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unusual facts about An English Gentleman


Summer Wind

In 2006, James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers covered "Summer Wind" and released it as a B-side to his UK single release of "An English Gentleman".



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Giulia Grisi

She married an English gentleman, Lord Pearse and in 1910 published the book The Romance of a Great Singer.

John Cournos

However, he is probably best known for his unhappy affair with Dorothy L. Sayers, fictionalized by Sayers in the detective book Strong Poison (1930) and by Cournos himself in The Devil Is an English Gentleman (1932).

My Lady's Manor

Thomas Brerewood (c.1670 - 22 December 1746), was an 'English Gentleman and Entrepreneur. He was also a 'fraudster' on an epic scale.

The English Patient

That Kip volunteered willingly for military service and trained as a sapper by the Lord Suffolk, an English gentleman, who befriended Kip welcoming him into the family.

The Mare's Nest

When it came to the attention of the authorities, "one night I was visited at my flat by men in belted raincoats who came and physically seized the chapter. I was summoned to the Cabinet Office, twelve men sitting around a polished table, where it was explained to me why the information was not being released and we appeal to you as an English gentleman not to release it."

William Whitlock

William Whitelock, also spelt Whitlock (died 22 November 1717), an English gentleman and member of parliament for the University of Oxford