April 9, 1902

The David Cecil who interests us today, is Lord David Cecil, (April 9, 1902 to January 1, 1986), who wrote a history of his family The Cecils of Hatfield House: a Portrait of an English Ruling Family (1973). He was also a professor at Oxford for many years, the author of numerous books about British literature, and connected with the Inklings, the legendary pub meeting set of writers which included Charles Williams and C. S. Lewis.

Other titles of his books include:

The English  Poets (1943),

The poetry of Thomas Gray (1946),

Max: A Biography  (1965),

Poets and Story-tellers: A Book of Critical Essays (1971),

and A Portrait of Charles Lamb (1983).

In June 1977  the BBC televised a program called "Tea With Miss Pym." Lord David Cecil was the interviewer and Barbara Pym, the iconic English novelist, while answering his questions, had to also keep her cat, Minerva, from "putting her paw in the milk jug."

This detail was found in The Barbara Pym Cookbook, (2013), by Hilary Pym and Honor Wyatt .