In the society of the members he assumed the name of "Isaac Bickerstaff," and later of "Gawin Douglas," the latter partly in memory of his maternal grandfather Douglas of Muthill (Perthshire), and partly to give point to his boast that he was a "poet sprung from a Douglas loin."
On the death of his maternal grandfather in 1384 he received the title of count of Nevers, which he bore until his father's death.
Also I am seeking information about my maternal grandfather Tom Winter who in 1901 was living in Regent Street.
Famous Football Relatives My father's maternal grandfather was Fred Beardsley.
After a short time his father removed to the " rustic solitude " of Buriton (Hants), but young Gibbon lived chiefly at the house of his maternal grandfather at Putney, where, under the care of his devoted aunt, he developed, he tells us, that passionate love of reading " which he would not exchange for all the treasures of India," and where his mind received its most decided stimulus.
