Cyril Connolly CBE
(1903-1974)

journalist, critic, author, writer, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and editor

Died aged 71

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Commemorated on 3 plaques

Cyril Connolly C.B.E. 1903-1974 Eminent Journalist, Critic and Author lived here

48 St John’s Road, Eastbourne, United Kingdom where they lived

Former pupils include Sir Cecil Beaton 1904-80 Photographer and Designer Cyril Connolly 1903-74 Writer and Journalist Henry C. Longhurst 1909-78 Journalist and M.P. Gavin Maxwell 1914-69 Naturalist George Orwell 1903-50 Eric Blair - Writer

65 Summerdown Road (2), Eastbourne, United Kingdom where they studied

George Orwell 1903-1950 Sir Stephen Spender 1909-1995 wrote for Cyril Connolly's Horizon Magazine based here 1940-1948

Lansdowne Terrace, London, United Kingdom where they worked (1940-1948)