Anthony Crespigny Claude Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian ( born Anthony Crespigny Claude Vivian, 5th Baron Vivian ; March 4, 1906 - 1991 ) - British impresario and restaurateur [2] , who became famous after the attempt on his life in 1954, undertaken by Mavis Wheeler, the former wife of Mortimer Wheeler and the mistress of Augustus John [3] .
| Anthony Crespigny Claude Vivian | |||||||
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| English George Crespigny Brabazon Vivian | |||||||
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| Predecessor | George Crespigny Brabazon Vivian, 4th Baron Vivian | ||||||
| Successor | Nicholas Crespigny Lawrence Vivian, 6th Baron Vivian | ||||||
| Birth | March 4, 1906 | ||||||
| Death | 1991 | ||||||
| Kind | Vivian | ||||||
| Father | George Crespigny Brabazon Vivian, 4th Baron Vivian | ||||||
| Mother | Barbara Zizzeli Fanning | ||||||
| Spouse | Victoria Ruth Mary Rosamund Olyphant | ||||||
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| Education | Eton | ||||||
| Profession | military, entrepreneur ( restaurateur , impresario ) | ||||||
| Activities | House of Lords | ||||||
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| Years of service | 1942-1943 [1] | ||||||
| Affiliation |  Great Britain | ||||||
| Type of army | artillery [1] | ||||||
| Rank |  sergeant [1] | ||||||
| Battles | The Second World War | ||||||
Biography
Born into the family of George Crespigny Brabazon Vivian, 4th Baron Vivian, and Barbara Fanning. He graduated from Eton College, in 1940 after the death of his father received a baronial title and a seat in the House of Lords . During the Second World War, he first worked as an impresario at the theater (1941), then as a war correspondent (1942), later served in the Royal Artillery Regiment and received the rank of sergeant, but was injured and unfit for service due to wounds. In 1943-1944 he worked in the Hampshire Police, continued his theatrical activities in the postwar years at the Duke of York Theater [4] .
March 8, 1930 he married Victoria Ruth Mary Rosamund Olyphant (d. 1985), the daughter of captain Henry Gerrard Lawrence Olyphant and Ruth Barry [1] . In the marriage were born the daughter of Sally Ann, Mary Gabriel, the sons of Nicholas Crespigny Lawrence (heir to the title) and Victor Anthony Ralph Brabazon [1] .
On July 30, 1954, his mistress Mavis Wheeler, the ex-wife of Sir Mortimer Wheeler and Horace de Vir Cole , attempted to shoot him with a revolver, attempted to assassinate Lord Vivian in Pottern in Wiltshire. The event was on the front pages of all London newspapers. The accused was sentenced to six months in prison [2] . At the trial, the prosecutor stated that Wheeler was very jealous of Lord Vivian for all the women with whom he spoke. [5]
He died in 1991, retaining a seat in the House of Lords until the end of his life.