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Jan 23, 2021 · There is a moment in the new BBC documentary, Edward Carson and the Fall of Oscar Wilde, when Merlin Holland actually moans at his grandfather's inability to resist making a joke. Holland, who is...
- Gerry Moriarty
Jun 11, 2023 · This poignant idiosyncrasy goes back three generations to Oscar, and at least two further generations beyond, as follows; — Lucian Holland (Merlin’s son) was born 12 years too late to meet his paternal grandfather, Vyvyan Holland; — Merlin Holland, Oscar’s only grandson, was born several decades after Oscar died in 1900;
Dec 1, 1998 · Fortunately, his great-grandson Lucian Holland, a student at Oxford, showed he had inherited some of it.
Jan 23, 2021 · In a new documentary set to screen on BBC NI, Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland asks if Carson deserves the reputation as the man who took down his grandfather.
Oscar's great-grandson, Lucian Holland, was double-billed with Stephen Fry for the honour of the unveiling itself, which seemed a little unfair, as Stephen is so much larger.
Jul 14, 2016 · His son, Lucian Holland (born 1979), Oscar Wilde’s only great-grandchild, studied classics at Magdalen college and is a computer programmer, living in London. Both were present, along with Stephen Fry, a notable fan of Wilde’s works, who played the author in the eponymous 1997 film, at the unveiling of a statue commemorating Wilde.
Dec 6, 1998 · A century after the trial that crushed and jailed the Irish playwright for a homosexual affair, Wilde’s great-grandson, 19-year-old Lucian Holland, unveiled a monument to him on Monday.
