Olivia Plunket Greene

She was born on 7 March 1907, the daughter of Irish operatic baritone Harry Plunket Greene and his wife Gwendoline Maud Parry.

[2] James Knox described her older brothers, Richard and David, as a "wildly irresponsible pair who had never experienced any form of parental control".

Her mother died eight months later, of a broken heart (her son David had committed suicide in 1941).

According to him, Richard Plunket Greene destroyed everything to do with the family, including probably Waugh’s letters to Olivia.

The Harman Grisewood Papers, including several letters by Olivia and Gwen, are at the Georgetown University Library’s Special Collections.

Richard Plunket Greene , first from the left; Olivia Plunket Greene, second from left; David Plunket Greene , holding the dog; Terence Lucy Greenidge , smoking, second from right; Elizabeth Frances Russell , first from the right; Evelyn Waugh , sitting down