(John) Douglas Woodruff (1897–1978) by Howard Coster, 1936 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Woodruff, (John) Douglas (1897–1978), journalist and wit, was born at Wimbledon on 8 May 1897, the second of three children and the younger son of Cumberland Woodruff, a barrister employed in the Public Record Office, and his wife, Emily Louisa, daughter of William Hewett...