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Lord Berners

Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (died 1950)

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Born
September 18, 1883
Died
April 19, 1950
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1883

About Lord Berners

Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt, was a British composer, novelist, painter, and aesthete. He was also known as Lord Berners. His autobiographies First Childhood (1934), A Distant Prospect (1945), The Château de Résenlieu (published posthumously) and Dresden are both witty and affectionate. In 1918, Berners became the 14th holder of the Berners Barony, after inheriting the title, property, and money from an uncle. In 1932, Berners fell in love with Robert Heber-Percy, 28 years his junior, who became his companion and moved into Faringdon House.

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Lord Berners timeline

  1. In 1918, Berners became the 14th holder of the Berners Barony, after inheriting the title, property, and money from an uncle.
  2. In 1932, Berners fell in love with Robert Heber-Percy, 28 years his junior, who became his companion and moved into Faringdon House.
  3. His autobiographies First Childhood (1934), A Distant Prospect (1945), The Château de Résenlieu (published posthumously) and Dresden are both witty and affectionate.

The world when Lord Berners was born

Lord Berners was born in 1883. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineBrooklyn Bridge opens after 14 years of construction
  • Technology milestoneFirst standardized time zones adopted
  • World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
  • U.S. population52.8M

1883 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Lord Berners's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18832026
Population52.8M341 million

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