Biography
Heseltine was born in London, the son of Philip Heseltine, the composer better known as Peter Warlock. There is uncertainty over his birth and parentage, because there is no record of his birth in the hospital where it allegedly took place, his birth was not registered until 1930, and for the first year of his life he was raised by foster-parents. Heseltine himself denied that Warlock's wife Puma was his mother and photos of Heseltine and Warlock show no family resemblance. However, he was undoubtedly brought up by Warlock's mother and stepfather, who believed him to be Warlock's son.
In 1937 he was in Albania, and in 1938 he married Natalia Borisovna Galitzine or Galitzina, an aristocrat in Budapest. He married at least four more times. During World War II he was in Dublin, working as a playwright for the Olympia Theatre company of Shelagh Richards (1903–1985).
Later he wrote several books about Africa, including a classic account of crossing the Sahara.
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