Alastair Hugh Graham

Alastair Hugh Graham
Evelyn Waugh, centre, with Alastair Graham and Elizabeth Harman (the future Lady Longford) in 1924
Born(1904-06-27)27 June 1904
Died6 October 1982(1982-10-06) (aged 78)
Machynlleth, Wales
NationalityBritish
Alma materBrasenose College, Oxford

Alastair Hugh Graham (27 June 1904 – 6 October 1982) was an honorary attaché in Athens and Cairo, an Oxford friend of Evelyn Waugh, and, according to Waugh's letters, one of his "romances".[1] He is, together with Hugh Lygon and Stephen Tennant, considered the main inspiration for Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Eade was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Copping, Jasper (18 May 2008). "Brideshead Revisited: Where Evelyn Waugh found inspiration for Sebastian Flyte". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2011.