Editing Terence Rattigan (section)

==Early life==
Terence Rattigan was born in 1911 in [[South Kensington]],<ref name=wansell13>Wansell, p. 13.</ref> London, of [[Irish people|Irish]] extraction.<ref>[http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3715 ''Sir Terence Rattigan'' profile] Pollard, Wendy. ''The Literary Encyclopedia''. 24 May 2005. Retrieved 11 March 2009.</ref> He had an elder brother, Brian. They were the grandsons of Sir [[William Henry Rattigan]], a notable India-based jurist and later a Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for [[North-East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament constituency)|North-East Lanarkshire]]. His father was Frank Rattigan [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], a diplomat whose exploits included an affair with Princess [[Elisabeth of Romania]] (future consort of King [[George II of Greece]]) which resulted in her having an abortion.<ref name=wansell/> The Royal House of Romania is considered to be the inspiration of Rattigan's play ''[[The Sleeping Prince (play)|The Sleeping Prince]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natura2000oltenita-chiciu.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Vladimir-Toncea-Carpathia-from-fictional-country-to-nature-conservation.pdf |title=Carpathia-from Fictional Country to Nature Conservation |publisher=www.natura2000oltenita-chiciu.ro |date= |accessdate=2021-06-30}}</ref>

Rattigan's birth certificate and his birth announcement in ''[[The Times]]'' indicate he was born on 9 June 1911. However, most reference books state that he was born the following day; Rattigan himself never publicly disputed this date. There is evidence suggesting that the date on the birth certificate is incorrect.<ref name=wansell13/> He was given no middle name, but he adopted the middle name "Mervyn" in early adulthood.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}