Brian Dean Paul

Sir Brian Kenneth "Napper" Dean Paul, 6th Baronet Paul of Rodborough (1904–1972), was a member of the "Bright Young Things" social scene, together with his sister Brenda Dean Paul.

Biography Brian Kenneth Dean Paul, known as "Napier" or "Napper", was born in 1904, the son of Sir Aubrey Edward Henry Dean Paul, 5th Baronet, and Irene Regina "Poldowski" Wieniawski. He got his nickname from his habit of falling asleep in doorways due to a serious drug addiction; like his younger sister, the socialite and sometime actress Brenda Dean Paul, he was an alcoholic and opiate user.

In 1930 Napper Dean Paul took over the grill-room of a restaurant in Burlington Gardens, which he named "The Breakfast-Room". He specialized in a supper-breakfast menu of Anglo-American dishes, with dancing and a cabaret.

Dean Paul also published a volume of poems, called Patchwork. Together with his sister Brenda, he frequented the Gargoyle Club, owned by David Tennant, Brenda's lover and brother of Stephen Tennant. He was also a friend of Anna Wickham, whom he knew from frequenting the Kleifeldts' tavern.

Dean Paul was gay, and Ken Leech recalled meeting him at the Golden Lion, a well-known gay pub in Soho. Nevertheless, in 1937, he married the pianist Muriel Lillie, widow of Arthur Weigall and sister of Beatrice Lillie.

He died in 1972, and the Paul baronetcy became extinct.