Richard Pares CBE (25 August 1902 – 3 May 1958) was a British historian. He "was considered to be among the outstanding British historians of his time."[1] He has been cited as being the first gay lover of Evelyn Waugh.[2]
- ^ Ian Christie, "Pares, Richard (1902-1958)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
- ^ "Brideshead author Evelyn Waugh 'and his three homosexual lovers at Oxford'". The London Standard. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
Byrne said letters Waugh wrote to his friend Nancy Mitford, the novelist and biographer, showed the intensity of his relationship with Richard Pares, his first gay lover.