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Hilary St George Saunders(1898-1951)

  • Writer
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Hilary St George Saunders served with the Welsh Guards during World War I and later read history at Baliol College, Oxford. He worked with the League of Nations between 1920 and 1937, and would serve as the Secretary of the British Ministry in Paris up to the beginning of World War II. He would subsequently serve as the Librarian of the House of Commons until he retired in 1950. He was also a novelist, short story writer, popular historian and biographer; he wrote under a number of pseudonyms and in collaboration with other writers.
BornJanuary 14, 1898
DiedDecember 16, 1951(53)
BornJanuary 14, 1898
DiedDecember 16, 1951(53)
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Known for

Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in Spellbound (1945)
Spellbound
7.5
  • Writer(as Francis Beeding)
  • 1945
Paratrooper (1953)
Paratrooper
5.9
  • Writer(as Hillary St. George Saunders)
  • 1953

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  • Paratrooper (1953)
    Paratrooper
    5.9
    • story adapted from his book "The Red Beret" (as Hillary St. George Saunders)
    • 1953
  • Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck in Spellbound (1945)
    Spellbound
    7.5
    • novel "The House of Dr. Edwardes" (as Francis Beeding)
    • 1945
  • Dead Men Tell No Tales
    5.0
    • novel "The Norwich Victims" (uncredited)
    • 1938

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  • Alternative names
    • Francis Beeding
  • Born
    • January 14, 1898
    • Clifton, Bristol, England, UK
  • Died
    • December 16, 1951
    • Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas(asthma)
  • Spouses
      Joan Bedford1940 - December 16, 1951 (his death, 2 children)

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