Hugh Lygon

The Honourable
Hugh Lygon
Portrait of The Hon. Hugh Lygon, by Ranken (1927).
Born
Hugh Patrick Lygon

(1904-11-02)2 November 1904
Died19 August 1936(1936-08-19) (aged 31)
Rothenburg, Bavaria
Parents

Hugh Patrick Lygon (2 November 1904 – 19 August 1936) was the second son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, and, though often believed to be the inspiration for Lord Sebastian Flyte in Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited, Waugh told the Lygon family that this was not the case. Lygon was a close friend of the Waugh while at Oxford; A. L. Rowse believed the two to be lovers. They were both members of the Hypocrites' Club, along with their contemporaries Robert Byron, Murray Andrew McLean, and the Plunket Greene brothers, Richard and David, and of which Lygon was also president club,[1] David Plunket Greene was a good friend of Hugh Lygon.[2]

  1. ^ Lebedoff, David (2008). The Same Man: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in Love and War. Random House Publishing Group. p. 30. ISBN 9781588367082. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ^ Byrne, Paula. Mad World. p. 12. Archived from the original on 14 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.