Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet

Mayor Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet, CVO, DSO (10 September 1887 – 30 Mei 1969), yang juga dikenal dengan nama penanya Henry Wade, adalah Kepala Letnan Buckinghamshire dari 1954 sampai 1961.^[1]

Kehidupan

Aubrey-Fletcher adalah putra tunggal dan anak kedua dari pasangan Sir Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 5th Baronet dan Emily Harriet Wade, meskipun ayahnya telah memiliki putra lainnya pada pernikahan sebelumnya, namun anak tersebut wafat saat bayi. Ia dididik di Eton College dan New College, Oxford.^[1]

Ia bertarung dalam Perang Dunia Pertama dan Perang Dunia Kedua dengan Grenadier Guards, dianugerahi Distinguished Service Order^[2] dan Croix de guerre dari Prancis^[3] pada 1917. Ia adalah anggota Buckinghamshire County Council dan diangkat menjadi High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire pada 1925.^[1] Ia menjadi pemain kriket antara 1921 dan 1928 untuk Buckinghamshire.^[4]

Di bawah nama pena Henry Wade, ia juga menjadi penulis misteri terkenal dan salah satu anggota pendiri Detection Club.^[5]

Ia menikahi Mary Augusta Chilton pada 1911 dan memiliki 5 anak:^[1]

• John Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher (1912–1992)
• Nigel Chilton Aubrey-Fletcher (1914–1980)
• Lancelot Philip Aubrey-Fletcher (1919–2000)
• Mary Elizabeth Aubrey-Fletcher (1923–1994)
• Edward Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, lahir 6 Mei 1930

Setelah kematian istrinya pada 1963, ia menikahi Nancy Cecil Bull pada 1965.^[1]

Karya

Daftar karya yang diterbitkan oleh "Henry Wade".^[6]

Novel Inspektur Poole

• The Duke of York’s Steps, 1929
• No Friendly Drop, 1931
• Constable Guard Thyself, 1934
• "Bury Him Darkly", 1936
• "The Lonely Magdalen", 1940

Novel lainnya

• The Verdict of You All, 1926
• The Missing Partners 1928
• The Dying Alderman, 1930
• The Hanging Captain, 1932
• "Mist on the Saltings, 1932
• "Heir Presumptive", 1935
• "The High Sheriff", 1937
• Released for Death, 1938
• New Graves at Great Norne, 1947
• Diplomat’s Folly, 1951
• Be Kind to a Killer, 1952
• Too Soon to Die, 1953
• Gold Was Our Grave, 1954
• A Dying Fall, 1955
• The Litmore Snatch, 1957

Kumpulan cerpen

• Duello (Policeman's Lot, 1933 - Inspector Poole story)
• The Missing Undergraduate (Policeman's Lot, 1933 - Inspector Poole story)
• Wind in the East (Policeman's Lot, 1933 - Inspector Poole story)
• The Sub-Branch (Policeman's Lot, 1933 - Inspector Poole story)
• The Real Thing (Policeman's Lot, 1933 - Inspector Poole story)
• The Baronet's Finger (Policeman's Lot, 1933 - Inspector Poole story)
• The Three Keys (Policeman's Lot, 1933 - Inspector Poole story)
• A Matter of Luck (Policeman's Lot, 1933)
• Four to One - Bar One (Policeman's Lot, 1933)
• Payment in Full (Policeman's Lot, 1933)
• Jealous Gun (Policeman's Lot, 1933)
• The Amateurs (Policeman's Lot, 1933)
• The Tenth Round (Policeman's Lot, 1933)
• These Artists! (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• The Seagull (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• The Ham Sandwich (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• Summer Meeting (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• Anti-Tank (1935) (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• A Puff of Smoke (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• Steam Coal (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• Toll of the Road (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• November Night (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• The Little Sportsman (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• Lodgers (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• One Good Turn (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• Smash and Grab (Here Comes the Copper, 1938)
• Cotton Wool & Cutlet (20 Cerita Majalah Mei 1940 - cerita Sersan Bragg)

Referensi

1. Lundy, Darryl (2015). "Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Bt". thepeerage.com. Diakses tanggal 10 August 2015. 
2. "No. 30450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1917. hlm. 17. 
3. "No. 30306". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 September 1917. hlm. 9946. 
4. "Henry Aubrey-Fletcher". cricketarchive.com. 2015. Diakses tanggal 10 August 2015. 
5. "The Detection Club: List of Members". Golden Age of Detection Wiki. 2015. Diakses tanggal 10 August 2015. 
6. "Wade, Henry". Golden Age of Detection Wiki. 2015. Diakses tanggal 10 August 2015. 

Pranala luar

• The Baronetage of England, Ireland, Nova Scotia, Great Britain and the United Kingdom Diarsipkan 2008-05-01 di Wayback Machine.
• Biography
• The Realist School of Detective Fiction
• Review of his Henry Wade book Constable Guard Thyself by British crime writer Martin Edwards