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May 1, 2003 · Wilde's younger son, Vyvyan Holland (Wilde's unhappy wife, Constance, had hurriedly changed the family name when he was imprisoned), was then still alive, and his grandson was at school at the time.
Vyvyan was just fourteen when his father died, broke and washed up in Paris. His brother Cyril, by all accounts a super brilliant young man, was killed by a German sniper in 1915. Vyvyan Holland’s first wife Violet died young, too, in 1918, of injuries sustained in a fire. But he wound up having a long and reasonably happy life all the same.
Cyril Holland (born Cyril Wilde, 5 June 1885 – 9 May 1915) was the first son of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd and brother to Vyvyan Holland. From Vyvyan’s accounts in his autobiography, Son of Oscar Wilde, Oscar was a devoted and loving father to his two sons and their childhood was a relatively happy one.[1] However, after Oscar's gross indecency trial, Constance chose to take on the ...
In 1943 she married Oscar Wilde's only surviving son, and in 1945 she gave birth to Oscar's only grandson, Merlin. The Hollands lived in Melbourne from 1948-1952. Vyvyan died in 1967. Thelma died in 1995.In 1981 the Australian satirist Barry Humphries (think "Dame Edna Everage"!) met Thelma at a party in London.
Vyvyan Holland (Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Wilde); Merlin Holland. by Van Hallan Press Agency bromide press print, 13 October 1966 8 1/2 in. x 6 5/8 in. (215 mm x 168 mm) image size Transferred from Evening Standard Library, before 1983 Photographs Collection NPG x182329
Vyvyan Holland (Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Wilde) (1886-1967), Author and translator; son of Oscar Wilde. Sitter in 1 portrait. 1 Like. List Thumbnail. Sort by. Vyvyan Holland (Vyvyan Oscar Beresford Wilde); Merlin Holland. by Van Hallan Press Agency. bromide press print, 13 October 1966.
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