In September 1939, Graham married Jean Williamson, having first met her in 1926 when she was 13 years old. She often was known to help Graham with ideas for his books, and the character of Demelza, in his Poldark series, was based on her. Graham's daughter said, “Father was the author but my mother helped with the details because she was very observant. She saw everything and remembered it all.Jean died in 1992.During his youth, Graham was a keen tennis player and recorded in his diaries how many sets he played each day. He lived in Perranporth from 1925 until 1959, and briefly in the south of France during 1960, finally settling in East Sussx. He was chairman of the Society of Authors and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. In 1983, he was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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