Lady Teresa Lorraine Waugh (''née'' Onslow; born 26 February 1940) is a British

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

and translator.

Early life

Waugh was born at 11 Ormonde Gate,

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, the daughter of

William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow William Arthur Bampfylde Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow, (11 June 1913 – 3 June 1971), known as Viscount Cranley until 1945, was a British peer, politician and army officer. Onslow was the eldest son of Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl ...

(then Viscount Cranley) and his first wife

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Pamela Dillon, daughter of Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon.

Career

Waugh has translated such works as Anka Muhlstein's ''A Taste For Freedom: The life of

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'' (2000), Benedetta Craveri's ''

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and Her World'' (1994) and ''

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'' (1984). In 1980, she translated ''Shah's Story'' by

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(previously

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from 1941 to 1979) from French to English. Her own novels include ''Painting Water'' (1983), ''Waterloo Waterloo'' (1985), ''An Intolerable Burden'' (1987), ''Song at Twilight'' (1989), ''The House'' (2002), ''Sylvia's Lot'' (1994) and ''The Gossips'' (1995). ''The Entertaining Book'' (1986) is not a novel but a book about food and wine written with her husband.

Marriage and children

On 1 July 1961, as Lady Teresa Onslow, she married the author

Auberon Waugh Auberon Alexander Waugh ( ; 17 November 1939 – 16 January 2001) was a British journalist and novelist, and eldest son of the novelist Evelyn Waugh. He was widely known by his nickname "Bron". After a traditional classical education at Downsid ...

, eldest son of

Evelyn Waugh Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires ''Decli ...

. Auberon and Teresa Waugh had four children together: * Margaret Sophia Laura Waugh (born 1962) * Alexander Evelyn Michael Waugh (30 December 1963 – 22 July 2024) * Daisy Louisa Dominica Waugh (born 1967) * Nathaniel Thomas Biafra Waugh (born 1968).

References

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English women novelists

People from Chelsea, London