Hugo Charteris
Hugo Francis Guy Charteris MC (11 December 1922 – 20 December 1970) was a noted British novelist and screenwriter, the author of nine novels, 17 television screenplays and numerous children's books and short stories.
For the English cricketer, see Hugo Charteris (cricketer).
Hugo Charteris
11 December 1922
26 Catherine Street, Victoria, London, England
20 December 1970 (aged 48)
Elvington, North Yorkshire, England
Virginia Mary Forbes Adam
(m. 1948)
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- Captain Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris (father)
- Francis Lucy Tennant (mother)
Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (sister)
Ann Fleming (sister)
Ian Fleming (brother-in-law)
Martin Charteris (cousin)
Francis Charteris
novelist, journalist, screenwriter
1941–1944
Lieutenant
Early life[edit]
Charteris was born in London, the fourth child of Captain Hon. Guy Lawrence Charteris (1886–1967, the son of Hugo Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss, and Mary Constance Wyndham), and his first wife, Frances Lucy Tennant (1887–1925), a granddaughter of Sir Charles Tennant. His sisters were the socialite Ann Fleming and Laura Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.[1] He and his sisters grew up at Stanway House surrounded by the creative influence of close family friends such as James Barrie, who would write plays for them to perform during the summer months. Charteris was educated at Eton and in 1941 he left to join the Scots Guards. He was twice wounded in the war, and received a Military Cross in Italy for defending his position against continuous enemy attack.
Personal life[edit]
Charteris was noted for his beauty in youth, and later was gauntly handsome. He died of cancer on 20 December 1970, at his home, The Grange, Elvington, Yorkshire, and was buried in St Helen's churchyard, Skipwith, York. His widow, Virginia Charteris, never remarried and died aged 90 in 2012. She was interred next to her husband.[4]
In 1952 his sister Ann Fleming married the writer Ian Fleming; she had earlier been married to Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere.[2]