Meynell, Everard Henry Edward Manning, 1882-1926

Writer, journalist, and book collector. Everard Henry Edward Manning Meynell was born in 1882 in London, England to Wilfrid and Alice (Thompson) Meynell. Everard was accepted into the Forbes School of Painting in 1900, but subsequently became a biographer. Everard 's published works included Giovanni Bellini (1905), Corot and His Friends (Methuen & Co., 1908) and The Life of Francis Thompson (Burns & Oats, 1913).

In November 1908 Everard married the vocalist Grazia Carbone. Together they had four children: Joan (1909–1983), Alice (1911–2008), Wilfrid (1913–1995), and Vivian (1916–2011). Everard served in the British Royal Air Force during World War I. He died on January 7, 1926 in Genoa Italy.