Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was born on 28 October 1903 at Golders Green, Middlesex, England. He was the son of Arthur Waugh and Catherine Charlotte Raban. He married, firstly, Hon. Evelyn Florence Margaret Winifred Gardner, daughter of Herbert Colstoun Gardner, 1st and last Baron Burghclere of Walden and Lady Winifred Anne Henrietta Christiana Herbert, on 27 June 1928 at St. Paul’s, Portman’s Square, London, England. He and Hon. Evelyn Florence Margaret Winifred Gardner were divorced in 1930. He married, secondly, Laura Laetitia Gwendolen Evelyn Herbert, daughter of Hon. Aubrey Nigel Henry Molyneux Herbert and Hon. Mary Gertrude Vesey, on 17 April 1937 at Church of the Assumption, Warwick Street, London, England. He died on 10 April 1966 at age 62 at Combe Florey, Taunton, Somerset, England.
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh usually went by his middle name of Evelyn. He was educated at Lancing College, Lancing, Sussex, England. He was an author. He fought in the Second World War, in the Royal Marines, serving in Crete and Yugoslavia.
Children of Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh and Laura Laetitia Gwendolen Evelyn Herbert
- Maria Teresa Waugh+ b. 9 Mar 1938
- Auberon Alexander Waugh+ b. 17 Nov 1939, d. 18 Jan 2001
- Mary Waugh b. 1 Dec 1940, d. 2 Dec 1940
- Margaret Evelyn Waugh+ b. 11 Jun 1942, d. 28 Jan 1986
- Harriet Mary Waugh b. 13 May 1944
- James Waugh b. 30 Jun 1946
- Michael Septimus Waugh b. 11 Jul 1950