Arthur Stanley Bourinot was the son of Sir John George Bourinot and his third wife Lady Isabelle Bourinot, nee Cameron. Arthur married Nora Sherwood, daughter of Sir Percy and Lady Sherwood, on Tuesday April 27, 1926 in Carleton, Ontario.
Arthur and Nora had two daughters:
1.Suzette B Bourinot was born in 1922. She married Edwin C. McDonald on December 5, 1942 in Ottawa, Ontario. He died on April 5, 1994 in Bronxville, N.Y. Suzette died September 8, 1999 in Bronxville, N.Y.
2. Esme Joan Bourinot born 6th January 1926. Esme married Reginald James Dale Lewis who was born 29th September, 1923 in Pretoria, South Africa. Esme died June 28th, 2013 in Howick, South Africa.
In 1915 Arthur enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was sent to England in June, 1916, as a platoon leader with rank of Lieutenant. He served with the Canadian 77th (GGFG) and 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards) CEF, and while serving with the 87th Battalion (CGG), in 1916, was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps to become a Flying Officer (Pilot). From November, 1916 to March, 1917, Bourinot trained as a pilot in France. In June, 1917, he took part in an aerial battle behind enemy lines but did not return and was presumed dead. Three weeks later, a German pilot flew over the British lines to drop a message that Bourinot was alive and a prisoner of war. He remained in captivity from July 1917 until the end of the war held at the German Officer Prisoner Camp Holzminden in Saxony Germany. he was repatriated back to London, UK on 14 December 1918. He remained with the RAF until
January 1920 when he was promoted to Captain and resigned his commission to return to Canada.
Once he returned to Canada, Arthur studied at Osgoode Hall, Toronto and was called to the bar in 1920. He practised law in Ottawa until he retired in 1959. Bourinot began publishing his poems while still an undergraduate and continued to write and publish poetry throughout his life. He received the Governor General's Literary award in 1939 for Under the Sun (1939), poems about the Depression and the coming of the Second World War. He edited the Canadian Poetry Magazine from 1948 to 1954 and from 1966 to 1968; also he was associate editor of Canadian Author and Bookman (1953-60). His carefully researched historical and biographical books and articles on Canadian poets, such as Duncan Campbell Scott, Archibald Lampman, George Frederick Cameron, William E. Marshall and Charles Sangster, have made a valuable contribution to the field of literary criticism in Canada.
Arthur and Nora had two daughters:
1.Suzette B Bourinot was born in 1922. She married Edwin C. McDonald on December 5, 1942 in Ottawa, Ontario. He died on April 5, 1994 in Bronxville, N.Y. Suzette died September 8, 1999 in Bronxville, N.Y.
2. Esme Joan Bourinot born 6th January 1926. Esme married Reginald James Dale Lewis who was born 29th September, 1923 in Pretoria, South Africa. Esme died June 28th, 2013 in Howick, South Africa.
In 1915 Arthur enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was sent to England in June, 1916, as a platoon leader with rank of Lieutenant. He served with the Canadian 77th (GGFG) and 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards) CEF, and while serving with the 87th Battalion (CGG), in 1916, was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps to become a Flying Officer (Pilot). From November, 1916 to March, 1917, Bourinot trained as a pilot in France. In June, 1917, he took part in an aerial battle behind enemy lines but did not return and was presumed dead. Three weeks later, a German pilot flew over the British lines to drop a message that Bourinot was alive and a prisoner of war. He remained in captivity from July 1917 until the end of the war held at the German Officer Prisoner Camp Holzminden in Saxony Germany. he was repatriated back to London, UK on 14 December 1918. He remained with the RAF until
January 1920 when he was promoted to Captain and resigned his commission to return to Canada.
Once he returned to Canada, Arthur studied at Osgoode Hall, Toronto and was called to the bar in 1920. He practised law in Ottawa until he retired in 1959. Bourinot began publishing his poems while still an undergraduate and continued to write and publish poetry throughout his life. He received the Governor General's Literary award in 1939 for Under the Sun (1939), poems about the Depression and the coming of the Second World War. He edited the Canadian Poetry Magazine from 1948 to 1954 and from 1966 to 1968; also he was associate editor of Canadian Author and Bookman (1953-60). His carefully researched historical and biographical books and articles on Canadian poets, such as Duncan Campbell Scott, Archibald Lampman, George Frederick Cameron, William E. Marshall and Charles Sangster, have made a valuable contribution to the field of literary criticism in Canada.
Arthur Stanley Bourinot was the son of Sir John George Bourinot and his third wife Lady Isabelle Bourinot, nee Cameron. Arthur married Nora Sherwood, daughter of Sir Percy and Lady Sherwood, on Tuesday April 27, 1926 in Carleton, Ontario.
Arthur and Nora had two daughters:
1.Suzette B Bourinot was born in 1922. She married Edwin C. McDonald on December 5, 1942 in Ottawa, Ontario. He died on April 5, 1994 in Bronxville, N.Y. Suzette died September 8, 1999 in Bronxville, N.Y.
2. Esme Joan Bourinot born 6th January 1926. Esme married Reginald James Dale Lewis who was born 29th September, 1923 in Pretoria, South Africa. Esme died June 28th, 2013 in Howick, South Africa.
In 1915 Arthur enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was sent to England in June, 1916, as a platoon leader with rank of Lieutenant. He served with the Canadian 77th (GGFG) and 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards) CEF, and while serving with the 87th Battalion (CGG), in 1916, was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps to become a Flying Officer (Pilot). From November, 1916 to March, 1917, Bourinot trained as a pilot in France. In June, 1917, he took part in an aerial battle behind enemy lines but did not return and was presumed dead. Three weeks later, a German pilot flew over the British lines to drop a message that Bourinot was alive and a prisoner of war. He remained in captivity from July 1917 until the end of the war held at the German Officer Prisoner Camp Holzminden in Saxony Germany. he was repatriated back to London, UK on 14 December 1918. He remained with the RAF until
January 1920 when he was promoted to Captain and resigned his commission to return to Canada.
Once he returned to Canada, Arthur studied at Osgoode Hall, Toronto and was called to the bar in 1920. He practised law in Ottawa until he retired in 1959. Bourinot began publishing his poems while still an undergraduate and continued to write and publish poetry throughout his life. He received the Governor General's Literary award in 1939 for Under the Sun (1939), poems about the Depression and the coming of the Second World War. He edited the Canadian Poetry Magazine from 1948 to 1954 and from 1966 to 1968; also he was associate editor of Canadian Author and Bookman (1953-60). His carefully researched historical and biographical books and articles on Canadian poets, such as Duncan Campbell Scott, Archibald Lampman, George Frederick Cameron, William E. Marshall and Charles Sangster, have made a valuable contribution to the field of literary criticism in Canada.
Arthur and Nora had two daughters:
1.Suzette B Bourinot was born in 1922. She married Edwin C. McDonald on December 5, 1942 in Ottawa, Ontario. He died on April 5, 1994 in Bronxville, N.Y. Suzette died September 8, 1999 in Bronxville, N.Y.
2. Esme Joan Bourinot born 6th January 1926. Esme married Reginald James Dale Lewis who was born 29th September, 1923 in Pretoria, South Africa. Esme died June 28th, 2013 in Howick, South Africa.
In 1915 Arthur enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was sent to England in June, 1916, as a platoon leader with rank of Lieutenant. He served with the Canadian 77th (GGFG) and 87th Battalion (Canadian Grenadier Guards) CEF, and while serving with the 87th Battalion (CGG), in 1916, was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps to become a Flying Officer (Pilot). From November, 1916 to March, 1917, Bourinot trained as a pilot in France. In June, 1917, he took part in an aerial battle behind enemy lines but did not return and was presumed dead. Three weeks later, a German pilot flew over the British lines to drop a message that Bourinot was alive and a prisoner of war. He remained in captivity from July 1917 until the end of the war held at the German Officer Prisoner Camp Holzminden in Saxony Germany. he was repatriated back to London, UK on 14 December 1918. He remained with the RAF until
January 1920 when he was promoted to Captain and resigned his commission to return to Canada.
Once he returned to Canada, Arthur studied at Osgoode Hall, Toronto and was called to the bar in 1920. He practised law in Ottawa until he retired in 1959. Bourinot began publishing his poems while still an undergraduate and continued to write and publish poetry throughout his life. He received the Governor General's Literary award in 1939 for Under the Sun (1939), poems about the Depression and the coming of the Second World War. He edited the Canadian Poetry Magazine from 1948 to 1954 and from 1966 to 1968; also he was associate editor of Canadian Author and Bookman (1953-60). His carefully researched historical and biographical books and articles on Canadian poets, such as Duncan Campbell Scott, Archibald Lampman, George Frederick Cameron, William E. Marshall and Charles Sangster, have made a valuable contribution to the field of literary criticism in Canada.
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