<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original works written by or about: Patrick Shaw - Stewart </Td> </Tr> <P> He was born in Aber Artro Hall, near Llanbedr, Wales . His career was one of great academic brilliance, matched by a steely determination to succeed . He came first in the Eton scholarship in 1901, a year after his friend, Ronald Knox, had come first in the same examination . He won the Newcastle Scholarship at Eton in 1905 . At Oxford, he won the Craven, the Ireland, and the Hertford Scholarships in Classics as well as taking a double first in Classical Moderations in 1908 and Greats in 1910 . Elected to a fellowship of All Souls, he instead committed his career to Barings Bank, where he was appointed one of the youngest managing directors in the bank's history, in 1913 . </P> <P> At this time he became devoted to Lady Diana Manners and wrote her many intimate letters full of erotic allusions to Greek and Latin literature . He became a leading member of her "corrupt coterie," known simply as the Coterie . </P> <P> When World War I was declared in 1914, he joined the Royal Navy, serving with Rupert Brooke . Shaw - Stewart was present at Brooke's burial in Skyros and commanded the firing party . He was shaken by his prominent role in the young poet's funeral in Greece: </P>

Stand in the trench achilles flame-capped and shout for me