Alec Waugh | |
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![]() Alec Waugh in 1931 | |
Born | Alexander Raban Waugh 8 July 1898 London, England |
Died | 3 September 1981 | (aged 83)
Resting place | St John-at-Hampstead |
Education | Sherborne School |
Spouses | Barbara Jacobs
(m. 1919; div. 1923)Joan Chirnside
(m. 1932; died 1969) |
Children | Andrew Alexander Waugh (1933-2006) Veronica Waugh (b. 1934) Peter Raban Waugh (1938-2014) |
Parent(s) | Arthur Waugh Catherine Charlotte Raban (1870-1954) |
Alexander Raban Waugh (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh, uncle of Auberon Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic and publisher. His first wife was Barbara Jacobs (1900-1996) (daughter of the writer William Wymark Jacobs), his second wife was Joan Chirnside (1902-1969), and his third wife was Virginia Sorenson (1912-1991), author of the Newbery Medal-winning Miracles on Maple Hill.