Winston Mawdsley (Grime) Graham OBE (1908 - 2003)

Born 30 Jun 1908 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Jean Mary (Williamson) Graham — married 30 Sep 1939 (to 31 Dec 1992) in Truro, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Died 10 Jul 2003 at age 95 in East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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Author of the Poldark series of books

Biography

Winston (Grime) Graham OBE is Notable.

Birth

Winston Mawdsley Grime was born 30 June 1908.

Parents Albert Henry Grime & Annie nee Mawdsley

Mother's Maiden Surname: MAWDSLEY

Volume: 8C

Page: 814

Changed his name by deed poll from Grime to Graham on 7 May 1947

Marriage

In September 1939 at Truro, Cornwall, England, Winston Grime married Jean Mary Williamson, having first met her in 1926 when she was 13 years old.

Page 379 - Volume 5C

Death

Winston Mawdsley Graham aged 93 passed away 10 July 2003 at East Sussex, England, United Kingdom in the Registration District of Uckfield, Sussex

Birth Date 30 Jun 1908

Volume: 4611

Page: 45E

Obituary

An obituary was published in the Chicago Tribune 13 Jul 2003, Illinois, United States

Life work

Winston Graham was the author of the Poldark novels. He lived in Perranporth, Cornwall for 34 years.

Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE, born Winston Grime (30 June 1908 – 10 July 2003), was an English novelist, wrote numerous other works, including thrillers, historical novels, short stories and at least four plays. Winston Graham was the author's pseudonym until he changed his name by deed poll from Grime to Graham on 7 May 1947

The Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro, Cornwall had an exhibition devoted to his life and works (Poldark's Cornwall: The Life and Times of Winston Graham) from mid-June to mid-September 2008 to celebrate the centenary of his birth, coinciding with re-publication of the Poldark novels by Pan Macmillan. Additionally, the Winston Graham Historical Prize was initiated as part of the Centenary Celebrations, funded by a legacy from the author and supported by Pan Macmillan. It is awarded for a work of unpublished fiction, preferably with an association with Cornwall. Details can be obtained from the Royal Cornwall Museum.

Legacy

The majority of Winston Graham's manuscripts and papers have been donated to the Royal Institution of Cornwall by his son Andrew Graham and daughter Rosamund Barteau. Further papers are housed at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University and elsewhere

England and Wales Census, 1911

Winston Grime

Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Parish: South Manchester

Sub-District: Ardwick

Albert Henry Grime Head Male 43 Darwen, Lancashire

Annie Grime Wife Female 42 Salford, Lancashire

Cecil Grime Son Male 12 Manchester, Lancashire

Winston Grime Son Male 2 Manchester, Lancashire

Ellen Mawdsley Sister-in-law Female 39 Salford, Lancashire

Ellen Moore Female 23 Ireland, County Dublin

Sources

• Birth - "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FJB-WSQ : 1 October 2014), Winston Grime, 1908; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Chorlton, Lancashire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

• "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8V-2Q2H : 8 October 2014), Winston Grime and null, 1939; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1939, quarter 3, vol. 5C, p. 379, Truro, Cornwall, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Death - "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZJ-F3S4 : 4 September 2014), Winston Mawdsley Graham, Jul 2003; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death Registration, Uckfield, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.

• Obituary - "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK4H-MR62 : accessed 22 September 2019), Winston Graham, Illinois, United States, 13 Jul 2003; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Chicago Tribune, born-digital text.

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWBK-C1D : 3 May 2019), Winston Grime in household of Albert Henry Grime, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

• Further reading
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Graham

• http://www.winstongraham.org/

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Winston-Graham