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Cyril Holland (born Cyril Wilde, 5 June 1885 – 9 May 1915) was the older of the two sons of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd and brother to Vyvyan Holland. Life. According to his brother Vyvyan Holland's accounts in his autobiography, Son of Oscar Wilde (1954), Oscar was a devoted and loving father to his two sons.
Sep 7, 2024 · Cyril Holland (born Cyril Wilde, 5 June 1885 – 9 May 1915) was the older of the two sons of Oscar Wilde and Constance Lloyd and brother to Vyvyan Holland.
May 1, 2003 · With his parents and his wife dead, with any sight of his sons denied him, with few friends still meeting him, Wilde decayed emotionally and physically, until he approached his premature end.
DEATH - Cyril Holland, Q2 1991, Whitehaven. Born 6th July 1908 (findmypast.co.uk) MARRIAGE - Cyril Holland to Frances Tyson, Bootle, Cumberland, AMJ 1937 (freebmd)
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The Wilde's had two sons: Cyril (1885-1915) and Vyvyan (1886-1967). Vyvyan Oscar Beresford was the name used for his christening, although Vivian was more commonly used by the family. We supose that the Vyvyan spelling was his father's idea. And after the disgrace of his father, it was permanently changed to Vivian. In fact, a family conference dis...
The boys had a marvelous early childhood. They grew up the Wildes' fashionable home in Tite Street, Chelsea. There was a nursery for them when they were little, a common practice at the time. As their father was a popular playwrite and their mother an attractive and cultured hostess, the litterati of London were often present in their home. Vivian ...
We have some idea as to how they wre dressed from available portraits. They seem to have been dressed very fashionably, apparrently in matching outfits. Usually mothers selected the clothes of younger children. We are not sure to what extent their father was involved in choosing their clothing. We know that he was interested in fashion and known to...
Theeir father's legal problems shattered the boys' family life (1895). Their mother decided that the boys could no longer stay at their school. They had no idea what had happened, but they would have been subjected to terrible taunts from the other boys. She decide to send them to Switzerland with a French governess. Te boys stayed there 3 years. I...
Contsance's actions may seem harsh. What she did was not out of hatred for her disgraced husband. She must have known about Oscar before the public scandal occurred. She wrote to Vivian shortly before her death, "Try not to feel harshly about your father; remember that he is your father and that he loves you. All his troubles arose from the hatred ...
The boys were enrolled in a preparatory school, but I do not yet have detailed informaion on which school it was. They were immediately removed from the school when news about their rather broke. The boys were sent off to an English-language boarding school in Heildeberg, Germany--Neuenheim Collage (1896). It was then across the river from Heidelbe...
Even before their father died, the boys were struck with another disaster. Constance injured her back in a fall down the stairs in the London family home. Afterwards she experienced severe pain. Surgeons in Genoa operated on her spinal cord to relieve the pain. She died in hospital shortly afterwards (1898). This left the boys orphans.
The boys eventually returned to England after their mother's death. Vivian was brough back from Monaco by a priest. He was taken in by his mother's aunt. Cyril who was nearly 2 years older, 13 at the time. was allowed to leave his school at Heidelberg and come home on his own. The family decided to keep the boys split apart and chose two different ...
His mother's family continued to regard the boys with considerable disdain. They were constantly criticised for drinking or other such behavior.
Vivian entered Trinity College at age 19 to study law (1905). They could not attend Odford, their father's university. When Vyvyan was sent off the Cambridge with the Holland name, his guardians sent the authorities a note warning that he was "idle, drank to excess and frequented bad company". Here he began to read his father's works and was greatl...
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May 4, 2021 · photograph of Cyril's grave. I had observed that a C.T.T. Holland, also an officer serving with the Royal Field Artillery, was killed in action in the vicinity of Aubers Ridge on 9th May 1915 - the same day as Cyril Holland.
