Dr James Whetter

We have just received official notification of the death of Dr James Whetter.

Dr James Whetter, founder of The CNP died earlier this week. James worked hard over the years for his beloved Kernow and organised the Thomas Flamank commemoration for many years.

His daughters Talwyn and Esyld were with him when he died.

James C. A. Whetter born 1935 at St Austell was a noted Cornish historian and editor of The Cornish Banner (An Baner Kernewek). He has contested elections for two Cornish independence parties.

James Whetter's books include The History of Glasney College (Padstow: Tabb House, 1988), Cornwall in the Seventeenth Century (Padstow: Lodenek Press, 1974) and The History of Falmouth (Redruth: Dyllansow Truran, 1981).

James Whetter had a PhD from London University and was director of the Roseland Institute, a centre for Cornish Studies at Gorran Haven near St Austell.

The institute contains a library of over 20,000 books in the process of being catalogued and put on-line and is the base for the publishing activities of Lyfrow Trelyspen and CNP Publications.

The former produced works on Cornish history, essays and related subjects, and the latter, the quarterly Cornish magazine, The Cornish Banner (An Baner Kernewek).