- Born
- Died
- Educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge. Joined R.N.V.R at start of WWII as a sub-lieutenant and rose to Lieutenant-Commander. Spent his time on convoy work, latterly in charge of a frigate. Director of UK Information Office in Johannesburg 1946-53, Ottawa 1953-56. Chairman of National War Memorial Health Foundation of South Africa. Awarded Heinemann Foundation Prize for Literature 1951, Coronation Medal 1953. Made Chevalier of the Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem 1973. His ashes were scattered over the sea.
- IMDb mini biography by: <dferstat@iinet.net.au>
- I have none of the stock loyalties. No roots. I can live anywhere as long as I don't feel tired.
- I'm not a stylist, perhaps, but I want to be read. I think I've got something to say that people want to hear.
- I served nearly five years on convoy escort, guarding more ships, dodging more hazards, standing more watches, surviving more foul weather and burying more men than should have been demanded of an amateur sailor lately graduated from a 14‐foot dinghy.
- How can you stand living in England? One damned restriction after another. No nobility.
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