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Alec Waugh (Alexander Raban Waugh) was born on 8 July, 1898 in London, England, is a British novelist (1898–1981). Discover Alec Waugh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

Popular As Alexander Raban Waugh
Occupation writer,art_department,actor
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 8 July, 1898
Birthday 8 July
Birthplace London, England
Date of death 3 September, 1981
Died Place Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Nationality United Kingdom

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Who Is Alec Waugh's Wife?

His wife is Barbara Jacobs (m. 1919-1923) Joan Chirnside (m. 1932-1969) Virginia Sorenson (m. 1969)

Family
Parents Arthur Waugh Catherine Charlotte Raban
Wife Barbara Jacobs (m. 1919-1923) Joan Chirnside (m. 1932-1969) Virginia Sorenson (m. 1969)
Sibling Not Available
Children Andrew Alexander Waugh Veronica Waugh Peter Raban Waugh

Alec Waugh Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alec Waugh worth at the age of 83 years old? Alec Waugh’s income source is mostly from being a successful Writer. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Alec Waugh's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Writer

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1779

Waugh was born in London to Arthur Waugh and Catherine Charlotte Raban, a great-granddaughter of Lord Cockburn (1779–1854), and educated at Sherborne School, a public school in Dorset.

1898

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 (daughter of the writer William Wymark Jacobs), his second wife was Joan Chirnside and his third wife was Virginia Sorenson, author of the Newbery Medal-winning Miracles on Maple Hill.

1900

Waugh married his first wife, Barbara Annis Jacobs (1900–1996), in 1919.

He later had a career as a successful author, although never as successful or innovative as that of his younger brother.

1913

The book was inspired by Arnold Lunn's The Harrovians, published in 1913 and discussed at some length in The Loom of Youth.

The Loom of Youth was so controversial at the time (it mentioned homosexual relationships between boys, albeit in a very understated, staid fashion) that Waugh remains the only former pupil to be dismissed from the old boys' society (The Old Shirburnian Society).

It was also a best seller.

1917

The result of his experiences was his first, semi-autobiographical novel, The Loom of Youth (1917), in which he dramatised his schooldays.

Waugh served in the British army in France during the First World War, being commissioned in the Dorset Regiment in May 1917, and seeing action at Passchendaele.

1918

Captured by the Germans near Arras in March 1918, he spent the rest of the war in prisoner-of-war camps in Karlsruhe and in the Mainz Citadel.

1932

He lived much of his life overseas, in exotic places such as Tangier – a lifestyle made possible by his second marriage in 1932 to a rich Australian, Joan Chirnside.

His work, possibly in consequence, tended to be reminiscent of W. Somerset Maugham, although without achieving Maugham's huge popular success.

1933

(The Society's website gives a different version: Alec and his father resigned and were not reinstated until 1933, while Evelyn went to a different school. In 1932, the book was again the subject of controversy when Wyndham Lewis's Doom of Youth seemed to suggest that Waugh's interest in schoolboys was because he was a homosexual. This was settled out of court. In the mid-1960s Alec donated the original manuscript, press clippings and correspondence with the publisher to the Society.)

1955

Nevertheless, his 1955 novel Island in the Sun was a best-seller.

1957

It was filmed in 1957 as Island in the Sun, securing from Hollywood the greatest amount ever paid for the use of a novel at that time.

1959

He was a wine connoisseur, and published In Praise of Wine & Certain Noble Spirits (1959), a light-hearted and discursive guide to the major wine types, and Wines and Spirits, a 1968 book in the Time-Life series Foods of the World.

Waugh also merits a mention in the history of reggae music.

The success of the film adaptation of Island in the Sun and the Harry Belafonte title track provided inspiration as well as the name for the successful Island Records record label.

1969

In 1969, Waugh married the author Virginia Sorensen, and they resided together in Morocco, then moved to the United States as his health failed.

He died in Florida at the age of 83.

1973

His 1973 novel A Fatal Gift was also a success, though his nephew Auberon Waugh said Waugh "wrote many books, each worse than the last".