His granddaughter says that “In the early 1900s he changed his name by deed-pole to Leone Sextus Tollemache. He was known as Buggins, by the men under his command in the Army.” Obviously
It was, of course, the fault of his father, “eccentric clergyman” Ralph Tollemache-Tollemache, who had at least 15 children. The first was merely called Sir Lyonel Felix Carteret Eugene Tollemache, but during his second marriage things got out of hand
There was Mabel Helmingham Ethel Huntingtower Beatrice Blazonberrie Evangeline Vise de Lou de Orellana Plantagenet Toedmag Saxon, for example. And Lyonesse Matilda Dora Ida Agnes Ernestine Curson Paulet Wilbraham Joyce Eugénie Bentley Saxonia Dysart Plantagenet
I can imagine the recruiting officer.
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He attended Sandhurst so he must have been posh. According to Robert Graves, officer criteria at the start of the WW1 was the ability to maintain a polo pony independent of officer stipend. Attrition made them less fussy as the war progressed.
Got to go some to beat former Brighton & Hove Albion footballer Anthony Philip David Terry Frank Donald Stanley Gerry Gordon Stephen James Oatway, commonly known as Charlie despite not having the name "Charles" anywhere in that lot. He was named after the 1973 QPR team, FWIW.
I had to look that meme up, and learning about it has taken me to a Wikipedia page about Douglas Hofstadter's 'Strange Loops', which is making my brain hurt
"The Yo Dawg series has a unique characteristic in being recursive. This multi-layered structure in the Yo Dawg formula makes it reminiscent of the "strange loops" described in Douglas Hofstadter's Gödel, Escher, Bach."
Thank you! I have seen that meme for a long time and never knew the backstory. I read G, E, & B when I was in college. My mom bought it for me at Xmas that year & I loved it then but that was many years ago. It’s still on my shelf. I should reread it because I don’t remember much about it tbh.
First you blink your son out of existence like that bloke in the Avengers film with the glove, and now this? I'm seeing a different side to you this morning, Parikian
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He attended Sandhurst so he must have been posh. According to Robert Graves, officer criteria at the start of the WW1 was the ability to maintain a polo pony independent of officer stipend. Attrition made them less fussy as the war progressed.