Plantagenet Somerset Fry

Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Born
Peter George Robin Fry

3 January 1931
Died10 September 1996[1]
Wattisfield, Suffolk, England, UK
EducationLancing College and St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School and St Catherine's College, Oxford
OccupationWriter
Spouse(s)Audrey Russell, Daphne Yorke, Leri Butler, Fiona Whitcombe
Parent(s)Peter Kenneth Llewellyn Fry and Ruth Emily (née Marriott)

Plantagenet Somerset Fry, born Peter George Robin Fry, sometimes used the names 'Peter George Robin Somerset Fry' and 'Peter George Robin Plantagenet Somerset Fry'[2][3] (3 January 1931 – 10 September 1996), was a British historian and author of more than 50 books.[4] In his youth, he added Somerset to his surname by deed poll, the Fry family originating from Wells in that county, and Plantagenet was a nickname which he adopted at university, relating to his advocacy of Richard III.[5]

  1. ^ cix.co.uk Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 December 2007
  2. ^ The Author's & Writer's Who's Who, Burke's Peerage, 1971, pg 740
  3. ^ Roy Calne (20 September 1996). "Obituary: Plantagenet Somerset Fry". The Independent.
  4. ^ Obituary, The (London) Independent, Roy Calne, 21 September 1996. Retrieved 4 June 2015
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference ah was invoked but never defined (see the help page).