Richard Alexander Hough (; 15 May 1922 – 7 October 1999) was a British

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and

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specializing in maritime history.

Personal life

Hough married the author Charlotte Woodyatt, whom he had met when they were pupils at

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, and they had five children, including the author

Deborah Moggach Deborah Moggach (née Hough; born 28 June 1948) is an English novelist and screenwriter. She has written nineteen novels, including '' The Ex-Wives'' (1993), ''Tulip Fever'' (1999; made into the 2017 film of the same name), ''These Foolish T ...

, the children's author Sarah Garland, Alexandra Hough, author of the textbook ''Hough’s Cardio Respiratory Care'' and Bryony Driver artist and blacksmith.

Literary career

Hough won the ''

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'' Best Book of the Sea Award in 1972. After leaving school, he joined the

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at the beginning of

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and received his initial flight training at an airfield not far from

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. He later flew

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and

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. He also wrote under the ''nom de plume'' Bruce Carter. Among the 90 books he wrote were: *''Into a Strange Lost World'' (1952), aka ''The Perilous Descent into a Strange Lost World'' *''The Kidnapping of Kensington'' (1958), aka ''The Children Who Stayed Behind'' *''Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian'' (1972) *''The Deadly Freeze'' (1976) *''Buzzbugs'' (1977) *''Angels One Five'' (1979), aka ''Wings Against the Sky'' *''The Fight of the Few'' (1980), aka ''The Raging Sky'' *''The Fight to the Finish'' (1981), aka ''Wings of Victory'' *''Nightworld'' (1987)

Bibliography as Richard Hough

* ''The Fight of the Few'', 1979, Cassell ltd, Great Britain * ''One Boy's War'', Pen and Sword, 2008, * ''The Fleet that had to Die'' * ''Admirals in Collision'' * ''Dreadnought: A History of the Modern Battleship'' * ''First Sea Lord: A life of Admiral Lord Fisher'' * ''The Hunting of Force Z'' * ''The Blind Horn's Hate'' * ''Captain Bligh & Mr. Christian'' * ''Louis and

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: the First Mountbattens'' * ''Mountbatten: Hero of our Time'' * ''Edwina'' * ''The Pursuit of Admiral von Spee'' * ''The Ace of Clubs: A History of the Garrick'' * ''The

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: the Jubilee History'' (with co-author Denis Richards) * ''Winston & Clementine: the Triumphs & Tragedies of the Churchills'' * ''Bless our Ship: Mountbatten and the Kelly'' * ''Other Days Around Me'' (Autobiography) * ''The Great Admirals'', William Morrow and Company, New York, 1977 * ''Edward and Alexandra: Their Private and Public Lives'', London 1992, Hodder & Stoddart, . * ''The Potemkin Mutiny'' * ''Captain James Cook: A Biography'', Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1994 * ''The Great War at Sea'', Oxford University Press, Oxford - New York, 1983 * ''Buller's Guns'' * ''Buller's Dreadnought'' * ''Buller's Victory'' * ''Sister Agnes: The History of King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers 1899–1999''. John Murray, London, 1998

Bibliography as Bruce Carter

* ''The Perilous Descent'' (Children's) * ''Speed Six!'' (Children's) * ''Four Wheel Drift'' (Children's) * ''Kidnapping of Kensington'' (Children's) * ''Razor Eyes''(Children's) * ''Miaow'' (Children's) * ''B Flight'' (Children's)

References

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* 1922 births 1999 deaths 20th-century English historians British World War II fighter pilots People educated at Frensham Heights School Royal Air Force pilots of World War II {{UK-writer-stub