Meynell

Meynell is the name of:

  • Alice Meynell (1847–1922), wife of Wilfrid Meynell
  • Francis Meynell (1891–1975), British poet and printer, son of Alice and Wilfrid Meynell
  • Godfrey Meynell (1904–1935), army officer, awarded posthumous VC
  • Hugo Meynell (1735 – 1808), politician and fox-hunter
  • Hugo Francis Meynell Ingram (1822 – 1871), politician, greatgrandson of Hugo Meynell
  • Hugo Anthony Meynell (born 1936), Christian philosopher, son of Godfrey Meynell
  • Rhys Meynell (born 1988), English footballer
  • Viola Meynell (1885–1956), English writer, daughter of Alice and Wilfrid Meynell
  • Wilfrid Meynell (1852 - 1948), newspaper publisher
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Famous quotes containing the word meynell:

    The sense of humour has other things to do
    than to make itself conspicuous in the act
    of laughter.
    —Alice Meynell (1847–1922)

    She walks—the lady of my delight—
    A shepherdess of sheep.
    Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white;
    She guards them from the steep.
    —Alice Meynell (1847–1922)

    Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name.
    —Alice Meynell (1847–1922)