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Alvilde Lees-Milne (née Bridges; formerly Viscountess Chaplin) (1909–1994) was a British gardening and landscape expert. Born in 1909, she was the daughter of the Governor of South Australia (1922–27) Lt.-Gen. Sir (George) Tom Molesworth Bridges by his wife Janet Florence Menzies, and was the great-niece of Robert Bridges , the one ...
JAMES LEES-MILNE (1908-97), English architectural conservationist and writer, is now best remembered for his diaries. ... Alvilde was living as a tax exile in France; in 1950 she bought a house at Roquebrune, in the mountains between Monaco and Menton.
The life of JAMES LEES-MILNE (1908-97) spanned the twentieth century; and he left his imprint on that century in a variety of ways. As the first Historic Buildings Secretary (1936-51) of the National Trust, he was instrumental in establishing that institution as the leading force in the conservation of the English country house. Largely through his efforts, such splendid and much-visited ...
29 de mar. de 1994 · YOUR obituaries of Alvilde Lees- Milne (by Lady Mary Keen and Lady Dorothy Heber-Percy, 22 March) did not quite convey what fun she was, writes Duff Hart-
James Lees-Milne (1908-1997)--known to friends as Jim--is remembered for his work for the National Trust, rescuing some of England’s greatest architectural treasures, and for the vivid and entertaining diaries which have earned him a reputation as "the 20th-century Pepys." In this long-awaited biography, Michael Bloch portrays a life rich in contradictions, in which an unassuming youth ...
1 de ene. de 1988 · Alvilde Lees-Milne's garden, although not large, proves the importance of form and formality. Joan Loraine has created a garden on the edge of ancient woodland on land sloping down to the sea. Sylvia McCosh, in the north is governed by plant hardiness and stamina.
29 de dic. de 1997 · James Lees-Milne, architectural historian and writer: born Wickhamford, Worcestershire 6 August 1908; Private Secretary to the first Lord Lloyd 1931-35; staff, Reuters 1935-36; Secretary, Country ...
