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Vivian Stuart (Violet Vivian Finlay) was born on 2 January, 1914 in Easthampstead, Berkshire, England, is a British writer. Discover Vivian Stuart's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As Violet Vivian Finlay
Occupation novelist, medical doctor
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 2 January, 1914
Birthday 2 January
Birthplace Easthampstead, Berkshire, England
Date of death 18 August, 1986
Died Place York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Nationality Oman

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Who Is Vivian Stuart's Husband?

Her husband is Esmé Austin Reeves Porch (m. 1933) Geza Santow Mr. Stuart Cyril William Mann (m. 1957)

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Husband Esmé Austin Reeves Porch (m. 1933) Geza Santow Mr. Stuart Cyril William Mann (m. 1957)
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Children 5

Vivian Stuart Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Vivian Stuart worth at the age of 72 years old? Vivian Stuart’s income source is mostly from being a successful novelist. She is from Oman. We have estimated Vivian Stuart's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

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1914

Violet Vivian Stuart ( née Finlay; 2 January 1914 – 18 August 1986) was a British writer from 1953 to 1986.

She published under different pen names: her romantic novels as Vivian Stuart, Alex Stuart, Barbara Allen, Fiona Finlay, and Robyn Stuart, her military sagas as V.A. Stuart, and her historical saga as William Stuart Long.

Violet Vivian Finlay was born in Berkshire, England on 2 January 1914.

She was the daughter of Alice Kathleen (née Norton) and Sir Campbell Kirkman Finlay, the owner and director of Burmah Oil Company Ltd., whose Scottish family also owned James Finlay and Company Ltd. The majority of her childhood and youth was spent in Rangoon, Burma (now also known as Myanmar), where her father worked.

Finlay married four times and bore five children, Gillian Rushton (née Porch), Kim Santow, Jennifer Gooch (née Stuart), and twins Vary and Valerie Stuart.

1930

Following the dissolution of her first marriage, she studied Law in London in the mid 1930s, before deciding to study Medicine at the University of London.

1938

Later she spent time in Hungary in the capacity of private tutor in English, while she obtained a pathologist qualification at the University of Budapest in 1938.

1939

In 1939, she emigrated to Australia with her second husband, a Hungarian Doctor Geza Santow with whom she worked.

1942

In 1942, she obtained a diploma in industrial chemistry and laboratory technique at Technical Institute of Newcastle.

Having earned an ambulance driver's certificate, she joined the Australian Forces at the Women's Auxiliary Service during World War II.

1945

She was attached to the IVth Army, and raised to the rank of captain, she was posted to British XIV Army in Rangoon, Burma in October 1945, and was then transferred to Sumatra in December.

After the war she returned to England.

1953

She published her first novels in 1953.

She signed her romantic fiction as Vivian Stuart, one of her married names, and under the pen names of Alex Stuart, Barbara Allen, Fiona Finlay and Robyn Stuart, while for her military sagas, "Alexander Sheridan Saga" and "Phillip Hazard Saga" she used the name V.A. Stuart.

William Stuart Long was her pen name for the popular historical series: "Australians", based on her research at The Mitchell Library Sydney; The National Maritime Museum; British Public Records Office and the New York Public Library.

Many of her romance novels were protagonized by doctors or nurses, and set in Asia, Australia or other places she had visited.

1955

Her novel, "Gay Cavalier" (1955 as Alex Stuart) caused trouble between Vivian and her Mills & Boon editors.

She featured a secondary story line featuring a Catholic male and Protestant female who chose to marry.

This so-called "mixed marriage" outraged many people in the United Kingdom at the time.

1958

On 24 October 1958, she married her fourth and last husband, Cyril William Mann, an investment banker.

1960

In 1960, she was a founder of the Romantic Novelists' Association, along with Denise Robins, Barbara Cartland, and others; she was elected the first chairman.

In 1960, she was a founder of the Romantic Novelists' Association, along with Denise Robins, Barbara Cartland, and others; she was elected the first chairman.

1970

In 1970, she became the first woman to chair Swanwick writers' summer school.

In 1970, she became the first woman to chair Swanwick writers' summer school.

Some of Stuart's novels are released under different pen names or titles.

1986

Violet Vivian Mann died in 1986 in York, at age 72.

She continued writing until her death.