Claud Cockburn - Family

Family

Claud Cockburn married three times: all three of his wives were also journalists. 1: to Hope Hale Davis; with whom he fathered Claudia Cockburn Flanders (wife of Michael Flanders); 2: to Jean Ross (part model for Christopher Isherwood's Sally Bowles of Cabaret fame); with whom he fathered Sarah Caudwell Cockburn, author of detective stories; 3: to Patricia Byron in 1940 (née Patricia Evangeline Anne Arbuthnot (17 March 1914 - 6 October 1989), daughter of Major John Bernard Arbuthnot and Olive Blake), (author of The Years of the Week and Figure of Eight); with whom he fathered Alexander, Andrew (husband of Leslie Cockburn), and Patrick.

His granddaughters include RadioNation host Laura Flanders, BBC Economics editor Stephanie Flanders, and actress Olivia Wilde.

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