Editing Alec Waugh (section)

{{Short description|British novelist (1898–1981)}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox person
| name               = Alec Waugh
| image              = File:Alec Waugh by Bassano.jpg
| alt                = Alec Waugh in 1931
| caption            = Alec Waugh in 1931
| birth_name         = Alexander Raban Waugh
| birth_date         = 8 July 1898
| birth_place        = [[London]], England
| death_date         = {{death date and age|1981|9|3|1898|7|8|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Tampa]], [[Florida]], U.S.
| resting_place      = [[St John-at-Hampstead]]
| nationality        = 
| other_names        = 
| occupation         = 
| years_active       = 
| known_for          = 
| notable_works      = 
| education          = [[Sherborne School]]
| spouse             = {{plainlist|
*{{marriage|Barbara Jacobs|1919|1923|end=divorce}}
*{{marriage|Joan Chirnside|1932|1969|end=died}}
*{{marriage|[[Virginia Sorenson]]|1969}}
}}
| children           = Andrew Alexander Waugh (1933–2006)<br />Veronica Waugh (b. 1934)<br />Peter Raban Waugh (1938–2014)
| parents            = [[Arthur Waugh]]<br/>Catherine Charlotte Raban (1870–1954)
}}

'''Alexander Raban Waugh''' (8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981) was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known [[Evelyn Waugh]], uncle of [[Auberon Waugh]] and son of [[Arthur Waugh]], author, literary critic and publisher. His first wife was Barbara Jacobs (1900–1996), daughter of the writer [[William Wymark Jacobs]], his second wife was Joan Chirnside (1902–1969), and his third wife was [[Virginia Sorenson]] (1912–1991), author of the [[Newbery Medal]]-winning ''[[Miracles on Maple Hill]]''.