Duff Hart-Davis

Peter Duff Hart-Davis (3 June 1936 – 10 July 2025), generally known as Duff Hart-Davis was a British biographer, naturalist and journalist, who wrote for The Independent. He was married to Phyllida Barstow and had one son and one daughter, the journalist Alice Hart-Davis. He lived at Owlpen, in Gloucestershire.

Life and career Hart-Davis was born on 3 June 1936, as the eldest son of the publisher Rupert Hart-Davis, the nephew of the socialite Deirdre Hart-Davis, and the brother of television broadcaster and author Adam Hart-Davis and Bridget, the dowager Lady Silsoe. His biography of his godfather, the adventurer and writer Peter Fleming, entitled Peter Fleming: A Biography, was published in 1974. Hart-Davis died on 10 July 2025, at the age of 89.