George Lucas
George Lucas
George Lucas was a gay man who worked in the Civil Service. He documented his life in a series of detailed personal diaries which he bequeathed to journalist Hugo Greenhalgh. When Greenhalgh started to examine the diaries he uncovered remarkable accounts of a man who recorded in some detail his use of male prostitutes in London, and other aspects of gay life. Lucas took a great risk in keeping the diaries as some of the entries incriminated him in matters which were criminal offences before 1967. If the police had got hold of the diaries a number of other men may well have been arrested and prosecuted. The diaries are now being published on a Facebook page for Mr Lucas which is updated by Greenhalgh [1].
George Lucas was born in 1926 and grew up in Clacton on Sea, Essex. His work in the Civil Service appears to have been mostly in the Department of Trade. He died in 2013.
An unremarkable man in many ways but the legacy of his diaries now make his contribution to LGBT history important.
