Julian Fane (author)

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The Honourable Julian Charles Fane (27 May 1927 – 13 December 2009) was a British author.

Early life

Fane was the younger son of Vere Fane, 14th Earl of Westmorland and his wife Diana, daughter of Thomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale and widow of Arthur Capel.[1] His childhood was spent at Lyegrove, Gloucestershire, where his mother created a celebrated garden.[citation needed] He was educated at Harrow.[1]

Career

After some attempts at writing plays, at the age of 29, Fane published his first novel, Morning (1956), a description of a small boy’s childhood prior to being sent to boarding school. It was a literary success.

Cynthia Asquith, L. P. Hartley and others, and Memories of My Mother, an evocation of the life of Diana, Countess of Westmorland.[citation needed
]

He reviewed for

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 1999, he declared that his latest novel, called Evening to balance Morning, would be his last. For the next two years he kept a journal, eventually published as The Time Diaries, but missing writing stories he gave up retirement and embarked on a new burst of creativity, publishing a novel every six months.[citation needed
]

Personal life

In 1976, he married Gillian Swire, daughter of

Glyndebourne Opera House. They were generous patrons to Glyndebourne and other good causes, and lived in Lewes.[2] Fane died on 13 December 2009, aged 82.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c thepeerage.com Hon. Julian Charles Fane
  2. ^ "Fane, Julian". Encyclopaedia.com, 11 August 2020
  3. ^ "Julian Fane: author". Obituary, The Times, 4 January 2010
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