Cecil Day-Lewis Cecil Day-Lewis Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) (27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often writing as C. Day-Lewis, was an Anglo-Irish poet and the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Blake. He is the father of Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, a noted actor, and Tamasin Day-Lewis, a documentary filmmaker and television chef. Day-Lewis was born in 1904 in Ballintubbert, Athy/Stradbally border, Queen's County (now known as County Laois), Ireland. He was the son of Frank Day-Lewis (died 29 July 1937), Church of Ireland
John Cecil-Wright supporter of the Birmingham Dog Show Society, and was instrumental in having it raised to championship status. In 1957 Cecil Wright altered his surname to Cecil-Wright by deed poll, He returned to local politics as a member of Warwickshire County Council from 1958–1961. although he had always used the unhphenated version as a surname. Cecil-Wright died in Milford-on-Sea in 1982 aged 95. John Cecil-Wright Air Commodore John Allan Cecil Cecil-Wright AFC (28 August 1886 – 14 July 1982), born John Allan Cecil Wright, was a British Royal Air Force officer and Conservative Party politician. Born in Knowle, Warwickshire, he was