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Brian Lunn

Brian Lunn (1893–1956) was a British writer and translator.

He was born in Bloomsbury, London, youngest of three sons (there being also a daughter) of Methodist parents Sir Henry Lunn (1859-1939) and Mary Ethel, née Moore, daughter of a canon. He had a somewhat Puritanical upbringing, his father, founder of Lunn's Travel agency that would become Lunn Poly, having strong religious beliefs which were in conflict with his talent as a businessman. Arnold Lunn and Hugh Kingsmill were his brothers. In the mid-1920s Lunn was living at 50 Manchester St, London, W1. He had married after her divorce Betty (Beatrix) Duncan daughter of Ellen Duncan Duncan (Ellie) Duncan, founder in 1907 of Dublin's United Arts Club and with her husband Jim were lifelong friends with Percy French and his family. Ellie and Jim later separated. They had two children, Bettie and Alan. Brian Lunn married a second time to his first wife's sister-in-law, Belinda Duncan a life-long friend of Joyce and Beckett.

Lunn most important work as a writer was 'Switchback', his autobiography published in 1948. Its highlight is Brian's description of a mental breakdown he had while serving in Mesopotamia in the 11th Black Watch. The onset of his breakdown was described as follows:

His other books include a biography of Martin Luther, an "autobiography" of Satan which he "collated" in collaboration with William Gerhardie, a travel guide to Belgium, and a history of the Rothschild family. "Salvation Dynasty" was Brian Lunn's account of the Salvation Army's founders. Provided by Wikipedia