Lady Teresa Waugh

Lady Teresa Lorraine Waugh (née Onslow; born 26 February 1940) is a British novelist and translator.

[1] Waugh was born at 11 Ormonde Gate, Chelsea, London, the daughter of William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow (then Viscount Cranley) and his first wife Hon Pamela Dillon, daughter of Eric Dillon, 19th Viscount Dillon.

[2] Waugh has translated such works as Anka Muhlstein's A Taste For Freedom: The life of Astolphe de Custine (2000),[3] Benedetta Craveri's Madame Du Deffand and Her World (1994)[4] and The Travels of Marco Polo (1984).

[6] Her own novels include Painting Water (1983),[7] Waterloo Waterloo (1985),[8] An Intolerable Burden (1987),[9] Song at Twilight (1989),[10] The House (2002),[11] Sylvia's Lot (1994)[12] and The Gossips (1995).

[14] On 1 July 1961, as Lady Teresa Onslow, she married the author Auberon Waugh, eldest son of Evelyn Waugh.