Editing Daniel Farson (section)

==Early life==
Farson was born in [[Kensington]], west London, the son of an American journalist, [[Negley Farson]], and his British wife. His childhood was mostly divided between Britain and North America. He visited Germany with his father while Negley was reporting on the [[Nazi]] regime, and was patted on the head by [[Adolf Hitler]], who described him as a "good [[Aryan]] boy". Farson briefly attended the British public school [[Wellington College (Berkshire)|Wellington College]], whose militaristic regime was not to his taste. He had already become intensely aware of his [[homosexuality]], which sporadically caused him great emotional strain. As a teenager he worked as a parliamentary correspondent and was pursued in the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] by the Labour [[Member of Parliament]] [[Tom Driberg]].