3]

Family

On 28 June 1899 Beckles Willson married Ethel Grace Dudley; they had two sons and one daughter.

Selected works

• Harold; an experiment (1891)
• Drift (1895). Verse, 85 pages^[4]
• Tenth island; being some account of Newfoundland, its people, its politics, its problems, and its peculiarities; with an introduction by the Rt. Hon. Sir William Whiteway ... and some remarks on Newfoundland and the navy (1897)
• The great company, 1667–1871: being a history of the honourable company of merchants-adventurers trading into Hudson's Bay; with an introduction by Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal with original drawings by Arthur Heming (1899)^[5]
• Lord Strathcona: the story of his life; with forewords by the Duke of Argyll and the Earl of Aberdeen. With 8 illustrations (1902)
  • The life of Lord Strathconan and Mount Royal, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.
• Lost England; the story of our submerged coasts (1902)
• The new America; a study of the imperial republic (1903)
• Ledger and sword (1903)
• Story of rapid transit; with thirty-seven illustrations (1903)
• Nattevandring (1905)
• Canada; with twelve reproductions from original coloured drawings by Henry Sandham (1907). A book for young people^[6]
• George III, as man, monarch and statesman (1907)
• Occultism and common-sense; with an introduction by Prof. W.F. Barrett (1908)
• Life and letters of James Wolfe (1909)
• Nova Scotia: the province that has been passed by (1911)
• Quebec, the Laurentian province (1913)
• Aglaia of Melos (1914). Verse
• In the Ypres salient; the story of a fortnight's Canadian fighting, June 2-16, 1916 (1916)
• Ypres, the holy ground of British arms (1920)
• Redemption; a novel (1924). 399 pages
• Paris embassy; a narrative of Franco-British diplomatic relations 1814-1920 (1927). 368 pages
  • Ambassade d'Angleterre à Paris (1814-1920): un siècle de relations diplomatiques franco-britanniques (1929)
• America's ambassadors to France (1777–1927): a narrative of Franco-American diplomatic relations (1928)
• America's ambassadors to England (1785-1928): a narrative of Anglo-American diplomatic relations (1928)
  • America's ambassadors to England (1785-1929): a narrative of Anglo-American diplomatic relations (1929)
• From Quebec to Piccadilly and other places, some Anglo-Canadian memories (1929)
• If I had fifty millions! (1931)
• John Slidell and the Confederates in Paris (1862–65) (1932)
• Friendly relations; a narrative of Britain's ministers and ambassadors to America (1791–1930) (1934)

References

External links

• Works written by or about Henry Beckles Willson at Wikisource
• List of stories by Beckles Willson, published in The Strand Magazine