Graham Greene parents, Charles Henry Greene and Marion Raymond Greene, were first cousins, both members of a large, influential family that included the owners of Greene King Brewery, bankers, and statesmen; his mother was cousin to Robert Louis Stevenson. Charles Greene was second master at Berkhamsted School, where the headmaster was Dr Thomas Fry, who was married to Charles' cousin. Another cousin was the right-wing pacifist Ben Greene, whose politics led to his internment during World War II. In his childhood, Greene spent his summers with his uncle, Sir William, at Harston House in Cambridgeshire. In Greene's description of his childhood, he
Vivien Greene the public. Her collection was auctioned off in London in 1998. A cat lover, she was also a supporter of the Protection of Tigers League. Vivien Dayrell-Browning Greene died on 19 August 2003 in Oxfordshire at the age of 99. Vivien Greene Vivien Greene (née Dayrell-Browning) (1 August 1904 – 19 August 2003) was the world's foremost dolls' house expert and the leading authority on period English doll's houses. She was also wife and widow of the distinguished novelist Graham Greene. Vivien Dayrell-Browning was born in Rhodesia. As a child she spent her pocket-money collecting dolls' house furniture. She had