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	He was born in [[West Hampstead]]. His older brother [[Alec Waugh]] had attended [[Sherborne School]], and Evelyn was originally intended to go there as well, but Alec was asked to leave in 1915 because of a gay relationship, and in 1917 published a novel ''The Loom of Youth'' including references to homosexual friendships at school. The resulting scandal meant that Evelyn could not go to Sherborne, so he was sent instead to [[Lancing College]] where he made friends with [[Tom Driberg]].		He was born in [[West Hampstead]]. His older brother [[Alec Waugh]] had attended [[Sherborne School]], and Evelyn was originally intended to go there as well, but Alec was asked to leave in 1915 because of a gay relationship, and in 1917 published a novel ''The Loom of Youth'' including references to homosexual friendships at school. The resulting scandal meant that Evelyn could not go to Sherborne, so he was sent instead to [[Lancing College]] where he made friends with [[Tom Driberg]].

	In 1922 Waugh went up to Hertford College, [[Oxford]], and became part of an avant-garde circle known as "the hypocrites" led by [[Harold Acton]] and [[Brian Howard]]. He had several homosexual relationships while at Oxford, including with [[Richard Pares]] and Alastair Graham.<ref name= StannardODNB>http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788/index/101036788/Evelyn-Waugh/ Martin Stannard "Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903–06)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' Volume I page 90</ref>		In 1922 Waugh went up to [[Hertford College, Oxford]], and became part of an avant-garde circle known as "the hypocrites" led by [[Harold Acton]] and [[Brian Howard]]. He had several homosexual relationships while at Oxford, including with [[Richard Pares]] and Alastair Graham.<ref name= StannardODNB>http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788/index/101036788/Evelyn-Waugh/ Martin Stannard "Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903–06)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' Volume I page 90</ref>

	He worked briefly as a schoolmaster, and then as a full-time writer and journalist. He served in the Royal Marines and then in the Royal Horse Guards during the Second World War.		He worked briefly as a schoolmaster, and then as a full-time writer and journalist. He served in the Royal Marines and then in the Royal Horse Guards during the Second World War.

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	He was born in [[West Hampstead]]. His older brother [[Alec Waugh]] had attended [[Sherborne School]], and Evelyn was originally intended to go there as well, but Alec was asked to leave in 1915 because of a gay relationship, and in 1917 published a novel ''The Loom of Youth'' including references to homosexual friendships at school. The resulting scandal meant that Evelyn could not go to Sherborne, so he was sent instead to [[Lancing College]] where he made friends with [[Tom Driberg]].		He was born in [[West Hampstead]]. His older brother [[Alec Waugh]] had attended [[Sherborne School]], and Evelyn was originally intended to go there as well, but Alec was asked to leave in 1915 because of a gay relationship, and in 1917 published a novel ''The Loom of Youth'' including references to homosexual friendships at school. The resulting scandal meant that Evelyn could not go to Sherborne, so he was sent instead to [[Lancing College]] where he made friends with [[Tom Driberg]].

	In 1922 Waugh went up to Hertford College, [[Oxford]], and became part of an avant-garde circle known as "the hypocrites" led by [[Harold Acton]] and [[Brian Howard]]. He had several homosexual relationships while at Oxford, including ~~with~~ with [[Richard Pares]] and Alastair Graham.<ref name= StannardODNB>http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788/index/101036788/Evelyn-Waugh/ Martin Stannard "Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903–06)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National ~~Biograph~~' ~~Vol.~~ I p. 90</ref>		In 1922 Waugh went up to Hertford College, [[Oxford]], and became part of an avant-garde circle known as "the hypocrites" led by [[Harold Acton]] and [[Brian Howard]]. He had several homosexual relationships while at Oxford, including with [[Richard Pares]] and Alastair Graham.<ref name= StannardODNB>http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788/index/101036788/Evelyn-Waugh/ Martin Stannard "Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903–06)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' Volume I page 90</ref>

	He worked briefly as a schoolmaster, and then as a full-time writer and journalist. He served in the Royal Marines and then in the Royal Horse Guards during the Second World War.		He worked briefly as a schoolmaster, and then as a full-time writer and journalist. He served in the Royal Marines and then in the Royal Horse Guards during the Second World War.

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	[[File:Evelynwaugh.jpeg\|thumb\|Evelyn Waugh in 1940]]'''Evelyn Waugh''' (Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh, 1903–1966) was a novelist, known particularly for ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]''.		[[File:Evelynwaugh.jpeg\|thumb\|Evelyn Waugh in 1940]]'''Evelyn Waugh''' (Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh, 1903–1966) was a novelist, known particularly for ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]''.

	He was born in [[West Hampstead]]. His older brother [[Alec Waugh]] had attended [[Sherborne ~~school~~]], and Evelyn was originally intended to go there as well, but Alec was asked to leave in 1915 because of a gay relationship, and in 1917 published a novel ''The Loom of Youth'' including references to homosexual friendships at school. The resulting scandal meant that Evelyn could not go to Sherborne, so he was sent instead to [[Lancing College]] where he made friends with [[Tom Driberg]].		He was born in [[West Hampstead]]. His older brother [[Alec Waugh]] had attended [[Sherborne School]], and Evelyn was originally intended to go there as well, but Alec was asked to leave in 1915 because of a gay relationship, and in 1917 published a novel ''The Loom of Youth'' including references to homosexual friendships at school. The resulting scandal meant that Evelyn could not go to Sherborne, so he was sent instead to [[Lancing College]] where he made friends with [[Tom Driberg]].

	In 1922 Waugh went up to Hertford College, [[Oxford]], and became part of an avant-garde circle known as "the hypocrites" led by [[Harold Acton]] and [[Brian Howard]]. He had several homosexual relationships while at Oxford, including with with [[Richard Pares]] and Alastair Graham.<ref name= StannardODNB>http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788/index/101036788/Evelyn-Waugh/ Martin Stannard "Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903–06)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biograph' Vol. I p. 90</ref>		In 1922 Waugh went up to Hertford College, [[Oxford]], and became part of an avant-garde circle known as "the hypocrites" led by [[Harold Acton]] and [[Brian Howard]]. He had several homosexual relationships while at Oxford, including with with [[Richard Pares]] and Alastair Graham.<ref name= StannardODNB>http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788/index/101036788/Evelyn-Waugh/ Martin Stannard "Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903–06)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biograph' Vol. I p. 90</ref>

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	[[File:Evelynwaugh.jpeg\|thumb\|Evelyn Waugh in 1940]]'''Evelyn Waugh''' (Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh, 1903–1966) was a novelist, known particularly for ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]''.		[[File:Evelynwaugh.jpeg\|thumb\|Evelyn Waugh in 1940]]'''Evelyn Waugh''' (Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh, 1903–1966) was a novelist, known particularly for ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]''.

	He was born in [[West Hampstead]]. His older brother [[Alec Waugh]] had attended [[Sherborne]] ~~school~~, and Evelyn was originally intended to go there as well, but Alec was asked to leave in 1915 because of a gay relationship, and in 1917 published a novel ''The Loom of Youth'' including references to homosexual friendships at school. The resulting scandal meant that Evelyn could not go to Sherborne, so he was sent instead to [[Lancing College]] where he made friends with [[Tom Driberg]].		He was born in [[West Hampstead]]. His older brother [[Alec Waugh]] had attended [[Sherborne school]], and Evelyn was originally intended to go there as well, but Alec was asked to leave in 1915 because of a gay relationship, and in 1917 published a novel ''The Loom of Youth'' including references to homosexual friendships at school. The resulting scandal meant that Evelyn could not go to Sherborne, so he was sent instead to [[Lancing College]] where he made friends with [[Tom Driberg]].

	In 1922 Waugh went up to Hertford College, [[Oxford]], and became part of an avant-garde circle known as "the hypocrites" led by [[Harold Acton]] and [[Brian Howard]]. He had several homosexual relationships while at Oxford, including with with [[Richard Pares]] and Alastair Graham.<ref name= StannardODNB>http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788/index/101036788/Evelyn-Waugh/ Martin Stannard "Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903–06)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biograph' Vol. I p. 90</ref>		In 1922 Waugh went up to Hertford College, [[Oxford]], and became part of an avant-garde circle known as "the hypocrites" led by [[Harold Acton]] and [[Brian Howard]]. He had several homosexual relationships while at Oxford, including with with [[Richard Pares]] and Alastair Graham.<ref name= StannardODNB>http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788/index/101036788/Evelyn-Waugh/ Martin Stannard "Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903–06)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biograph' Vol. I p. 90</ref>

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	He worked briefly as a schoolmaster, and then as a full-time writer and journalist. He served in the Royal Marines and then in the Royal Horse Guards during the Second World War.		He worked briefly as a schoolmaster, and then as a full-time writer and journalist. He served in the Royal Marines and then in the Royal Horse Guards during the Second World War.

	In 1928 he married Evelyn Gardner, daughter of Lord and Lady Burghclere. The couple were known as "He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn", but they were divorced the next year, and the marriage ws formally annulled (declared never to have existed) by a Roman Catholic church court in 1936. The annulment was necessary because Waugh had became a Roman Catholic in 1930 (having been drawn to high Anglicanism as a boy but later rejected religion) and wished to marry again. In 1937 he married Evelyn Gardner's cousin Laura Herbert. They had seven children, including the journalist Auberon Waugh.		In 1928 he married Evelyn Gardner, daughter of Lord and Lady Burghclere. The couple were known as "He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn", but they were divorced the next year, and the marriage was formally annulled (declared never to have existed) by a Roman Catholic church court in 1936. The annulment was necessary because Waugh had became a Roman Catholic in 1930 (having been drawn to high Anglicanism as a boy but later rejected religion) and wished to marry again. In 1937 he married Evelyn Gardner's cousin Laura Herbert. They had seven children, including the journalist Auberon Waugh.

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	In 1928 he married Evelyn Gardner, daughter of Lord and Lady Burghclere. The couple were known as "He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn", but they were divorced the next year, and the marriage ws formally annulled (declared never to have existed) by a Roman Catholic church court in 1936. The annulment was necessary because Waugh had became a Roman Catholic in 1930 (having been drawn to high Anglicanism as a boy but later rejected religion) and wished to marry again. In 1937 he married Evelyn Gardner's cousin Laura Herbert. They had seven children, including the journalist Auberon Waugh.		In 1928 he married Evelyn Gardner, daughter of Lord and Lady Burghclere. The couple were known as "He-Evelyn and She-Evelyn", but they were divorced the next year, and the marriage ws formally annulled (declared never to have existed) by a Roman Catholic church court in 1936. The annulment was necessary because Waugh had became a Roman Catholic in 1930 (having been drawn to high Anglicanism as a boy but later rejected religion) and wished to marry again. In 1937 he married Evelyn Gardner's cousin Laura Herbert. They had seven children, including the journalist Auberon Waugh.

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	[[File:Evelynwaugh.jpeg\|thumb\|Evelyn Waugh in 1940]]'''Evelyn Waugh''' (Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh, 1903–1966) was a novelist, known particularly for ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]''.		[[File:Evelynwaugh.jpeg\|thumb\|Evelyn Waugh in 1940]]'''Evelyn Waugh''' (Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh, 1903–1966) was a novelist, known particularly for ''[[Brideshead Revisited]]''.

	He was born in [[West Hampstead]]. His older brother [[Alec Waugh]] had attended [[Sherborne]] school, and Evelyn was originally intended to go there as well, but Alec was asked to leave in 1915 because of a gay relationship, and in 1917 published a novel ''The Loom of Youth'' including references to homosexual friendships at school. The resulting scandal meant that Evelyn could not go to Sherborne, so he was sent instead to [[Lancing College]].		He was born in [[West Hampstead]]. His older brother [[Alec Waugh]] had attended [[Sherborne]] school, and Evelyn was originally intended to go there as well, but Alec was asked to leave in 1915 because of a gay relationship, and in 1917 published a novel ''The Loom of Youth'' including references to homosexual friendships at school. The resulting scandal meant that Evelyn could not go to Sherborne, so he was sent instead to [[Lancing College]] where he made friends with [[Tom Driberg]].

	In 1922 Waugh went up to Hertford College, [[Oxford]], and became part of an avant-garde circle known as "the hypocrites" led by [[Harold Acton]] and [[Brian Howard]]. He had several homosexual relationships while at Oxford, including with with [[Richard Pares]] and Alastair Graham.<ref name= StannardODNB>http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788/index/101036788/Evelyn-Waugh/ Martin Stannard "Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903–06)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biograph' Vol. I p. 90</ref>		In 1922 Waugh went up to Hertford College, [[Oxford]], and became part of an avant-garde circle known as "the hypocrites" led by [[Harold Acton]] and [[Brian Howard]]. He had several homosexual relationships while at Oxford, including with with [[Richard Pares]] and Alastair Graham.<ref name= StannardODNB>http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36788/index/101036788/Evelyn-Waugh/ Martin Stannard "Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903–06)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biograph' Vol. I p. 90</ref>