Evelyn Wrench

Sir John Evelyn Leslie Wrench (29 October 1882 – 11 November 1966) was a British author and journalist who was editor of The Spectator. He was the founder of the Royal Over-Seas League and the English-Speaking Union, both to foster international communication and education. His initial gamble in the post card business, due to the popularity of post cards, proved a great success. By the turn of the century, half of all the post cards sold in Paris came from his stores. He later became a prominent author on matters relating to the British Empire. Early life Wrench was born in 1882, in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland, the son of the Rt. Hon. Frederick Stringer Wrench (1849–1926), an Irish Land Commissioner, Deputy Lieutenant and Privy Councillor, by his wife Charlotte Mary Bellingham (1848–1935), sister of Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet. At the age of five years, his favourite literature was Army and Navy Stores catalogues, which his parents gave him to keep him quiet during railway journeys. He attended Summer Fields Preparatory School (1896), and Eton College (1896–1899).