Sir Henry Howarth Bashford (1880–1961) was a distinguished English physician

Physician

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, becoming doctor to George VI

George VI of the United Kingdom

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. He is now remembered as a writer, in particular of the satirical Augustus Carp, Esq., By Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man

Augustus Carp, Esq.

Augustus Carp, Esq., By Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man is a satire, originally anonymous, first published in the UK in May 1924 and later that year in the US by Houghton Mifflin. The author was the English doctor Sir Henry Howarth Bashford , and the illustrations were by...

(1924), which was first published anonymously. He also wrote some popular poetry.

Recently celebrated by a blue plaque

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 in the village of Easton Royal

Easton Royal

Easton Royal is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded a parish population of 283.-Local government:Easton Royal is a civil parish with an elected parish council...

, his last resting place, where he was the much loved village historian and benefactor.

The National Portrait Gallery has a photographic bromide print portrait of Sir Henry.

Works

• Tommy Wideawake (1903)
• The Manitoban: A Romance (1904)
• The Pilgims' March (1909)
• The corner of Harley Street: being some familiar correspondence of Peter Harding, M.D. (1911)
• Pity the poor blind (1917)
• Sons Of Admiralty: A Short History Of The Naval War 1914-1918 with Archibald Hurd (1919)
• The Heroic Record of the British Navy with A. Hurd(1920)
• Vagabonds In Périgord (1921) []
• Half-Past Bedtime (1922)
• Augustus Carp, Esq., By Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man
  Augustus Carp, Esq.
  Augustus Carp, Esq., By Himself: Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man is a satire, originally anonymous, first published in the UK in May 1924 and later that year in the US by Houghton Mifflin. The author was the English doctor Sir Henry Howarth Bashford , and the illustrations were by...
  
   (1924)
• The Happy Ghost and Other Stories (1925)
• Behind The Fog (1927)
• The Harley Street Calendar (1929)
• The Student Life And Other Essays (Intro to work by William Ostler) (1931)
• The Man On Ben Na Garve [Short story in The Second Century Of Detective Stories Ed EC Bentley] (1938)
• Doctors In Shirt Sleeves (Ed?) (1940)
• Fisherman's Progress (1946)
• Wiltshire Harvest (1953)
• Easton Royal
  Easton Royal
  Easton Royal is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England.The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded a parish population of 283.-Local government:Easton Royal is a civil parish with an elected parish council...
  
  : A Short History (1977?)
• Lodgings For Twelve (?)
• The Plain Girl's Tale (?)
• Songs Out Of School (?)

Also wrote as Peter Harding