George Cecil Ives
George Cecil Ives | |||||||||||||||
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Ives, c. 1900 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1867 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 June 1950 (aged 82) | ||||||||||||||
| Burial place | Bentworth, Hampshire, England 51°09′29″N 1°03′00″W / 51.158061°N 1.050134°W | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||
| Occupations | Poet, writer, cricketer, prison reform campaigner and gay rights campaigner | ||||||||||||||
| Known for | Founder of the Order of Chaeronea | ||||||||||||||
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| 1902 | MCC | ||||||||||||||
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George Cecil Ives (1 October 1867 – 4 June 1950) was an English poet, writer, penal reformer and early homosexual law reform campaigner. He was born in Frankfurt, as the illegitimate son of an English army officer. He was primarily raised by his paternal grandmother Emma Ives, a daughter of the 3rd Viscount Maynard. Ives met his birth mother only twice in his life.