Uncle George Posted 14 October , 2020 Share Posted 14 October , 2020 (edited) Here’s an interesting chap - a politician, born in Cologne. Who is he ? ? ? EDIT: photo from here - https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Felix-Cassel/373820576370011744 Edited 16 October , 2020 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 14 October , 2020 Share Posted 14 October , 2020 Hi UG Long time no post😁. I have blown your chap up to have a better look,and would I be correct in saying that he is not wearing a uniform of the Central Powers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 15 October , 2020 Share Posted 15 October , 2020 9 hours ago, Knotty said: Hi UG Long time no post😁. I have blown your chap up to have a better look,and would I be correct in saying that he is not wearing a uniform of the Central Powers ? Yes. Yes you would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 15 October , 2020 Share Posted 15 October , 2020 Would this chap's nephew-killed in WW2- be commemorated at Balliol, Oxford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 15 October , 2020 Share Posted 15 October , 2020 Would this chap's nephew-killed in WW2- be commemorated at Balliol, Oxford? My honest answer is, I don’t know. My chap had a fairly well known uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipman Posted 15 October , 2020 Share Posted 15 October , 2020 I know but I cheated so cannot say. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 15 October , 2020 Share Posted 15 October , 2020 A follow up to Guest, was he educated at Oxford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 15 October , 2020 Share Posted 15 October , 2020 On 15/10/2020 at 11:38, Knotty said: A follow up to Guest, was he educated at Oxford? Apparently he was, yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Clifton Posted 15 October , 2020 Share Posted 15 October , 2020 12 hours ago, Knotty said: Hi UG Long time no post😁. I have blown your chap up to have a better look,and would I be correct in saying that he is not wearing a uniform of the Central Powers ? The uniform looks like that of the Civil Service, also worn by Privy Councillors, so was he either a government minister or a senior civil servant? Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 15 October , 2020 Share Posted 15 October , 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Ron Clifton said: The uniform looks like that of the Civil Service, also worn by Privy Councillors, so was he either a government minister or a senior civil servant? Ron He was PC, yes; an MP, a soldier, a civil servant, and, which I think is of more relevance, a lawyer. Here’s his uncropped photo: Edited 15 October , 2020 by Uncle George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 I have no clue and am going to let you guys guess. Am in the middle of a joint exercice with the Dutch ... over skype... it's even more confusing than this!! I'd much rather think about finding more subtle ways to make Pete think about the Ypres Waffles... actually hoping to get some end of this month... depends on the COVID situation... M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 Makes him the second privy counsellor from Cologne, then.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 4 hours ago, Marilyne said: I'd much rather think about finding more subtle ways to make Pete think about the Ypres Waffles... actually hoping to get some end of this month... depends on the COVID situation... Don't take any risks, I don't need any prompting to think about waffles from the waffle shop opposite the Cloth Hall. And subtlety is wasted on me, just post a picture of yourself with a waffle and I'll become tearful..... 2 hours ago, Gunner Hall said: Makes him the second privy counsellor from Cologne, then.... I have no clue either, but it's a really good one either way. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 The eagle-eyed amongst us will have noted his medals. His MIC tells us that he served with a Battalion of the London Regiment, and that, as a Captain, he applied for the 1914-15 Star in January 1919. However, regrettably, these are very poor clues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 11 minutes ago, Uncle George said: However, regrettably, these are very poor clues. Au contraire UG. For those inmates who are on the ball it will advance the search. It's just those of us who can't get the idea of freshly cooked waffles out of their heads who will struggle. It's a great comeback either way, and I am looking forward to the conclusion without being able to advance the quest towards it. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Hall Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 Pete, I thankfully cracked this one before the waffles hoved into view. This chap is too good to unvail straight away. Lead on, UG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Au contraire UG. For those inmates who are on the ball it will advance the search. It's just those of us who can't get the idea of freshly cooked waffles out of their heads who will struggle. It's a great comeback either way, and I am looking forward to the conclusion without being able to advance the quest towards it. Pete. No, take it from me Pete, these are very poor clues. A clue more to your taste, perhaps: my chap’s analogue is a frankfurter. Edited 16 October , 2020 by Uncle George apostrophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 39 minutes ago, Uncle George said: my chap’s analogue is a frankfurter Can I just say that that could be the coolest clue that has ever appeared in these pages. Unfortunately I like a frankfurter every now and then so that will just distract me with more thoughts about food. Or more songs about buildings and food (that might appeal to NF over in the top choons thread). 48 minutes ago, Gunner Hall said: Pete, I thankfully cracked this one before the waffles hoved into view. This chap is too good to unvail straight away. Lead on, UG. I'm impressed that the major has managed to find a new perspective on the long running 'Pete missed out on the waffles last time he was in the Grote Markt' joke cycle. It's only been five years...... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 1 hour ago, Uncle George said: ... my chap’s analogue is a frankfurter. 13 minutes ago, Fattyowls said: Can I just say that that could be the coolest clue that has ever appeared in these pages. Unfortunately I like a frankfurter ... This frankfurter was, in fact, a wiener. (I’m wasted here, I really am.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 28 minutes ago, Uncle George said: (I’m wasted here, I really am.) I can't remember who said it (Frankie Howerd springs to mind), but there was a line which went "I said 'I'm wasted on you lot; to which the reply was 'you should go and waste yourself on somebody else'". Oh suit yourselves....... Funnily enough I did think of wieners, but less in the context of the identification of your chap and more in terms of something to eat which can be held in a bread roll..... Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 To identify my Kolnisch chap and his Wiener analogue would be to let the cat out of the bag. In fact, two cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 Ok as SWMBO claims that I have “wasted”😁 to many hours on this I’m going to have a punt on him, I have gone through the history of all names in Wiki from 1901 who have been elected to the U.K. Privy Council. I have one name who was elected to the PC on June 8th 1937, he was born in Cologne to a Jewish family and meets the criteria that you set, including serving in the 19th Battalion London Regiment and he is the Right Honourable Sir Felix Maximilian Schoenbrunn Cassel, alas no photo image to check. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Cassel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 I'm loving this one even if I haven't got a clue, unless of course it's old man Johnson from the amusement arcade who would have gotten away with it too if it hadn't been for those pesky kids..... Actually that's not true (the haven't got a clue bit rather than it being a Scooby Doo ending). I've got Felix as one of the cats if your man is correct, but I'm struggling for the other one. And Maximillian being the name of at least one Holy Roman Emperor might be the Vienna bit. Or not. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 10 hours ago, Marilyne said: I have no clue and am going to let you guys guess. Am in the middle of a joint exercice with the Dutch ... over skype... it's even more confusing than this!! I'd much rather think about finding more subtle ways to make Pete think about the Ypres Waffles... actually hoping to get some end of this month... depends on the COVID situation... M. Please do let us have an update on the Waffle Shop if you manage to get there Marilyne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle George Posted 16 October , 2020 Share Posted 16 October , 2020 1 hour ago, Knotty said: Ok as SWMBO claims that I have “wasted”😁 to many hours on this I’m going to have a punt on him, I have gone through the history of all names in Wiki from 1901 who have been elected to the U.K. Privy Council. I have one name who was elected to the PC on June 8th 1937, he was born in Cologne to a Jewish family and meets the criteria that you set, including serving in the 19th Battalion London Regiment and he is the Right Honourable Sir Felix Maximilian Schoenbrunn Cassel, alas no photo image to check. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Cassel) Yes - Sir Felix Cassel, Judge Advocate-General from 1915 and therefore responsible for the administration and prosecution of courts martial. A further point for his analogous feline sausage, whose photograph is attached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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