Hector hugh munro biography of christopher

Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab, Burma on December 18, 1870. Hector’s father was Inspector-General of the Burma Police. The youngest of three children, Hector spent most of his early childhood at Broadgate Villa, in Pilton village near Barnstaple, North Devon.

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Their father had left the children there in the care of his two sisters and mother before leaving for India. Charles, Ethel and Hector grew up in a house populated by three adults, their aunts Charlotte (Tom) and Augusta, and their grandmother.

Some of Saki’s characters come from this very household, his aunts were to serve as prototypes on which to base a number of his characters. Aunt Augusta is the inspiration for the women in both Sredni Vashtar and The Lumber Room while Aunt Tom was the creative impetus for The Sex that never Shops.

Ethel Munro recalls that their tastes in reading (or being read to) centered around Robinson Crusoe,Masterman Ready, Alice in Wonderland. Saki was especially fond o