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Hubert John Duggan (24 July 1904 – 25 October 1943) was a British Army officer and politician, who was Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Acton from 1931 until his death. He was an opponent of appeasement and broke the whip on several important occasions, voting to bring down Neville Chamberlain in 1940. A witty and handsome man who very much enjoyed the company of women, Duggan was married only briefly before becoming the plaintiff in a scandalous divorce case. He suffered from ill health; brought up in the Catholic faith, he lapsed in adolescence but returned when on his deathbed. Episodes in his life inspired writers Evelyn Waugh and Anthony Powell to fictionalise him. ==Family== Duggan was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where his father's family had many "estancias", and was also honorary Attaché to the Argentine Legation in London.〔Selina Hastings, "Evelyn Waugh: A Biography" (Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1994), p. 454.〕 At an early age the family returned to England where Duggan and his elder brother Alfred Duggan, the historical novelist, were brought up.〔Selina Hastings, "Evelyn Waugh: A Biography" (Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1994), p. 454-455.〕 Alfred Duggan senior was a Roman Catholic and his sons were brought up in that faith, but he died "of drink" in his early thirties〔Anthony Powell, "Infants of the Spring", vol. 1 of the Memoirs of Anthony Powell entitled "To Keep the Ball Rolling" (Heinemann, London, 1976), p. 99.〕 when Duggan was 11.〔"Court Circular", ''The Times'', 9 November 1915, p. 11.〕 His immensely rich American mother〔 Grace married leading statesman Lord Curzon in January 1917.〔"Marriage Of Lord Curzon", ''The Times'', 3 January 1917, p. 11.〕 Duggan was therefore well-connected with the Conservative Party from an early age. As neither his stepfather nor his mother were Catholic, his faith gradually lapsed.〔Selina Hastings, "Evelyn Waugh: A Biography" (Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1994), p. 455.〕 Duggan regarded his stepfather positively and countered suggestions that the humourless image he projected to the public was accurate in private.〔 In later years he angrily denounced W. Somerset Maugham's comedy ''Our Betters'' which gently satirised Americans marrying into aristocratic British families.〔Anthony Powell, "Infants of the Spring", vol. 1 of the Memoirs of Anthony Powell entitled "To Keep the Ball Rolling" (Heinemann, London, 1976), p. 101.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hubert Duggan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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