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184:. He belonged to a large family of seven children, five brothers (including himself) and two sisters. His mother Winifred Carritt was believed to have had an affair with famous British evolutionary biologist
235:. Their mother Winifred Carritt also became a leading supporter of Oxford's Spanish charity campaigns, and their brother Gabriel Carriitt headed a British Youth Movement delegation to Spain.
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