18 Facts About Lionel Logue

Lionel George Logue was an Australian speech and language therapist and amateur stage actor who helped King George VI manage his stammer.

Lionel Logue was the oldest of four children born to Lavinia and George Edward Logue.

Lionel Logue's father was an accountant at his grandfather's brewery who later managed the Burnside Hotel and the Elephant and Castle Hotel.

Unable to decide what to study, Lionel Logue came across Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha:.

The poem's rhythm inspired Lionel Logue to put his interest in voices to good use.

Lionel Logue worked for Reeves as a secretary and assistant teacher from 1902, while studying music at the University of Adelaide's Elder Conservatorium.

Lionel Logue was involved with YMCA Perth and schools such as Methodist Ladies' College, Loreto Convent, Scotch College, Perth Technical School, and Claremont Teachers College.

In 1924, Lionel Logue took his wife and three sons to England, ostensibly for a holiday.

Lionel Logue used fees paid by wealthy clients to subsidise patients unable to pay.

Lionel Logue became a founding fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists in 1944.

Diagnosing poor co-ordination between the Duke's larynx and thoracic diaphragm, Lionel Logue prescribed a daily hour of vocal exercises.

Lionel Logue's treatment gave the Duke the confidence to relax and avoid tension-induced muscle spasms.

Lionel Logue was often called over the years when the king was expected to make a speech, and he was regularly invited to the royal family's Christmas dinner party to assist with the Christmas message.

On 26 February 1952, Lionel Logue wrote to the late king's wife, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother:.

Lionel Logue married Myrtle Gruenert, a 21-year-old clerk, at St George's Anglican Cathedral, Perth, on 20 March 1907.

Lionel Logue was a Freemason, initiated, passed, and raised in 1908, and became Worshipful Master in 1919; he was a member of St George's Lodge.

Lionel Logue lived in a 25-room Victorian villa called Beechgrove in Sydenham from 1932 until 1947, now demolished and part of Sydenham Hill Wood.

Myrtle died suddenly from a heart attack in June 1945, and Lionel Logue died in London, on 12 April 1953.