Whatever happened to Leslie Durrell brother of Lawrence and Gerald?

Answer 1

At the outbreak of the second world war in 1939, Leslie Durrell returned to Bournemouth, England, with his mother, siblings Gerald and Margo, and their Greek maid from Corfu, Maria Kondos. Here they lived as a family throughout the war years. Leslie tried to join the army but was rejected on medical grounds, so instead went to work in an air force factory near Bournemouth. After the war, Leslie tried several careers, such as horticulture and selling luxury yachts, but none were particularly successful. Leslie was apparently a talented painter (Gerald rated his work very highly), although he never sold a picture. In 1945, Leslie has a son, Anthony Kondos, with the family's maid, Maria. His relationship with her didn't last, however, and in 1952 he married his long-term partner, Doris Hall. In the meantime, Maria and Anthony left the Durrell household, and Maria found domestic work elsewgere in Bournemouth. Soon after their marriage, Leslie and Dorris (together with her son, Michael, from a previos relationship) moved to Kenya, where Leslie had ambitions of running a farm. However, their venture was not successful and in 1968 they returned to England, apparently to avoid a scandal regarding a large debt they owed. They lived in London, Leslie finding work as a concierge. By the 1980s, Leslie was working in a domestic capacity in a house near Marble Arch. On the 13th of August 1983, Leslie died of heart failure in a pub in Notting Hill, close to his home. Unfortunately, only Doris and Michael were present at Leslie's funeral; Gerald was in Zambia, Margo was recovering from a serious operation, and Maria Kondos was suffering with the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease.