Editing J. B. Priestley (section)

=== Marriages ===
[[File:In The Grove, Highgate - geograph.org.uk - 1834159.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[3, The Grove, Highgate]]]]
Priestley was married three times. He also had a number of affairs, including a serious relationship with the actress [[Peggy Ashcroft]]. Writing in 1972, Priestley described himself as "lusty" and as one who has "enjoyed the physical relations with the sexes{{nbsp}}[...] without the feelings of guilt which seems to disturb some of my distinguished colleagues".<ref name=":0">{{cite ODNB|title=Priestley, John Boynton (1894–1984), writer {{!}} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/31565|year=2004}}</ref>

In 1921, Priestley married Emily "Pat" Tempest, a music-loving Bradford librarian. Two daughters were born: Barbara (later known as the architect Barbara Wykeham)<ref>{{cite news|title= Barbara Wykeham |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1521646/Barbara-Wykeham.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1521646/Barbara-Wykeham.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=15 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> in 1923 and Sylvia (a designer known as [[Sylvia Goaman]] following her marriage to [[Michael Goaman]])<ref>{{cite news|title= Sylvia Goaman |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1527258/Sylvia-Goaman.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1527258/Sylvia-Goaman.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=15 August 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> in 1924. In 1925, his wife died of cancer.<ref>[http://unitedagents.co.uk/jb-priestley-estate JB Priestley (estate)]. Unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2012.</ref>

In September 1926, Priestley married Jane Wyndham-Lewis (ex-wife of the one-time '[[Beachcomber (pen name)|Beachcomber]]' columnist [[D. B. Wyndham-Lewis]], no relation to the artist [[Wyndham Lewis]]); they had two daughters (including music therapist [[Mary Priestley]], conceived in 1924 while Jane was still married to D. B. Wyndham-Lewis) and one son, the film editor [[Tom Priestley]].<ref name=":0" /> During the [[World War II|Second World War]] Jane ran several residential nurseries for evacuated mothers and their children, many of whom had come from poor districts.<ref>Women's Group on Public Welfare. ''The Neglected Child and His Family''. Oxford University Press: London, 1948, p. x.</ref> For much of their married life they lived at [[3, The Grove, Highgate|3, The Grove]] in [[Highgate]], formerly the home of the poet [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Richardson |first=John |title=Highgate: Its history since the Fifteenth Century |date=1983 |publisher=Eyre and Spottiswoode |isbn=0-9503656-4-5}}</ref>

In 1953, Priestley was divorced by his second wife and then married the archaeologist and writer [[Jacquetta Hawkes]], with whom he collaborated on the play ''[[Dragon's Mouth (play)|Dragon's Mouth]]''.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|title= Biography |publisher= J. B. Priestley website |url= http://www.jbpriestley.co.uk/bio.php |access-date=28 July 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070702084801/http://www.jbpriestley.co.uk/bio.php |archive-date = 2 July 2007}}</ref> The couple lived at [[Alveston, Warwickshire]], near [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], later in his life.

[[File:St. Michael and All Angels Church, Hubberholme (12th February 2013) 004.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|right|Priestley's ashes were buried in the churchyard of the [[Church of St Michael and All Angels, Hubberholme|Church of St Michael and All Angels]] in [[Hubberholme]] in the [[Yorkshire Dales National Park]].]]