14 Dec 2004 Husband: Richard Francis Tudor RUSS age: 67 Born: 2 Feb 1937 in St Mary Abbotts Kensington 1 Education: Spring 1942 the Servite School, London 2 Education: 16 Jan 1945 Southey Hall prep school, nr Exeter 3,4 Education: Apr 1946 - Aug 1946 educated by his father at home 5 Education: Sep 1947 - Jul 1949 educated by his father at home 6 Occupation: 2000 London Screen Printing 7 Father: Richard Patrick RUSS Mother: Sarah Elizabeth JONES Wife: Mimi PAROTTE Married: 1 Jul 1964 his age: 27 8 Father: Mother: F Child 1: Victoria RUSS age: 37 Born: 1967 Occupation: 2000 Corporate executive 9 Spouse: John MATTIMORE F Child 2: Joanna RUSS age: 35 Born: 1969 Occupation: 2000 Schoolteacher 10 Spouse: Philip HUBBARD Sources: (1) DK, 'On 2 February 1937, at St Mary Abbots Hospital in Kensington, she gave birth to a baby boy. They named him Richard Francis Tudor; Richard after his father, Francis for the couple's good friend Francis Cox, a Chelsea painter, and, because of Elizabeth's pride in her Welsh heritage, Tudor for the royal house of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, which was Welsh in origin. His mother called him 'Ricky'', 68. (2) Nikolai Tolstoy, Patrick O'Brian - the Making of the Novelist (Century 2004), NT, Elizabeth 'came to London with Richard to find employment. I then decided to send Richard to a Roman Catholic School', 259. (3) Nikolai Tolstoy, Patrick O'Brian - the Making of the Novelist (Century 2004), NT. (4) NT, Despite the fact that he would now barely see his son from one year's end to another, Patrick's concern for Richard's education led him to commit himself to the financial sacrifice of sending him to boarding preparatory school. Seven was generally the age when boys were sent away to school and Richard would be eight in February. Southey Hall was situated in the countryside near Exeter. The fees amounted to 45 guineas a term. with additional expenses required for travel, clothing, equipment, and pocket money. The Michaelmas term of 1944 was the last that Richard spent at the Servite School, and on 16 January 1945 he set off from Waterloo station with his new companions to begin a fresh life at Southey Hall. 293. (5) NT, 'From my [Richard]point of view he was teaching me mainly useless things. Arithmetic was OK. English was fine. But I couldn't see the point of Latin. He was a pretty rigorous teacher. He didn't like mistakes. If I made one, I would be told to put it right, and if I went on getting it wrong, he would cane me, but not heavily'', 415. (6) NT, 420. (7) DK, 'O'Brian's son, Richard Russ, now sixty-three, lives in London with his wife Mimi. A mechanical engineer by training, Russ owns a company called London Screen Printing', 391. (8) DK, 'Richard married Mimi Parotte on 1 July [1964]. Elizabeth had said she would not attend if Patrick did, so Richard and Mimi did not invite Patrick and Mary to the wedding. The breach was complete. Patrick and Richard never spoke to each other again.' Mimi 'daughter of a Belgian father and an English mother ...hidden downed RAF pilots in their attic', 136, 196. (9) DK, 'Victoria Russ, a corporate executive', 391. (10) DK, 'Joanna Hubbard, a schoolteacher', 391. Name Index