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 –
Theodore Thomson Flynn 1931-1948. After the Belfast Blitz Flynn was the Chief Casualty Officer for the city. He was the father of film actor Errol Flynn, and named one new species that he discovered – Gibbonsia erroli – after his son. Theodore Flynn died in Liss, Hampshire, England. Theodore Thomson Flynn Theodore Thomson Flynn (11 October 1883 - 23 October 1968) was an Australian marine biologist and a professor in both Tasmania and the United Kingdom. Flynn was born in Coraki, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Jessie B. (née Thomson) and John Flynn. He became a biology lecturer at the University