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Plantagenet Somerset Fry
Plantagenet Somerset Fry, born Peter George Robin Fry, sometimes used the names 'Peter George Robin Somerset Fry' and 'Peter George Robin Plantagenet Somerset Fry'〔The Author's & Writer's Who's Who, Burke's Peerage, 1971, pg 740〕〔http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-plantagenet-somerset-fry-1364295.html〕 (3 January 1931 – 10 September 1996), was a British historian and author of more than 50 books.〔(Obituary, The (London) Independent, Roy Calne, 21 September 1996 ) accessed 4 June 2015〕 In his youth he added Somerset to his surname by deed poll, the Fry family originating from Wells in that county, and Plantagenet was a nickname which he adopted at university, relating to his advocacy of Richard III.〔
==Early life==
Peter George Robin Fry was born in 1931, and was the third child and only son of a distinguished naval officer (created OBE in the 1953 New Year Honours) and pianist.〔(ArchiveHub ) accessed 11 December 2007〕 He was educated at Christ Church Cathedral School, Oxford, then Lancing College in West Sussex, and St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London, but did not do well at either of the latter two institutions.
After failing his exams, he had to leave St. Thomas's after a year. From this point on his father refused to subsidise him any more, so Fry found employment as a librarian and projectionist with the National Film Board of Canada. In 1952 he inherited some money from his grandmother, left his job and married, against his parents' wishes, Audrey Russell whom he had known at medical school. After spending all his money, and failing another degree, Fry became a schoolteacher at Wallop School in Weybridge, Surrey.〔
In 1954, Fry went to Oxford University to study law and history. Needing more money, he twice took part in the television game show ''Double Your Money'', and won the jackpot of £512,〔 making him somewhat of a celebrity, and had his first book, ''Mysteries of History'', published, soon followed by a biography of Elizabeth I. This was the start of a successful writing career, and over the years he wrote numerous popular books about history for adults and for children, as well as books about antiques. He started the Council for Independent Archaeology.〔 Fry was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.〔 During the 1950s and 1960s, Fry worked as a public relations executive and, amongst other roles, served as an information officer for the Association of Architects and Surveyors and for the Ministry of Public Building and Works.〔
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