Editing Christopher Tolkien (section)

== Personal life ==
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Tolkien was married twice. He had two sons and one daughter. His first marriage in 1951 was to the sculptor Faith Lucy Tilly Faulconbridge (1928–2017). They separated in 1964, and divorced in 1967.<ref name="Times Obit">{{Cite web |title=Faith Tolkien Obituary (2017) - London Bridge, City of London - The Times |url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/thetimes-uk/187107377 |access-date=20 October 2022 |website=www.legacy.com }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2018 |title=In Memoriam |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/707029 |journal=Tolkien Studies |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=3–4 |doi=10.1353/tks.2018.0002}}</ref> Her work is featured in the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Faith Lucy Tilly Tolkien |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp61900/faith-lucy-tilly-tolkien |access-date=20 October 2022 |website=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref> Their son [[Simon Tolkien|Simon Mario Reuel Tolkien]] is a [[Barristers in England and Wales|barrister]] and novelist.<ref name="Times Obit"/>

He married [[Baillie Tolkien|Baillie Klass]] in 1967; they had two children, Adam and Rachel. In 1975 they moved to the south of France,<ref name="Tolkien Lecture">{{cite web |title=Christopher Tolkien, 1924 – 2020 |url=https://tolkienlecture.org/2020/01/20/christopher-tolkien-1924-2020/ |website=The J.R.R. Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature |date=20 January 2020 |access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref> where she edited her father-in-law's ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]'' for posthumous publication.<ref name="Indie 2002">{{cite news |title=Grand tours: Who travels the world in a single night? |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1P2-1716622/travel-etc-grand-tours-who-travels-the-world-in |access-date=22 November 2012 |newspaper=[[The Independent on Sunday]] |date=22 December 2002 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921073323/http://www.questia.com/read/1P2-1716622/travel-etc-grand-tours-who-travels-the-world-in |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Baillie Tolkien 'Letters from Father Christmas' |url=https://www.tolkienestate.com/writing/baillie-tolkien-letters-from-father-christmas/ |publisher=The Tolkien Estate |access-date=3 June 2024}}</ref>

In the wake of a dispute surrounding the making of [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy]], he is said to have disapproved of the views of his son Simon.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1697884.stm |title=Tolkien's son denies rift |last=BBC News |date=7 December 2001 |access-date=16 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307211943/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1697884.stm |archive-date=7 March 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3590335/A-leaf-torn-from-the-family-tree.html |title=J R R Tolkien's grandson 'cut off from literary inheritance' |last=Thomas |first=David |date=24 February 2003 |access-date=23 April 2010 |work=[[Sunday Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913071207/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3590335/A-leaf-torn-from-the-family-tree.html |archive-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> He felt that ''The Lord of the Rings'' was "peculiarly unsuitable for transformation into visual dramatic form", whilst his son became involved as an advisor with the series. They later reconciled, and Simon dedicated one of his novels to his father.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9686451/Simon-Tolkien-JRR-Tolkiens-grandson-admits-Lord-of-the-Rings-trauma.html |title=Simon Tolkien: J R R Tolkien's grandson admits Lord of the Rings trauma |last=Hough |first=Andrew |date=18 November 2012 |access-date=15 December 2012 |work=[[Sunday Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227045500/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9686451/Simon-Tolkien-JRR-Tolkiens-grandson-admits-Lord-of-the-Rings-trauma.html |archive-date=27 December 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=24 November 2012 |title='Being Tolkien's grandson blocked my writing ...' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/nov/24/simon-tolkien-jrr-tolkien-hobbit |access-date=20 October 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]] }}</ref>

Tolkien died on 16 January 2020, at the age of 95, in [[Draguignan]], [[Var (department)|Var]], France.<ref name="NYT 2020">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/books/christopher-tolkien-dead.html |title=Christopher Tolkien, Keeper of His Father's Legacy, Dies at 95 |last1=Seelye |first1=Katharine Q. |date=16 January 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |last2=Yuhas |first2=Alan |access-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116215455/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/books/christopher-tolkien-dead.html |archive-date=16 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Varmatin 2020">{{cite web |last=Amalric |first=Laurent |title=Christopher, le fils de J.R.R. Tolkien, s'est éteint dans le Var à l'âge de 95 ans |language=fr |trans-title=Christopher, son of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies in Var at the age of 95 |date=16 January 2020 |website=Var-Matin |url=https://www.varmatin.com/culture/christopher-le-fils-de-jrr-tolkien-sest-eteint-dans-le-var-a-lage-de-95-ans-448318 |url-status=live |access-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116180840/https://www.varmatin.com/culture/christopher-le-fils-de-jrr-tolkien-sest-eteint-dans-le-var-a-lage-de-95-ans-448318 |archive-date=16 January 2020 }}</ref><ref name="BBC 2020"/><ref name="Guardian 2020"/>