Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameDerrick Somerset (Frederick) Macnutt °
Birth29 Mar 1902, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
Death1971, Five Oaks, Billingshurst, Sussex, England
OccupationHead of Classics and house master at Christ’s Hospital, Sussex.
Note 1Pioneer of crossword puzzles and compiler of Ximenes for The Observer newspaper and Tesremos for The Listener.
Note 2Author of ‘Ximenes on the Art of the Crossword’ (1966, reissued 2001).
FatherVery Reverend Frederick B. Macnutt (?-?)
Marriage1936
SpouseMary (Guy) Long °, 7G Granddaughter
Birth25 May 1917, Folkestone, Kent, England
Death28 Dec 2017, Warnham, Sussex, England
FlagsDenn, Desormeaux, Filby, Gilson, Le Noble, Long, Mence, Poole, Sanderson
Children
1 F(Female), 8G Granddaughter
Birth1946
Spouse(Male)
Children(Female) (1980-)
 (Female) (1974-)
 (Female) (1978-)
2 F(Female), 8G Granddaughter
Birth1937
Spouse(Male)
Children(Female) (1961-)
 (Female) (1963-1974)
 (Male) (1965-)
Birth1940, Christ's Hospital, Sussex, England
Death1967
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