Lady Teresa Waugh
Lady Teresa Lorraine Waugh (née Onslow; born 26 February 1940) is a British novelist and translator.[1]
Early life
Waugh was born at 11 Ormonde Gate, Chelsea, London, the daughter of William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow (then Viscount Cranley) and his first wife Hon Pamela Dillon, daughter of Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon.[2]
Career
Waugh has translated such works as Anka Muhlstein's A Taste For Freedom: The life of Astolphe de Custine (2000),[3] Benedetta Craveri's Madame Du Deffand and Her World (1994)[4] and The Travels of Marco Polo (1984).[5] In 1980, she translated Shah's Story by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (previously Shah of Iran from 1941 to 1979) from French to English.[6]
Her own novels include Painting Water (1983),[7] Waterloo Waterloo (1985),[8] An Intolerable Burden (1987),[9] Song at Twilight (1989),[10] The House (2002),[11] Sylvia's Lot (1994)[12] and The Gossips (1995).[13] The Entertaining Book (1986) is not a novel but a book about food and wine written with her husband.[14]
Marriage and children
On 1 July 1961, as Lady Teresa Onslow, she married the author Auberon Waugh, eldest son of Evelyn Waugh.[15] Auberon and Teresa Waugh had four children together:[15]
- 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
- ^ "Teresa Waugh". Hachette. 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Births". The Times. 28 February 1940.
- ^ "Teresa Waugh". New York Review oBooks.
- ^ Craveri, Benedetta; Waugh, Teresa (2002). "Madame du Deffand and Her World". Peter Halban. OCLC 52739039 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ Waugh, Teresa (1984). "The Travels of Marco Polo". Open WorldCat. Sidgwick & Jackson. OCLC 989053938.
- ^ Waugh, Teresa; Pahlavi, Mohammad Reza (27 July 1980). "Shah's Story. Translated from French by Teresa Waugh". Open WorldCat. Vikas. OCLC 757910184.
- ^ Waugh, Teresa (1986). "Painting Water". Open WorldCat. Penguin. OCLC 14719733.
- ^ Waugh, Teresa (27 July 1987). "Waterloo, Waterloo". Open WorldCat. Penguin. OCLC 15896587.
- ^ Waugh, Teresa (1988). "An Intolerable Burden". Open WorldCat. Hamilton. OCLC 1072510957.
- ^ Waugh, Teresa (1989). "Song at Twilight". Hamilton. OCLC 471079684 – via Open WorldCat.
- ^ Waugh, Teresa (2004). "The House". Open WorldCat. Isis. OCLC 224023173.
- ^ "Sylvia's Lot". Open WorldCat. 1995. OCLC 221481292.
- ^ Waugh, Teresa (2000). "The Gossips". Open WorldCat. National Library for the Blind. OCLC 1107690076.
- ^ Waugh, Teresa; Waugh, Auberon; Harte, Glynn Boyd (1986). "The Entertaining Book". Open WorldCat. Hamish Hamilton. OCLC 804708716.
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles (27 July 2003). Burke's peerage, baronetage & knightage, clan chiefs, Scottish feudal barons. Vol. 2. Burke's Peerage & Gentry. OCLC 774632725.