Eliot Crawshay-Williams

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Eliot Crawshay-Williams (September 4, 1879–May 11, 1962), was a British author, officer, M. P. and parliamentary private secretary to prime minister Lloyd George.

Crawshay-Williams was the son of a Welsh barrister and politician. He was educated at Eton, and Trinity College, Oxford. He joined the Royal Field Artillery and stood as a Liberal candidate for Chorley, Lancashire, in 1906. He had been employed by Winston Churchill at the Colonial Office from 1906 to 1908. From 1910–1913, he was M. P. for Leicester, serving as parliamentary private secretary to Lloyd George.

In later life, he devoted his time to the writing of fiction, political texts and to Welsh affairs. Eliot Crawshay-Williams wrote numerous novels, short stories, poetry, plays and film scripts. Some of his works include the screenplay Service for Ladies (1932), the play Fascination (1931) and the novel Night in the Hotel (1931). He also wrote Across Persia (1907) about his experiences on an eight-month trek across the deserts of Iran.