James Lees-Milne

(George) James Henry Lees-Milne (6 August 1908 – 28 December 1997) was an English writer and expert on country houses, who worked for the National Trust from 1936 to 1973. He was an architectural historian, novelist and biographer. His extensive diaries remain in print.

James Lees-Milne
Lees-Milne in the 1920s
Born
George James Henry Lees-Milne

(1908-08-06)6 August 1908
Wickhamford, Worcestershire, England
Died28 December 1997(1997-12-28) (aged 89)
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
EducationLockers Park School
Eton College
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Occupations
  • Architectural historian
  • novelist
  • biographer
Spouse
(m. 1951; died 1994)
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