Lt-Col. Alan Payan Pryce-Jones TD (18 November 1908 – 22 January 2000) was a British book critic, writer, journalist and Liberal Party politician. He was notably editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 1948 to 1959.
18-1345: Pryce may refer to: Surname [ edit ] David Pryce-Jones (born 1936), British author and commentator Deborah Pryce (born 1951), United States, Ohio congresswoman Guto Pryce (born 1972), Welsh bass guitarist for Super Furry Animals Jason Pryce (born 1984), Jamaican businessman and husband of female Jamaican Olympic sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Sir John Pryce, 1st Baronet (c. 1596–c. 1657), Welsh parpliamentarian Jonathan Pryce (born 1947), Welsh actor Karl Pryce (born 1986), English rugby player Kelly Pryce (born 1976/77), American stand-up comedian Leon Pryce (born 1981), English rugby player (older brother to Karl) Malcolm Pryce (born 1960), British novelist Richard Pryce (1864–1942), English novelist Roland Fremont Pryce (1906-1984), United States naval officer Thomas Tannatt Pryce (1886–1918), British captain, World War I Simon Pryce , (born 1972), Australian entertainer of The Wiggles Tom Pryce (1949–1977), British Formula One racing driver Vicky Pryce (born 1952), Greek-born British economist William Thornton Pryce (1932–2006), United States diplomat In fiction [ edit ] Pryce ( Pokémon ) , Pokémon character Wesley Wyndam-Pryce , fictional character for
36-483: A biography, Evelyn Waugh and His World (1973). It was rather notorious for digging up conflict among the married Mitford siblings, with Pamela accusing Jessica of revealing private correspondence concerning their sister the Duchess of Devonshire . The 1976 biography Unity Mitford: A Quest followed, despite alleged efforts by some of Unity Mitford 's sisters to prevent Pryce-Jones from doing his research and publishing
54-495: Is a British conservative author, historian and political commentator. Pryce-Jones was born on 15 February 1936, in Vienna , Austria. He was educated at Eton and earned a degree in history at Magdalen College, Oxford . He is the son of writer Alan Payan Pryce-Jones (1908–2000) by his first wife (married 1934), Therese "Poppy" Fould-Springer (1914–1953) of the Fould family . Therese
72-532: Is a first cousin of Elena Propper de Callejón, wife of late banker Raymond Bonham Carter and mother of actress Helena Bonham Carter . Another cousin is Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild , only son of the better known Baron Élie de Rothschild . Pryce-Jones did his National Service in the Coldstream Guards , in which he was commissioned in 1955, promoted lieutenant in 1956, and served in the British Army of
90-532: Is a senior editor at National Review magazine. He also contributes to The New Criterion and Commentary , and for Benador Associates . He often writes about the contemporary events and the history of the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and intelligence matters. In his 1989 book The Closed Circle , Pryce-Jones examined what he considered to be the reasons for the backward state of the Arab world. A review described
108-533: The American television programs, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel Arihnda Pryce , an Imperial governor in the animated television series Star Wars Rebels and the novel Star Wars: Thrawn [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Pryce . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding
126-672: The Liberal Party in 1937 in response to the party's stance against Nazi Germany fashioned by party leader Sir Archibald Sinclair and supported by Winston Churchill whom he admired. He became vice-president of the St Marylebone Liberal Association and not long after he was adopted as Prospective Liberal Parliamentary Candidate for Louth in Lincolnshire , in succession to Margaret Wintringham . who had been adopted as candidate at Gainsborough. However, his political career
144-663: The Rhine . In 1956, Pryce-Jones lectured the men under his command about the necessity of the Suez War , but admits that he did not believe what he was saying. At the time, he believed that the Islamic world would soon progress after decolonization, and was disappointed when this did not happen. He has worked as a journalist and author. He was literary editor at the Financial Times 1959–61, and The Spectator from 1961 to 1963. Pryce-Jones
162-676: The United States and the United Kingdom have also supported Middle Eastern dictators. Gordon wrote that Pryce-Jones's claim that French President Jacques Chirac was guilty of "perfidy" towards the West by opposing the Iraq War in 2003 was unfair, writing in 2007 that much of what happened in Iraq since 2003 appeared to justify Chirac's predictions of a debacle if the United States invaded. Pryce-Jones wrote
180-505: The book as more of an "indictment" than an examination of the Arab world. In Pryce-Jones's opinion, the root cause of Arab backwardness is the tribal nature of Arab political life, which reduces all politics to war of rival families struggling mercilessly for power. As such, Pryce-Jones's view is that power in Arab politics consists of a network of client–patron relations between powerful and less powerful families and clans. Pryce-Jones considers as an additional retarding factor in Arab society
198-525: The book. He married Clarissa Caccia, daughter of diplomat Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia , in 1959. They have three surviving children, (one deceased, Sonia: 1970–1972), Jessica, Candida and Adam, and live in London. Jessica is married to the BBC journalist David Shukman . Alan Payan Pryce-Jones Pryce-Jones was the son of Henry Morris Pryce-Jones, CB, CVO, DSO, MC and Marion Vere Payan Dawnay. His grandfather
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#1732859391721216-641: The hope of winning the favour of the Islamic world. The book's premise has been likened to Bat Ye'or 's Eurabia theory, which has been praised by Pryce-Jones as "prophetic". The American diplomat Philip H. Gordon gave a highly unfavorable review of Betrayal in Foreign Affairs , describing the book as a French-bashing "polemic" disguised as a work of history. Gordon accused Pryce-Jones of hypocrisy, noting that he took successive French governments to task for supporting Middle Eastern dictators like President Saddam Hussein of Iraq while failing to note that both
234-594: The influence of Islam , which hinders efforts to build a Western style society where the family and clan are not the dominant political unit. Pryce-Jones argues that Islamic fundamentalism is a means of attempting to mobilize the masses behind the dominant clans. In his book, Betrayal: France, the Arabs, and the Jews , he has accused the French government of being anti-Semitic and pro-Arab, and of consistently siding against Israel in
252-406: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pryce&oldid=1192022435 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles David Pryce-Jones David Eugene Henry Pryce-Jones FRSL (born 15 February 1936)
270-672: Was a daughter of Baron Eugène Fould-Springer, a French-born banker who was a cousin of Achille Fould , and Marie-Cecile or Mitzi Springer, later Mrs Frank Wooster or Mary Wooster , whose father was the industrialist Baron Gustav Springer (1842–1920) son of Baron Max Springer . She also had a brother, Baron Max Fould-Springer (1906–1999), and two sisters Helene Propper de Callejón (1907–1997), wife of Spanish diplomat Eduardo Propper de Callejón and grandmother of actress Helena Bonham Carter , and Baroness Liliane de Rothschild (1916–2003). His parents married in 1934 in Vienna, where Pryce-Jones
288-729: Was assistant editor, The London Mercury , 1928–32. He served in the war of 1939–45 in France, Italy and Austria. He was editor, The Times Literary Supplement , 1948–59, book critic for the New York Herald Tribune , 1963–66, the World Journal Tribune , 1967–68, Newsday , 1969–71, and theatre critic for Theatre Arts from 1963. He was director, Old Vic Trust, 1950–61, He was a member of Council, Royal College of Music, 1956–61, and program associate, The Humanities and Arts Program, Ford Foundation, NY, 1961–63. Pryce-Jones joined
306-528: Was born. His mother's Jewish background made it unwise to remain in Vienna and the family moved to England at the end of 1937 . In 1940, a four-year-old Pryce-Jones was stranded with his nanny in Dieppe , Normandy and was rescued from the invading German army by his mother's brother-in-law Eduardo Propper de Callejón . He acknowledged his uncle-by-marriage's efforts in saving his own life when Propper de Callejón retired from Spanish diplomatic service. Pryce-Jones
324-418: Was the merchant entrepreneur Sir Pryce Pryce-Jones of Montgomeryshire. Alan was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford . In 1934 he married Therese "Poppy" Fould-Springer (2 May 1914 – 13 February 1953), a daughter of Baron Eugène Fould-Springer, a French-born banker, and great-granddaughter of Baron Max Springer [ fr ] . In 1968 he married Mrs Mary Jean Kempner Thorne. Pryce-Jones
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