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Richard Horatio Blair (born 14 May 1944) is a British trustee and patron who is the only (adopted) son of English author George Orwell. Life and works. Blair was adopted by Eileen and Eric Blair (George Orwell), and after their deaths, lived with Avril Dunn (née Blair, Orwell's sister, his legal guardian) and Bill Dunn.
Mar 22, 2017 · Orwell and Eileen adopted Richard at three weeks old. His new father burned the birth parents’ names from the certificate with a cigarette. Nine months later, Eileen died while being given ...
In June 1944, Orwell and his wife Eileen adopted a three-week-old boy whom they named Richard Horatio Blair (Eric Blair being Orwell's real name). Now a retired engineer living happily in an immaculate house in a picture-book Warwickshire village, Blair has never publicised the fact that he was related to Orwell, always preferring to remain in ...
In June 1944, Orwell and Eileen adopted a three-week-old boy they named Richard Horatio. According to Richard, Orwell was a wonderful father who gave him devoted, if rather rugged, attention and a great degree of freedom. After Orwell's death Richard went to live with Orwell's sister and her husband.
Mar 25, 2009 · One fishing expedition to a shepherd’s hut on the remote part of Jura ended in a storm, with Orwell, Richard, and his three cousins nearly drowning in the Gulf of Corryvreckan.
Jul 6, 2016 · Gavin Freeguard, trustee of the Orwell Youth Prize, interviews Richard Blair, George Orwell's son.
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Richard Horatio Blair, the son of the British writer Eric Arthur Blair--better known by his pen-name George Orwell--joined Jonathon Van Maren to talk about h...
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