Talk:Henry Newbolt

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Edited the paragraph on Ella Coltman because as phrased it was quite sensationalistic. Saying he had a town and country wife takes away the women's agency, though they were involved with each other. It also didn't add any new information, but was just a judgment. Attempted to improve objectivity without removing any information. --74.67.59.150 18:18, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Newbolt's Schooling.

When I was at Caistor Grammar School, the story of the Newbolt connection was told by the staff, but I'm sceptical about it. Brittanica doesn't mention Caistor at all. If somebody has evidence, please cite it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zhochaka (talk • contribs) 16:15, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

The evidence usually cited is the novel "The Twymans", in which the main protagonist is schooled at 'Casterby'. The detailed description of the school, town and district in the novel conclusively point to 'Casterby' being Caistor (Newbolt places Casterby in the Lincolnshire Wolds, details include a recognisable description of the school hall, Caistor Church - including a description of a distinctive tomb, Pelhams Pillar and neighbouring villages such as Claxby and Clixby). Newbolt's foreword to Sir Arthur Quiller Couch makes it clear that 'The Twymans' is autobiographical. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.227.126.74 (talk) 11:52, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Newbolt's Children

The DNB states two children Cecilia b.1890 [On 1901 Census Margaret C. aged 10] and Francis b.1893 [On 1901 Census Arthur F. aged 8] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.140.128.142 (talk) 13:08, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Vitaï Lampada

The current (13 June 2011) version of the article states that this poem:

"...refers to how a future soldier learns stoicism in cricket matches in the famous Close at Clifton College"

The term "stoicism" was introduced by an anonymous editor on 1 September 2005. It is surely not correct, and fails completely to capture the nature of Newbolt's Vitaï Lampada. What the schoolboy learns is not a passive, dignified, acceptance of fate. It is, rather, an active and selfless commitment to duty (at school, to one's team, later extended to one's country); and this commitment does not stop at one's own actions - it embraces the duty to motivate others with the same commitment ["the voice of the schoolboy rallies the ranks"], and to pass the ideal of selfless duty on to others ["and falling fling to the host behind"]. With a modern cynical eye, it is easy to mock the image of the public schoolboy rallying the broken ranks with an upper-class cricket slogan, but this patriotic ideal was popular with a very wide audience at the turn of the twentieth century. In order to capture this, I shall replace "stoicism" with some more appropriate description. FredV (talk) 03:40, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Place of death

In the Family section, it is stated that "Newbolt died in Coltman's home in Kensington". In the Death subsection it is stated that he died "at his home in Campden Hill, Kensington". Assuming that these statements refer to the same property, it seems that there is some doubt regarding the ownership of the property (unless, perhaps, Newbolt owned Coltman's home, and regarded it also as his own home). If anyone has reasonably authoritative information regarding this issue, it would be an improvement to remove this minor internal contradiction / confusion from the article. FredV (talk) 09:03, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Grammar

"Lampada" is plural surely?

Bukovets (talk) 18:12, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

My mistake. Lampada is a Greek singular. Sorry.

Bukovets (talk) 23:19, 22 April 2012 (UTC)

While there is a Greek word λάμπαδα, Newbolt is referring to the (singular) Latin lampada (a variant of lampa), as used by the Roman poet Lucretius. FredV (talk) 12:14, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism?

...a daughter, Margaret Cecilia Newbolt (1890–1975), who in 1914 married Lt. Col. Sir Ralph Dolignon Furse KCMG DSO (1887–1973), the Head of Recruitment at [[HM lesbian affair with her cousin[6] and childhood love, Laura Isabella 'Ella' Coltman (1863–1948).

I assume this is a malicious entry. Valetude (talk) 11:14, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

What this entry means ? Shouldn’t this sentence be corrected to become understandable? 176.171.33.43 (talk) 19:09, 5 June 2022 (UTC)

I have removed the apparent vandalism and corrected the sentence to make it both correct and intelligible. If indeed one of Newbolt's daughters subsequently had a (then) unorthodox relationship, this is of no relevance to an article about Newbolt. Thomas Peardew (talk) 17:03, 20 August 2022 (UTC)