Alfred Perceval Graves


Alfred Perceval Graves , was an AngloIrish poet, songwriter and folklorist.

He was born in Dublin onJuly 1846, the son of Charles Graves, Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, and his wife Selina, the daughter of John Cheyne , the PhysicianGeneral to the British Forces in Ireland. His paternal grandmother Helena was a Perceval, and the granddaughter of the Earl of Egmont. His grandfather, John Crosbie Graves, was a first cousin of Irelands most celebrated surgeon Robert James Graves.

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