Jonah Barrington (journalist)

For other Jonah Barringtons, see Jonah Barrington (disambiguation).

Jonah Barrington was the pseudonym of Cyril Carr Dalmaine (1904 – 1986) the radio critic of the Daily Express, a British newspaper, during the Second World War.

His first used the term "Lord Haw-Haw" to describe a German radio broadcaster:^[1]

“He speaks English of the haw-haw, damn-it-get-out-of-my-way variety, and his strong suit is gentlemanly ­indignation.^[2]

He studied at Eastbourne College, and graduated from the Royal College of Music. He was Music master at Uppington School, and chorus master to the BBC. He composed chamber music,^[3] and transcribed cantatas of Johan Sebastian Bach to piano.^[4]

References

1. ^ Hall, J. W. (1954). "William Joyce". In Hodge, James H.. Famous Trials. 4. Penguin Books. p. 80. "Usually, the inventor of popular nicknames is unidentifiable, but the ‘onlie begetter’ of Lord Haw-Haw was undoubtedly Mr Jonah Barrington, then of the Daily Express…" 
2. ^ Sam Thwaites (August 26,2009). "GERMANY CALLING! LORD HAW-HAW'S MIC IS UP FOR SALE". The Daily Express. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/122787/Germany-calling-Lord-Haw-Haw-s-mic-is-up-for-sale-. 
3. ^ http://www.organ-biography.info/index.php?id=Dalmaine_Cyril_1904
4. ^ http://www.bach-cantatas.com/NVD/PT-Dalmaine.htm

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