Through his mother, he was related to a family of the Irish high nobility, who could trace their roots back to Sir Walter Raleigh.
After the First World War, he volunteered as a secretary for the Country Host Institution, which set itself the goal of organizing recreational stays for soldiers in the countryside.
[3] In 1924, he became a writer again with a biography of Sir John Cowans (1862–1921), the quartermaster general of the British Army in the World War I.
The book is largely a travel guide dedicated to the tourist attractions of Bavaria, but thanks to the cooperation from House of Wittelsbach, it was also able to describe non-publicly accessible sights.
John Murray, London 1955) gained particular importance in Germany, was translated into several languages and is still published today.