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Bright Young Things
Buscot Park
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Gavin Faringdon
Gavin Henderson
Homosexuality
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Lord Faringdon
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- ISBN 9781911450450
- Format: Paperback
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Apr 2022
- Publisher: Libri Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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When the Hon. Gavin Henderson was made the 2nd Lord Faringdon in 1934, he became one of the wealthiest men in Britain. By the time he passed away in 1977 he had given away most of his inheritance to what he considered to be good causes. However, his reputation as a philanthropist was overshadowed by free-spirited events in his youth (such as “setting the Thames on fire”) his left-wing politics, and rumours about his discreet personal life.
This biography is based upon the hitherto unpublished papers, diaries and letters that have survived in his former home at Buscot Park. It aims to set the record straight about a man who was often wilfully misunderstood, and whose many achievements suggest that he was born ahead of his time.
Roger Vlitos was born in New York, raised in the USA and West Indies, studied Fine Art, Art History and English in Britain before working as a freelance writer and photographer in publishing. He became a teacher and university lecturer before taking up his present role as the curator of the Faringdon Collection at Buscot Park.
