TOMMY FOSSUM, of Norway, writes:

I am a journalist and an author searching for information about Edward Ethelbert Lort Phillips, who lived and died in Dartmouth in 1943 or 1944.

He was a major around 1910-11 and a respected ­businessman.

He built a lot of very interesting holiday homes for rich Englishmen 100 years ago in the area in Norway where I live.

Would any readers have any information about him, or any idea whom I can contact for ­further information?

I am in general interested in information about all the rich Englishmen – some called ­’salamonlords’ in Norway – who travelled in the summer to many of the rivers in the valleys of Norway.

Some of them invested a lot of money in their communities.

Lort Phillips built five ­exclusive holiday homes, most of which are still running.

Are there any books written around this theme in the UK?

Write to Tommy Fossum, Sunndalsvegen 2991, 6613 Gjøra, Norway, or email [email protected].