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Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew CBE, KHS, better known as John Ayscough and born Francis Browning Bickerstaffe,[1][2] (11 February 1858 – 3 July 1928) was a British writer[3] and Roman Catholic priest.

The Right Reverend Monsignor Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew CBE K.H.S.
Born	11 February 1858
Died	3 July 1928 (aged 70) Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Nationality	British
Occupation	Cleric, author
Religion	Roman Catholic
Ordained	1884
Title	Rt Rev Msgr

Biography

Born in Headingley, Leeds, the younger son of Harry Lloyd Bickerstaffe, an Anglican cleric, and Elisabeth Mona Brougham Drew, the daughter of Pierce Drew of Heathfield Towers, Muckridge, Youghal, County Cork, Ireland.[4] He had one sibling, an elder brother, Pierce.[5]

In 1878, he converted to Roman Catholicism, while an undergraduate at Pembroke College, Oxford. Bickerstaffe-Drew was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1884 and served as a chaplain in the British Army for more than thirty years. He was made a private Papal Chamberlain by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 and by Pius X in 1903, was a member of the Pontifical Chamber of Malta.[6]

Bickerstaffe-Drew died in Salisbury, England on 3 July 1928, aged 70.^{[citation needed]}

Distinctions

• Honorary degree from the University of Notre Dame
• Honorary degree from the Marquette University
• Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre
• Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice (1901)

Works

References

Further reading

• Adams, J.R. (1922). "The Modern Catholic Novel," The American Catholic Quarterly Review, Vol. XLVII, pp. 130–135.
• Bickerstaffe-Drew, F. (1919). John Ayscough's Letters to his Mother during 1914, 1915 and 1916. New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons.
• Braybrooke, Patrick (1931). "John Ayscough; Priest and Novelist." In: Some Catholic Novelists: Their Art and Outlook. London: Burns, Oats & Washbourne, Ltd.
• Gerrard, Thomas J. (1911). "The Real Romance of Life," The Catholic World, Vol. XCIII, No. 553, pp. 1–16.
• Martin, Arthur A. (1915). A Surgeon in Khaki. London: Edward Arnold.

External links

• Works by or about John Ayscough at Internet Archive
• Works by Bickerstaffe-Drew, at Hathi Trust
• Works by Bickerstaffe-Drew, at Europeana
• National Portrait Gallery: Francis Browning Drew Bickerstaffe-Drew

На других языках

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- [en] Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew

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[ru] Эйскоф, Джон

Джон Эйскоф (англ. John Ayscough, псевдоним монсеньора Френсиса Бикерстаффа-Дрю — Francis Browning Bickerstaffe-Drew, 11 февраля 1858, Лидс, Йоркшир — 3 июля 1928, Солсбери, Уилтшир) — английский писатель и католический священник.

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