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British journalist and novelist (1939–2001)

Auberon Alexander Waugh (17 November 1939 – 16 January 2001) was a British journalist and novelist, and eldest son of the novelist Evelyn Waugh.

An outrageous and witty autobiography by the son of novelist Evelyn Waugh describes his difficult relationship with his father, education, non-stellar military.

An outrageous and witty autobiography by the son of novelist Evelyn Waugh describes his difficult relationship with his father, education, non-stellar military.

Auberon Waugh was a philosopher - savage, eccentric, but a philosopher nonetheless.

Auberon Waugh's tendency to say the things that people least want to hear and his mastery of the art of vituperation, combined with his use of irony and fantasy.

Auberon Waugh () was the greatest journalist of the 20th century.

Auberon Waugh lived in the shadow of his father, the comic novelist Evelyn Waugh, and of his father's disapproval.

He was widely known by his nickname "Bron".

After a traditional classical education at Downside School, he was commissioned in the army during National Service, where he was badly injured in a shooting accident. He went on to study for a year at Oxford University.

At twenty, he launched his journalism career at the Telegraph Group, and also wrote for many other publications including Private Eye, in which he presented a profile that was half Tory grandee and half cheeky rebel.

Auberon Waugh, who has died aged 61, was the most controversial, the most abusive, perhaps the most brilliant journalist of his age.

As a young man, Waugh wrote five well-received novels, but gave up fiction for fear of unfavourable comparisons with his father.

He and his wife Lady Teresa had four children and lived at Combe Florey House in Somerset.

Origins

Waugh was born at Pixton Park, near Dulverton in Somerset, his mo