Duff Hart-Davis
Peter Duff Hart-Davis (born 1936), generally known as Duff Hart-Davis, is a British biographer and journalist, who writes (or wrote?) for The Independent newspaper.
He is the elder son of the publisher Sir Rupert Hart-Davis (1907 – 1999), and hence the elder brother of the television broadcaster and author Dr. Adam Hart-Davis. His sister is married to the present Lord Silsoe.
Duff Hart-Davis is married to Phyllida Barstow, and has one son and one daughter.
His godfather was the adventurer and writer Peter Fleming (1907 1971), whose life was written up by Duff Hart-Davis as Peter Fleming: A Biography, published in 1974.
Like Adam he also rides a bicycle.
Sources:
Theroff Files (j1d.txt) by Paul Theroff, listing descendants of King James VI & I of England and Scotland.
Categories: 1936 births | English biographers | English journalists