Errol Flynn to Marelle. Flynn described his mother's family as ""seafaring folk"" and this appears to be where his lifelong interest in boats and the sea originated. Both of his parents were Australian-born of Irish, English, and Scottish descent. Despite Flynn's claims, the evidence indicates that he was not descended from any of the Bounty mutineers. Flynn received his early schooling in Hobart. He made one of his first appearances as a performer in 1918, aged nine, when he served as a page boy to Enid Lyons in a queen carnival. In her memoirs, Lyons recalled Flynn as "a dashing figure –
Errol Damelin Errol Damelin Errol Damelin (born 23 August 1969) is a South African-born, Israeli entrepreneur and early-stage technology investor. He was the founder and CEO and later Chairman of Wonga, an internet company that gained notoriety for charging extremely high interest on short-term loans. Errol Damelin grew up in a Jewish family in Klerksdorp, a small town in rural South Africa, where his father was a country doctor who later specialised as an anaesthesiologist. He went on to attend the University of Cape Town where he studied Business Science and Law and took up numerous leadership positions, including winning election to