Irvine Gray
English antiquarian and archivist
Irvine Egerton Gray MBE FSA (4 April 1903 – 27 March 1992) was an antiquarian and archivist of Gloucestershire. He served in the British Army during the Second World War, rising to the rank of major in the Intelligence Corps, and after the war worked as records officer for Gloucestershire County Council. A member of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, he was the author and editor of a number of works on the history of Gloucestershire.
Early life and family
Irvine Gray was born on 4 April 1903 in Earls Court, London, to Charles Herbert Gray, an insurance clerk, and his wife Ada Maude Oliver. He was educated at the private Ipswich School. Belgian official records show him in Antwerp sometime between 1916 and 1930.
He married Margaret M. Latto in London in 1935. The couple had three children, Faith (born 23 November 1937), Philippa (born 21 January 1940) and Oliver (born 7 September 1948).
Career
In 1931, Gray produced a translation into English of Antoine de La Sale's Le Petit Jehan de Saintré under the title Little John of Saintré which was positively reviewed in History. In 1935, his history of the General Accident insurance company was published under the title Business Epic 1885–1935.
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