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Robin Bryans (24 April 1928 – 11 June 2005), born Robert Harbinson Bryans, was a prolific author of popular travel and autobiographical works under the pen names Robin Bryans, Robert Harbinson, and Donald Cameron. Involved with the Anglo-Irish Establishment throughout his life, in his later years he achieved a degree of notoriety for allegations made about a number of public figures. ==Early life and career== Robert Harbinson Bryans was born on 24 April 1928 in Belfast, into a Protestant working class family. In 1940 he was evacuated to Fermanagh, and then worked briefly as a cabin boy on a dredger. In 1944 he began studies at Barry Religious College in Wales. It was at this time, as a teenager, Bryans was befriended by the flamboyant Evan Morgan, 2nd Viscount Tredegar. Later in life Bryans was to become openly bisexual; Guy Burgess amongst his casual partners.〔Summers, Anthony; Dorril, Stephen, ''The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward'', Headline Publishing Group, London 2013〕 After college, Bryans taught in Devon, before moving to London. In the 1950s he became a missionary in Canada before becoming involved in diamond prospecting, which he also pursued in South America. He lived as a trapper, and returned to London to work in the theatre, before living and working in Grenada, and Europe and elsewhere.〔(Arts Council, 13 June 2005 )〕〔(Obituary ) in ''The Guardian'', accessed 13 May 2015〕 In the late 1970s, after falling out with publisher Charles Montieth of Faber, Bryans began a campaign of harassment, including denouncing Monteith as a homosexual in letters to judges, MPs, and other prominent figures. In 1979 Faber was awarded damages, and after throwing a jug of water at a barrister, Bryans was imprisoned for three years for contempt of court.〔Carey, John ''William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord Of The Flies'', Free Press, New York, 2009. p393〕 In 1988 Bryans appeared (billed as Robert Harbinson) on a notable edition of the television discussion programme ''After Dark'' "in which the author discussed secrets and scandals with H. Montgomery Hyde, Merlyn Rees and others.".〔Ivan Herbison, ''Fortnight'' magazine, 1994〕 The programme can be viewed (here ). In April 1990 Bryans publicly stated in the Dublin-based magazine ''Now'' that Lord Mountbatten, Blunt and others were involved in an old-boy network which held gay orgies in country houses and castles on both sides of the Irish border, as well as at the Kincora Boys' Home.〔''Now'', Doherty, Frank & Byrne, John; April 1990 pp 13-17〕〔The Crabb Enigma: The True Story of Commander 'Buster' Crabb'', Welham, Mike & Jackie; Matador/Troubadour Publishing, Leicester ISBN 978 1848763 821, p41〕 Similar to the Faber case, Bryans sent letters and postcards to the rich and powerful in British establishment circles but once the postcards began to circulate there were complaints to the police and he was warned that he would be prosecuted for criminal libel.〔Chris Moore, ''The Kincora Scandal'', Marino Press, 1996; p88〕 A not untypical example of Bryan's letter-writing style is (copied here ). John Costello, author of ''Mask Of Treachery'', a study of the Soviet Cambridge spy ring, wrote: "Bizarre though some of Harbinson's () theories may be, those that could be checked mesh with established record."〔''Mask of Treachery''; Costello, John; William Collins Sons, London 1988, p467〕 In later life he worked as a librettist, and was also involved in a school of music. 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「Robin Bryans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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