Wales at Bangor in 1902. He died in Harlech in 1931. Legacy Graves’ obituary in The Spectator concluded: "Mr Graves not only wrote songs but stirred up fresh public interest in the old folk-songs of Ireland, Wales and the Highlands, and, moreover, induced musicians and singers to become interested too. Keeping clear of politics, he did a great work for the popularizing of good music and good poetry in which Celt and Saxon may share." Family Graves' marriage to Jane Cooper, (29 December 187424 March 1886) of Cooper's Hill, County Limerick, resulted in five children: Philip Perceval, b. 25 February 1876 (or 1870), m. Millicent Gilchrist. Died in 1953. Mary, b. 6 June 1877, d. circa 1949. m. Arthur Sansome Preston. Richard Massie, b. 14 September 1880, d. 14 August 1960, m. Eva Wilkinson, 1912. Alfred Perceval ("Bones"), b. 14 December 1881, m. Eirene Gwen Knight, singer. Susan Winthrop Savatier Graves, b. 23 March 1885, m. Kenneth Macaulay. After the death of his first wife, Graves married Amalie (Amy) Elizabeth Sophie (or Sophia) von Ranke, on 30 December 1891. The couple had five children: Clarissa, b. 29 November 1892. Poet, artist and Christian Science practitioner. Rosaleen-Louise, b. 7 March 1894, d. 3 August 1989. m. James Francis Cooper. Robert Graves, also known as Robert von Ranke, b. 24 July 1895, d. 7 December 1985, poet, critic and author of I, Claudius, Good-Bye to All That and other novels. Charles Patrick Ranke Graves, b. 1899, d. 1971, journalist and writer. John Tiarks Ranke, b. 1903, d. 1980. m. Mary Wickens. References External links Songs of Old Ireland: A Collection of Fifty Irish Melodies with words by Alfred Perceval Graves and music arranged by Charles Villiers Stanford 1846 births 1931 deaths Irish Anglicans Graves, AP Irish folklorists Graves family People from Gwynedd