Richard Alexander Hough (/haʊ/; 15 May 1922 – 7 October 1999)^[1] was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.^[2]

Personal life

Hough married the author Charlotte Woodyatt, whom he had met when they were pupils at Frensham Heights School, and they had five children, including the author Deborah Moggach,^[3] the children's author Sarah Garland, and Alexandra Hough, author of the textbook Hough’s Cardio Respiratory Care.

Literary career

Hough won the Daily Express Best Book of the Sea Award in 1972.

After leaving school, he joined the Royal Air Force at the beginning of World War II and received his initial flight training at an airfield not far from Hollywood. He later flew Hurricanes and Typhoons.

He also wrote under the nom de plume Bruce Carter.

Among the 90 books he wrote were:

• Into a Strange Lost World (1952), aka The Perilous Descent into a Strange Lost World
• The Kidnapping of Kensington (1958), aka The Children Who Stayed Behind
• Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian (1972)
• The Deadly Freeze (1976)
• Buzzbugs (1977)
• Angels One Five (1979), aka Wings Against the Sky
• The Fight of the Few (1980), aka The Raging Sky
• The Fight to the Finish (1981), aka Wings of Victory
• Nightworld (1987)

Bibliography as Richard Hough

• The Fight of the Few, 1979, Cassell ltd, Great Britain
• One Boy's War, Pen and Sword, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84415-690-0
• The Fleet that had to Die^[4]
• Admirals in Collision^[4]
• Dreadnought: A History of the Modern Battleship^[4]
• First Sea Lord: A life of Admiral Lord Fisher^[4]
• The Hunting of Force Z^[4]
• The Blind Horn's Hate^[4]
• Captain Bligh & Mr. Christian^[4]
• Louis and Victoria: the First Mountbattens^[4]
• Mountbatten: Hero of our Time^[4]
• Edwina^[4]
• The Pursuit of Admiral von Spee^[4]
• The Ace of Clubs: A History of the Garrick^[4]
• The Battle of Britain: the Jubilee History (with co-author Denis Richards)^[4]
• Winston & Clementine: the Triumphs & Tragedies of the Churchills^[4]
• Bless our Ship: Mountbatten and the Kelly^[4]
• Other Days Around Me (Autobiography)^[4]
• The Great Admirals, William Morrow and Company, New York, 1977 ISBN 0-688-03183-8
• Edward and Alexandra: Their Private and Public Lives, London 1992, Hodder & Stoddart, ISBN 0-340-55825-3.
• The Potemkin Mutiny
• Captain James Cook: A Biography, Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1994 ISBN 0-340-82556-1
• The Great War at Sea, Oxford University Press, Oxford - New York, 1983 ISBN 0-19-215871-6^[4]
• Buller's Guns
• Buller's Dreadnought
• Buller's Victory
• Sister Agnes: The History of King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers 1899–1999. John Murray, London, 1998 ISBN 0-7195-5561-2

Bibliography as Bruce Carter

• The Perilous Descent (Children's)^[4]
• Speed Six! (Children's)^[4]
• Four Wheel Drift (Children's)^[4]
• Kidnapping of Kensington (Children's)^[4]
• Razor Eyes(Children's)^[4]
• Miaow (Children's)^[4]
• B Flight (Children's)