Arthur Irwin Dasent (8 May 1859 – 21 November 1939) was a British civil servant, miscellaneous writer, and biographer of his uncle

John Thadeus Delane John Thadeus Delane (11 October 1817 – 22 November 1879), editor of ''The Times'' (London), was born in London. He was the second son of W.F.A. Delane, a barrister, of an old Irish family, who about 1832 was appointed by ''Times'' publi ...

. Arthur Irwin Dasent, the youngest son of Sir

George Webbe Dasent Sir George Webbe Dasent, D. C. L. (1817–1896) was a British lawyer, translator of folk tales and contributor to ''The Times''. Life Dasent was born 22 May 1817 at St. Vincent, British West Indies, the son of the attorney general, John Roche D ...

, was born in 1859 in Westminster and educated at Eton. He entered the civil service and became a clerk in the House of Commons. From 1921 to 1929 he was the first Clerk of the Parliaments of Northern Ireland. He wrote several books on the history of parts of London and numerous articles for ''

The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art ''The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art'' was a London weekly newspaper established by A. J. B. Beresford Hope in 1855. The first editor was the ''Morning Chronicle''s ex-editor John Douglas Cook (1808?–1868), and many ...

'', ''

The Spectator ''The Spectator'' is a weekly British political and cultural news magazine. It was first published in July 1828, making it the oldest surviving magazine in the world. ''The Spectator'' is politically conservative, and its principal subject a ...

'', and similar periodicals. In 1901, he married Helen Augusta Essex Veronica, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel

Alfred Tippinge Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Tippinge, Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order, KCH (2 May 1817 – 2 August 1898) was a British Army officer. As a Grenadier Guards, Grenadier Guard he "served with distinction" in four fields of the Crimean ...

, Grenadier Guards, of Longparish House,

Longparish Longparish is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is composed of the five hamlets of Middleton, East Aston, West Aston ,Forton and Longparish Station that over time have expanded and effectively joined up to become one village. ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

; they had one son.

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Lancaster House Lancaster House (originally known as York House and then Stafford House) is a mansion on The Mall, London, The Mall in the St James's district in the West End of London. Adjacent to The Green Park, it is next to Clarence House and St James ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dasent, Arthur Irwin English biographers 1859 births 1939 deaths People educated at Eton College