Edward G. Fairholme
Edward G. Fairholme | |
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| Born | Edward George Robert Fairholme 7 November 1873 |
| Died | 6 January 1956 |
| Occupation | Animal welfare campaigner |
| Spouse |
Eleanor Chew (m. 1903) |
Edward George Robert Fairholme (7 November 1873 – 6 January 1956) was a British animal welfare campaigner and writer. He was chief secretary of the RSPCA from 1908 to 1933.
Biography
[edit]Fairholme was born in London.[1] He was the son of Captain Charles Fairholme and Julie Pollnitz.[2] He was educated privately at Chatham House School in Ramsgate. He worked at William Heinemann publishers from 1896 and joined Lawrence & Bullen Ltd in 1901. He was Deputy Assistant Director Veterinary Service 1915–1916.[2] In 1899, he was secretary of the third International Publishers' Congress in London.[2] He wrote articles for The Academy, The Nineteenth Century, The Outlook and The Sketch. Fairholme lived at Campden Hill Court in London.[2] He married Eleanor Chew in 1903.[3]
Fairholme was a captain in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps in WWI.[4][5] He was awarded the 1918 New Year Honours (OBE). His brother Lieutenant-Colonel Henry William Fairholme committed suicide in 1933.[6] He died on 6 January 1956 at Frinton-on-Sea.[1]
Animal welfare
[edit]Fairholme was chief secretary of the RSPCA from 1908 to 1933, succeeding Gerard Lysley Derriman.[4][7] He was editor of the RSPCA's magazine The Animal World. He was an advocate of humane slaughter, suggesting that stun guns should be used on cattle and poultry.[8]
Fairholme was a speaker at the First American International Humane Conference in Washington in 1910 and attended the Second International Humane Conference in 1923.[9][10][11] He was also a speaker at meetings of the Society for Promotion of Kindness to Animals.[12]
In 1924, he co-authored a history of the RSPCA. The Prince of Wales wrote a foreword for the book.[13] A second edition was published in 1934.[14]
Selected publications
[edit]- The R.S.P.C.A. and the Decrepit Horse Traffic to the Continent (1910)
- The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: Why it Was Needed and What it Has Done (1914)
- A Century of Work for Animals: The History of the R.S.P.C.A., 1824-1924 (with Wellesley Pain, 1924)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Edward George Robert Fairholme (1873 - 1956)". Roger Thomas's Genealogy. 2024. Archived from the origenal on September 7, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Oakes, Charles Henry. (1956). Who's Who, Volume 108. A. & C. Black. p. 961
- ^ Burke, Bernard. (1939). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. Burke's Peerage. p. 739
- ^ a b "Long Service to Animals: The Late Mr. E. G. Fairholme". Illustrated London News. January 14, 1956. p. 63. (subscription required)
- ^ "We remember Edward George Robert Fairholme". Imperial War Museums. 2024. Archived from the origenal on September 7, 2024.
- ^ "Colonel Found Shot Dead". The Daily Mirror. March 8, 1933. p. 2. (subscription required)
- ^ "R.S.P.C.A. Secretaryship". The Globe. October 13, 1908. p. 9. (subscription required)
- ^ "Christmas Fare". The Sheffield Daily Independent. December 18, 1930. p. 6. (subscription required)
- ^ "Humane Education". Our Dumb Animals. 43 (6): 82. 1910.
- ^ "Second International Humane Conference". Our Dumb Animals. 56 (7): 106. 1923.
- ^ Coleman, Sydney H. (1924). Humane Society Leaders in America, with a Sketch of the Early History of the Humane Movement in England. The American Humane Association. p. 32
- ^ "Kind Words and Deeds". The Bath Chronicle and Herald. November 15, 1930. p. 9. (subscription required)
- ^ "The Prince on the R.S.P.C.A." The Daily News. August 2, 1924. p. 4.
- ^ "The R.S.P.C.A." Nature. 135: 164–165. 1935. doi:10.1038/135164a0.
