Patrick Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy
Patrick Gordon Campbell, 3rd Baron Glenavy (6 June 1913 – 10 November 1980) was an Irish journalist, humorist and television personality.
Life and career
Campbell was born in
His books, mostly collections of humorous pieces that were originally published in newspapers and magazines, included: A Long Drink of Cold Water (1949), A Short Trot with a Cultured Mind (1950), An Irishman's Diary (1950), Life in Thin Slices (1951), Patrick Campbell's Omnibus (1954), Come Here Till I Tell You (1960), Constantly in Pursuit (1962), How to Become a Scratch Golfer (1963), Brewing Up in the Basement (1963), Rough Husbandry (1965), The P-P-Penguin Patrick Campbell (1965), All Ways on Sundays (1966), A Bunch of New Roses (1967), an autobiography My Life and Easy Times (1967), The Coarse of Events (1968), Gullible Travels (1969), The High Speed Gasworks (1970), Waving All Excuses (1971), Patrick Campbell's Golfing Book (1972), Fat Tuesday Tails (1972), 35 Years on the Job (1973), and The Campbell Companion (1987). Many of his books were illustrated by Ronald Searle.
Campbell was married three times, first in 1941 to Sylvia Alfreda Willoughby Lee, whom he divorced in 1947. Then to Chery Louise Munro in 1947. The two divorced in 1966, the year he married Vivienne Orme.
Campbell spoke with a stammer, but nevertheless delighted
He lived for many years in the South of France, and died in Cannes on 10 November 1980. He was succeeded as the 4th and last Lord Glenavy by his novelist brother Michael.
References
- ^ Patrick Campbell, My Life And Easy Times (1967)
- ISBN 1-84854-195-3.
- ^ Oxford Book of Humorous Prose, edited by Frank Muir (1990)
- ^ "Fellow Traveller" in All Ways on Sundays Sphere Books, 1967
External links
- Patrick Campbell at IMDb
- List of pieces written by Campbell for Lilliput magazine between 1947 and 1960.
