When he left school he took a job as a lay-out artist with a mail-order company
Posted in General on 28. Sep, 2010
When he left school he took a job as a lay-out artist with a mail-order company and eventually married his landlady’s daughter.But he said that the trauma caused by the abuse he had suffered at the hands of the Brices left him psychologically scarred He suffered two mental breakdowns. The great- great-grandson of the celebrated Victorian architect Augustus Pugin is to bring a legal challenge to have his family name recognised on his birth certificate. He wants the law to be changed so that the names of his adoptive parents are struck from the public record.The case could have far-reaching implications for thousands of other adopted children who want to force the courts to recognise their biological parents on their birth certificates.Mr Arnold was the illegitimate son of Hubert Welby Pugin, the grandson of Augustus, and Dorothy Arnold.Their affair, which began during a summer holiday in Hythe, Kent, produced two sons. But Hubert deserted the family shortly after the birth of his second son.Dorothy appealed to the Pugin clan for help but they refused any financial assistance, leaving her no option but to surrender her children into care.
Three years later Dorothy married Alfred Samuel Hamilton, a chauffeur to the Queen Mother. The couple moved to Buckingham Palace Mews and Mr Hamiltonadopted Dorothy’s first son as his own.The existence of her second son, Robert, was kept secret and in 1936 he was legally adopted by a poor family from Croydon, George and Eveline Brice.Mr Arnold claims he suffered years of physical and sexual abuse at their hands, regularly beaten by George Brice and sexually assaulted by his wife He said: “My bed was made of newspaper. Police were called to Croydon, south London, where they found a man aged about 40 with serious head injuries The victim was undergoing surgery yesterday A second man in his late 50s was found dead near by It is not clear if the two cases are linked.. A 16-year-old has been arrested.* An unidentified man in his twenties was found in Tottenham High Road, north London, early yesterday.
He had multiple stab wounds and died in hospital.* A man was found dead and a second seriously injured early on Thursday. The A-level student is believed to have become involved in an argument He was stabbed in the neck andchest He died before arriving at hospital. They were just very good people, who contributed to society.”A man was later detained in the King’s Cross area and was being questioned by police.VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE* Robert Levy, 16, was stabbed in Hackney, east London, on Thursday during a street fight. They were people who welcomed everybody and were known as extremely kind. Detectives believe the couple may have let the attacker into the house.After his retirement Mr Robinson continued to do charity work.