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...Ford's surname was originally Hueffer, but he changed it during the war because of his dislike for the German name. In the war, he served in the aviation, and was both wounded and gassed...
...Author. Ford Madox (Hueffer) Ford, caricatured above, edits The Trans-Atlantic Review (Paris). He is 53. In 1917 he fought for Britain as a second lieutenant. Grandson of Painter Ford Madox Brown, "Fordie" was raised "to be a genius" by his philosopherfather, Dr. Franz Hueffer (long music critic of the London Times), by his grandfather and Aunt Lucy (sister-in-law of Poet Rosetti). Exposed from childhood to Fabianism, anarchism, aestheticism, etc., etc., he affects Toryism to annoy his relatives but looks "red" to the bourgeoisie. A Catholic, he sustains his family's reputation for heterodoxy by believing the Pope...