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	===Playwright===		===Playwright===
	After the war Beith continued to write novels, but they did not achieve the great popularity of his earlier books.<ref name=times/> He became interested in the theatre, and wrote a succession of plays, several of which had notably long runs. ''The Times'' remarked that as a playwright Ian Hay was a name to conjure with.<ref name=times/> Between the First and Second World Wars, Beith had eight plays produced of which he was the sole author, and a further eleven written in collaboration with others. His co-authors were [[Anthony Armstrong (writer)\|Anthony Armstrong]], [[Guy Bolton]], [[Seymour Hicks]], [[Stephen King-Hall]], [[A. E. W. Mason\|A E W Mason]], [[Edgar Wallace]] and [[P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref name=who>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U234607, "Beith, Maj.-Gen. John Hay"], ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December, retrieved 23 February 2013 {{subscription}}</ref> His longest running plays in the inter-war years were ''[[Tilly of Bloomsbury (play)\|Tilly of Bloomsbury]]'' (1919; 414 performances), ''[[Good Luck (play)\|Good Luck]]'' (with Seymour Hicks, 1923; 262 performances), ''[[The Sport of Kings (play)\|The Sport of Kings]]'' (1924; 319 performances) and ''[[Housemaster (play)\|Housemaster]]'' (1936; 662 performances).<ref>Gaye, pp. 1528–1552</ref>		After the war Beith continued to write novels, but they did not achieve the great popularity of his earlier books.<ref name=times/> He became interested in the theatre, and wrote a succession of plays, several of which had notably long runs. ''The Times'' remarked that as a playwright Ian Hay was a name to conjure with.<ref name=times/> Between the First and Second World Wars, Beith had eight plays produced of which he was the sole author, and a further eleven written in collaboration with others. His co-authors were [[Anthony Armstrong (writer)\|Anthony Armstrong]], [[Guy Bolton]], [[Seymour Hicks]], [[Stephen King-Hall]], [[A. E. W. Mason\|A E W Mason]], [[Edgar Wallace]] and [[P. G. Wodehouse]].<ref name=who>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U234607, "Beith, Maj.-Gen. John Hay"], ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December, retrieved 23 February 2013 {{subscription required}}</ref> His longest running plays in the inter-war years were ''[[Tilly of Bloomsbury (play)\|Tilly of Bloomsbury]]'' (1919; 414 performances), ''[[Good Luck (play)\|Good Luck]]'' (with Seymour Hicks, 1923; 262 performances), ''[[The Sport of Kings (play)\|The Sport of Kings]]'' (1924; 319 performances) and ''[[Housemaster (play)\|Housemaster]]'' (1936; 662 performances).<ref>Gaye, pp. 1528–1552</ref>

	Beith was intermittently involved with the cinema. While in the US in 1917 he had served as technical adviser to [[Cecil B. DeMille]] on the film ''[[The Little American]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713080426/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6aeed60f "The Little American"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> Between the wars he wrote or co-wrote original screenplays, such as ''[[Keep Your Seats, Please]]'' (1936);<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713090430/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6adec16f "Keep Your Seats, Please"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> and adapted his own and other authors' works for the screen, including ''[[Tommy Atkins (1928 film)\|Tommy Atkins]]'' (1928),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711234045/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b8992c5 "Tommy Atkins"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> and ''[[The 39 Steps (1935 film)\|The 39 Steps]]'' (1935).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120630063835/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b82c47d "The 39 Steps"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> For several more films of the period, Beith's original plays such as ''[[The Middle Watch (1930 film)\|The Middle Watch]]'' (1930) were adapted by other writers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120712001005/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b05ff97 "The Middle Watch"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> In all, Beith's work featured in one of these ways in 25 films between 1921 and 1940.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711152544/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba72eb825 "Ian Hay"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref>		Beith was intermittently involved with the cinema. While in the US in 1917 he had served as technical adviser to [[Cecil B. DeMille]] on the film ''[[The Little American]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713080426/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6aeed60f "The Little American"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> Between the wars he wrote or co-wrote original screenplays, such as ''[[Keep Your Seats, Please]]'' (1936);<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713090430/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6adec16f "Keep Your Seats, Please"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> and adapted his own and other authors' works for the screen, including ''[[Tommy Atkins (1928 film)\|Tommy Atkins]]'' (1928),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711234045/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b8992c5 "Tommy Atkins"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> and ''[[The 39 Steps (1935 film)\|The 39 Steps]]'' (1935).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120630063835/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b82c47d "The 39 Steps"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> For several more films of the period, Beith's original plays such as ''[[The Middle Watch (1930 film)\|The Middle Watch]]'' (1930) were adapted by other writers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120712001005/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b05ff97 "The Middle Watch"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> In all, Beith's work featured in one of these ways in 25 films between 1921 and 1940.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711152544/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba72eb825 "Ian Hay"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref>
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	After leaving the War Office, Beith published several volumes of war histories, but his habitual light and witty prose was widely thought unsuited to so grave a subject.<ref name=times/> In 1947 his only serious play, ''Hattie Stowe'' was presented at the [[Embassy Theatre (London)\|Embassy Theatre]], [[Swiss Cottage]], London. The play was a biographical study of [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]; it was respectfully reviewed, but made little impact.<ref name=dnb/><ref>"Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage", ''The Times'', 12 February 1947, p. 6; and [[J. C. Trewin\|Trewin, J C]]. "At the Theatre", ''The Observer'', 16 February 1947, p. 2</ref> In the same year he had one of his greatest successes, with ''[[Off the Record (play)\|Off the Record]]'' (co-written with Stephen King-Hall), which ran for 702 performances.<ref>Gaye, p. 1535</ref>		After leaving the War Office, Beith published several volumes of war histories, but his habitual light and witty prose was widely thought unsuited to so grave a subject.<ref name=times/> In 1947 his only serious play, ''Hattie Stowe'' was presented at the [[Embassy Theatre (London)\|Embassy Theatre]], [[Swiss Cottage]], London. The play was a biographical study of [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]]; it was respectfully reviewed, but made little impact.<ref name=dnb/><ref>"Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage", ''The Times'', 12 February 1947, p. 6; and [[J. C. Trewin\|Trewin, J C]]. "At the Theatre", ''The Observer'', 16 February 1947, p. 2</ref> In the same year he had one of his greatest successes, with ''[[Off the Record (play)\|Off the Record]]'' (co-written with Stephen King-Hall), which ran for 702 performances.<ref>Gaye, p. 1535</ref>

	Beith's prose was praised by ''The Times'' for "its lightness and deftness". Among his best-known coinages are (from ''Housemaster'') "What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?" and (from ''The First Hundred Thousand'') "War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time." He either invented or popularised the phrase "nothing to write home about", denoting something mediocre or unexceptional.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199547920.001.0001/acref-9780199547920-e-5517 ''The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins''] ed. Cresswell, Julia, Oxford University Press, 2009. Oxford Reference. 2010, retrieved 23 February 2013 {{subscription}}</ref>		Beith's prose was praised by ''The Times'' for "its lightness and deftness". Among his best-known coinages are (from ''Housemaster'') "What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?" and (from ''The First Hundred Thousand'') "War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time." He either invented or popularised the phrase "nothing to write home about", denoting something mediocre or unexceptional.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199547920.001.0001/acref-9780199547920-e-5517 ''The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins''] ed. Cresswell, Julia, Oxford University Press, 2009. Oxford Reference. 2010, retrieved 23 February 2013 {{subscription required}}</ref>

	Beith died in the Hillbrow Nursing Home in [[Liss (England)\|Liss]], near [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], on 22 September 1952 after several weeks' illness.<ref name=dnb/> His wife outlived him; there were no children of the marriage.<ref name=times/>		Beith died in the Hillbrow Nursing Home in [[Liss (England)\|Liss]], near [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], on 22 September 1952 after several weeks' illness.<ref name=dnb/> His wife outlived him; there were no children of the marriage.<ref name=times/>

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	Beith was intermittently involved with the cinema. While in the US in 1917 he had served as technical adviser to [[Cecil B. DeMille]] on the film ''[[The Little American]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713080426/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6aeed60f "The Little American"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> Between the wars he wrote or co-wrote original screenplays, such as ''[[Keep Your Seats, Please]]'' (1936);<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713090430/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6adec16f "Keep Your Seats, Please"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> and adapted his own and other authors' works for the screen, including ''[[Tommy Atkins (1928 film)\|Tommy Atkins]]'' (1928),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711234045/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b8992c5 "Tommy Atkins"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> and ''[[The 39 Steps (1935 film)\|The 39 Steps]]'' (1935).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120630063835/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b82c47d "The 39 Steps"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> For several more films of the period, Beith's original plays such as ''[[The Middle Watch (1930 film)\|The Middle Watch]]'' (1930) were adapted by other writers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120712001005/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b05ff97 "The Middle Watch"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> In all, Beith's work featured in one of these ways in 25 films between 1921 and 1940.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711152544/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba72eb825 "Ian Hay"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref>		Beith was intermittently involved with the cinema. While in the US in 1917 he had served as technical adviser to [[Cecil B. DeMille]] on the film ''[[The Little American]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713080426/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6aeed60f "The Little American"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> Between the wars he wrote or co-wrote original screenplays, such as ''[[Keep Your Seats, Please]]'' (1936);<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120713090430/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6adec16f "Keep Your Seats, Please"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> and adapted his own and other authors' works for the screen, including ''[[Tommy Atkins (1928 film)\|Tommy Atkins]]'' (1928),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711234045/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b8992c5 "Tommy Atkins"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> and ''[[The 39 Steps (1935 film)\|The 39 Steps]]'' (1935).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120630063835/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b82c47d "The 39 Steps"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> For several more films of the period, Beith's original plays such as ''[[The Middle Watch (1930 film)\|The Middle Watch]]'' (1930) were adapted by other writers.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120712001005/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b05ff97 "The Middle Watch"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref> In all, Beith's work featured in one of these ways in 25 films between 1921 and 1940.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120711152544/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba72eb825 "Ian Hay"], British Film Institute, retrieved 26 February 2013</ref>

	In 1938 Beith published ''The King's Service'', described by ''The Times'' as "an attempt to give an informal history of the British infantry soldier in peace and war".<ref name=times/> Like his novels and plays, the book was published under his customary pen-name. The work so impressed the [[Secretary of State for War]], [[Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha\|Leslie Hore-Belisha]], that he appointed Beith Director of Public Relations at the [[War Office]].<ref ~~name=mg~~/> From being a major on the retired list, Beith was given the honorary rank of [[major-general]].<ref>"'Ian Hay' as Major-General", ''The Times'', 31 October 1938, p. 16</ref> He served from November 1938 to January 1941, retiring as he approached his 65th birthday.<ref>"'Ian Hay' Leaves War Office", ''The Manchester Guardian'', 30 January 1941, p. 4</ref>		In 1938 Beith published ''The King's Service'', described by ''The Times'' as "an attempt to give an informal history of the British infantry soldier in peace and war".<ref name=times/> Like his novels and plays, the book was published under his customary pen-name. The work so impressed the [[Secretary of State for War]], [[Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha\|Leslie Hore-Belisha]], that he appointed Beith Director of Public Relations at the [[War Office]].<ref>[[Ralph Arnold (publisher)\|Ralph Arnold]]. ''A Very Quiet War'' (1962), p. 36</ref> From being a major on the retired list, Beith was given the honorary rank of [[major-general]].<ref>"'Ian Hay' as Major-General", ''The Times'', 31 October 1938, p. 16</ref> He served from November 1938 to January 1941, retiring as he approached his 65th birthday.<ref>"'Ian Hay' Leaves War Office", ''The Manchester Guardian'', 30 January 1941, p. 4</ref>

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	On the outbreak of war in 1914, Beith joined the army as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]]. He was in France in April 1915, one of the first 100,000 of [[Kitchener's Army]]. In 1915 he married Helen Margaret Speirs, was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] and was [[mentioned in dispatches]].<ref name=dnb/> He compiled a book, published as ''The First Hundred Thousand''. It was assembled with the help of his publisher from a series of articles written for ''[[Blackwood's Magazine]]'', describing with wry humour life in his battalion.<ref name=times/> It became one of the most popular books of the time, with multiple editions in Britain (including a 1940 [[Penguin Books\|Penguin paperback]]) and the US, and was published as {{lang\|fr\|Les premiers cent mille}} in France.<ref name=dnb/> ''[[The Irish Times]]'' called it "a book which was read eagerly not only by the civilian public but also found its way into countless dugouts and redoubts in France, Mesopotamia, Palestine and Salonika."<ref>"Ian Hay dead", ''The Irish Times'', 23 September 1952, p. 3</ref>		On the outbreak of war in 1914, Beith joined the army as a [[second lieutenant]] in the [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]]. He was in France in April 1915, one of the first 100,000 of [[Kitchener's Army]]. In 1915 he married Helen Margaret Speirs, was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)\|captain]] and was [[mentioned in dispatches]].<ref name=dnb/> He compiled a book, published as ''The First Hundred Thousand''. It was assembled with the help of his publisher from a series of articles written for ''[[Blackwood's Magazine]]'', describing with wry humour life in his battalion.<ref name=times/> It became one of the most popular books of the time, with multiple editions in Britain (including a 1940 [[Penguin Books\|Penguin paperback]]) and the US, and was published as {{lang\|fr\|Les premiers cent mille}} in France.<ref name=dnb/> ''[[The Irish Times]]'' called it "a book which was read eagerly not only by the civilian public but also found its way into countless dugouts and redoubts in France, Mesopotamia, Palestine and Salonika."<ref>"Ian Hay dead", ''The Irish Times'', 23 September 1952, p. 3</ref>

	In 1916, Beith was awarded the [[Military Cross]] for his conduct in the [[Battle of Loos]].<ref>Kilmer, Joyce. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/10/08/301912842.pdf"Ian Hay Tells of New English Literary Spirit"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 8 October 1916</ref> Later that year, on the strength of the impact ''The First Hundred Thousand'' was making in neutral America, Beith was sent to Washington to join the information bureau of the British War Mission.<ref name=dnb/> His biographer Patrick Murray writes, "[Beith's] energy and success were rewarded by a [[Order of the British Empire\|CBE]] (1918) and promotion to the rank of [[major]]."<ref name=dnb/> While in the US, Beith contributed a series of six long articles to ''[[The Times]]'', running to a total of more than 8,000 words. Under the title of "The New America" they described American life and outlook for the better understanding of British readers.<ref>Hay, Ian. "The New America", ''The Times'', [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/16/The New America\|''The Melting Pot'', 16 July 1917, p. 9]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/17/The New America\|''Influences'', 17 July 1917, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/18/The New America\|''"Der Tag"'', 18 July 1917, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/19/The New America\|''National Spirit'', 19 July 1917, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/20/The New America\|''The Call and the Response'', 20 July 1917, p. 5]]; and [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/21/The New America\|''The Army, Old and New'', 21 July 1917, p. 5]].</ref> The paper commissioned a second series of such articles, published under the collective title "[[wikisource:en:The Times/1918/03/21/America At War\|America at War]]" in March 1918.<ref>Hay, Ian. "America at War", ''The Times'', [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/21/America At War\|''Military Effort'', 21 March 1918, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/22/America At War\|''Civilian Effort'', 22 March 1918, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/23/America At War\|''Successes and Difficulties'', 23 March 1918, p. 7]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/25/America At War\|''The President and His Colleagues'', 25 March 1918, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/26/America At War\|''Home Troubles'', 26 March 1918, p. 5]]; and [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/27/America At War\|''The Future'', 27 March 1918, p. 5]].</ref> Unusually for ''The Times'' in that period, these articles were signed.{{#tag:ref\|''The Times'' retained a policy of anonymity until 1967. Before that, a by-line was a rare distinction.<ref>[http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:UKNB:LTIB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=14387281C6F2D6D0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=102CDD40F14C6BDA "Lord Rees-Mogg"], ''The Times'', 31 December 2012</ref>\|group= n}} The by-line was "Ian Hay"; it was public knowledge that Hay was a pen-name, and that it belonged to Beith, but he chose to go on maintaining a distinction between the author and the soldier.<ref>"News in Brief", ''The Times'', 21 May 1918, p. 6</ref>		In 1916, Beith was awarded the [[Military Cross]] for his conduct in the [[Battle of Loos]].<ref>Kilmer, Joyce. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/10/08/301912842.pdf"Ian Hay Tells of New English Literary Spirit"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 8 October 1916</ref> Later that year, on the strength of the impact ''The First Hundred Thousand'' was making in neutral America, Beith was sent to Washington to join the information bureau of the British War Mission.<ref name=dnb/> His biographer Patrick Murray writes, "[Beith's] energy and success were rewarded by a [[Order of the British Empire\|CBE]] (1918) and promotion to the rank of [[Major (rank)\|major]]."<ref name=dnb/> While in the US, Beith contributed a series of six long articles to ''[[The Times]]'', running to a total of more than 8,000 words. Under the title of "The New America" they described American life and outlook for the better understanding of British readers.<ref>Hay, Ian. "The New America", ''The Times'', [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/16/The New America\|''The Melting Pot'', 16 July 1917, p. 9]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/17/The New America\|''Influences'', 17 July 1917, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/18/The New America\|''"Der Tag"'', 18 July 1917, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/19/The New America\|''National Spirit'', 19 July 1917, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/20/The New America\|''The Call and the Response'', 20 July 1917, p. 5]]; and [[:wikisource:The Times/1917/07/21/The New America\|''The Army, Old and New'', 21 July 1917, p. 5]].</ref> The paper commissioned a second series of such articles, published under the collective title "[[wikisource:en:The Times/1918/03/21/America At War\|America at War]]" in March 1918.<ref>Hay, Ian. "America at War", ''The Times'', [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/21/America At War\|''Military Effort'', 21 March 1918, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/22/America At War\|''Civilian Effort'', 22 March 1918, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/23/America At War\|''Successes and Difficulties'', 23 March 1918, p. 7]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/25/America At War\|''The President and His Colleagues'', 25 March 1918, p. 5]]; [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/26/America At War\|''Home Troubles'', 26 March 1918, p. 5]]; and [[:wikisource:The Times/1918/03/27/America At War\|''The Future'', 27 March 1918, p. 5]].</ref> Unusually for ''The Times'' in that period, these articles were signed.{{#tag:ref\|''The Times'' retained a policy of anonymity until 1967. Before that, a by-line was a rare distinction.<ref>[http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:UKNB:LTIB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=14387281C6F2D6D0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=102CDD40F14C6BDA "Lord Rees-Mogg"], ''The Times'', 31 December 2012</ref>\|group= n}} The by-line was "Ian Hay"; it was public knowledge that Hay was a pen-name, and that it belonged to Beith, but he chose to go on maintaining a distinction between the author and the soldier.<ref>"News in Brief", ''The Times'', 21 May 1918, p. 6</ref>

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	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1952\|09\|22\|1876\|04\|17\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1952\|09\|22\|1876\|04\|17\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Liss, ~~Hampshire~~\|Liss]], [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], England		\| death_place = [[Liss (England)\|Liss]], [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], England
	\| occupation = Schoolmaster, soldier, writer		\| occupation = Schoolmaster, soldier, writer
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	Beith's prose was praised by ''The Times'' for "its lightness and deftness". Among his best-known coinages are (from ''Housemaster'') "What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?" and (from ''The First Hundred Thousand'') "War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time." He either invented or popularised the phrase "nothing to write home about", denoting something mediocre or unexceptional.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199547920.001.0001/acref-9780199547920-e-5517 ''The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins''] ed. Cresswell, Julia, Oxford University Press, 2009. Oxford Reference. 2010, retrieved 23 February 2013 {{subscription}}</ref>		Beith's prose was praised by ''The Times'' for "its lightness and deftness". Among his best-known coinages are (from ''Housemaster'') "What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?" and (from ''The First Hundred Thousand'') "War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time." He either invented or popularised the phrase "nothing to write home about", denoting something mediocre or unexceptional.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199547920.001.0001/acref-9780199547920-e-5517 ''The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins''] ed. Cresswell, Julia, Oxford University Press, 2009. Oxford Reference. 2010, retrieved 23 February 2013 {{subscription}}</ref>

	Beith died in the Hillbrow Nursing Home in [[Liss, ~~Hampshire~~\|Liss]], near [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], on 22 September 1952 after several weeks' illness.<ref name=dnb/> His wife outlived him; there were no children of the marriage.<ref name=times/>		Beith died in the Hillbrow Nursing Home in [[Liss (England)\|Liss]], near [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], on 22 September 1952 after several weeks' illness.<ref name=dnb/> His wife outlived him; there were no children of the marriage.<ref name=times/>

	He was buried in [[Brookwood Cemetery]].		He was buried in [[Brookwood Cemetery]].

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	\| birth_place = [[Rusholme]], [[Manchester]], England		\| birth_place = [[Rusholme]], [[Manchester]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1952\|09\|22\|1876\|04\|17\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1952\|09\|22\|1876\|04\|17\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Liss ~~(England)~~\|Liss]], [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], England		\| death_place = [[Liss, Hampshire\|Liss]], [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], England
	\| occupation = Schoolmaster, soldier, writer		\| occupation = Schoolmaster, soldier, writer
	\| nationality = British		\| nationality = British
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	Beith's prose was praised by ''The Times'' for "its lightness and deftness". Among his best-known coinages are (from ''Housemaster'') "What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?" and (from ''The First Hundred Thousand'') "War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time." He either invented or popularised the phrase "nothing to write home about", denoting something mediocre or unexceptional.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199547920.001.0001/acref-9780199547920-e-5517 ''The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins''] ed. Cresswell, Julia, Oxford University Press, 2009. Oxford Reference. 2010, retrieved 23 February 2013 {{subscription}}</ref>		Beith's prose was praised by ''The Times'' for "its lightness and deftness". Among his best-known coinages are (from ''Housemaster'') "What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?" and (from ''The First Hundred Thousand'') "War is hell, and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace-time." He either invented or popularised the phrase "nothing to write home about", denoting something mediocre or unexceptional.<ref>[http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199547920.001.0001/acref-9780199547920-e-5517 ''The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins''] ed. Cresswell, Julia, Oxford University Press, 2009. Oxford Reference. 2010, retrieved 23 February 2013 {{subscription}}</ref>

	Beith died in the Hillbrow Nursing Home in [[Liss ~~(England)~~\|Liss]], near [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], on 22 September 1952 after several weeks' illness.<ref name=dnb/> His wife outlived him; there were no children of the marriage.<ref name=times/>		Beith died in the Hillbrow Nursing Home in [[Liss, Hampshire\|Liss]], near [[Petersfield]], [[Hampshire]], on 22 September 1952 after several weeks' illness.<ref name=dnb/> His wife outlived him; there were no children of the marriage.<ref name=times/>

	He was buried in [[Brookwood Cemetery]].		He was buried in [[Brookwood Cemetery]].

Qwerfjkl (bot): Converting Gutenberg author ID from name to number (task 22)

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Converting Gutenberg author ID from name to number (task 22)

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	* {{Gutenberg author \| id=~~Hay,+Ian~~ \| name=Ian Hay}}		* {{Gutenberg author \| id=4304\| name=Ian Hay}}
	* {{Librivox author \|id=11827}}		* {{Librivox author \|id=11827}}
	* {{FadedPage\|id=Beith, Major General John Hay\|name=Major General John Hay Beith\|author=yes}}		* {{FadedPage\|id=Beith, Major General John Hay\|name=Major General John Hay Beith\|author=yes}}

Dominus Moravian: + cat.

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+ cat.

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	{{Use dmy dates\|date=May 2022}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=May 2022}}
	{{Use British English\|date=February 2013}}		{{Use British English\|date=February 2013}}