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Sir John Edward Nourse Heygate, 4th Baronet (19 April 1903 – 18 March 1976)〔(thePeerage.com )〕 was a Northern Irish journalist and novelist. ==Background== Heygate was the son of an Eton College housemaster Arthur Conolly Gage Heygate and Frances Evelyn Rowley Harvey. He was educated at Eton College and graduated from Balliol College, Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.). In 1926 he went to Heidelberg as a trainee for the Foreign Office. He subsequently got a job as an assistant news editor at the BBC.〔(I am also a camera: John Heygate and Talking Picture ) Geoff Brown, ''Film History'', vol 20, 2008〕 He is chiefly remembered for his liaison in 1929 with Evelyn Gardner while she was married to Evelyn Waugh. He is portrayed as "John Beaver" in Waugh's ''A Handful of Dust''〔(What to read when you're... tempted by infidelity ), Justine Picardie, ''The Daily Telegraph'' 3 October 2008〕 and as "Sir Piers Tofield" in Henry Williamson's ''Chronicle of Ancient Sunlight''. In the late 1920s Heygate was on the fringes of the group of socialites known as the "Bright Young People" and was friends with the author Anthony Powell〔(The life of Evelyn Waugh: a critical biography ), Douglas Lane Patey, 1998〕 In 1929 divorce proceedings began between Evelyn Waugh and the Honourable Evelyn Gardner (a daughter of the 1st Baron Burghclere). Heygate was cited and hence was forced to resign from the BBC. (This scandal is said to be one reason why the BBC's first Director General, Reith, took a firm line against any of his staff being involved in a divorce). In 1930 he married Gardner.〔〔(Evelyn Waugh, A. P. Herbert and Divorce Reform ), Tony Lurcock, ''Evelyn Waugh Newsletter And Studies'', Vol. 35, No. 2, Autumn 2004〕 In 1932 he joined the Gaumont-British Picture Corporation and worked in collaboration with the German UFA film company at their Babelsberg Studio near Berlin. Of staunch right-wing views, he was present at the 1935 Nuremberg Rally in the company of his friend the writer Henry Williamson.〔(I am also a camera: John Heygate and Talking Picture ) Geoff Brown, Film History, vol 20, 2008〕 In neighbouring seats were Unity Mitford, Diana Mitford and Dr. Frank Buchman. Despite his political sympathies he gained the rank of Bombardier in the service of the Royal Artillery during the Second World War. He wrote the book ''These Germans'', published in 1940. He succeeded to the title of 4th Baronet Heygate, of Southend, Essex (1831 ) on 14 January 1940. 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「John Heygate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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