An authorised biography, Born Brilliant: The Life Of Kenneth Williams, by Christopher Stevens, was published in October 2010.

On 24 January 2011 a new, authorised, biography – Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster by Stephen Jacobs – was published in the UK by Tomahawk Press.

As John Carey has summed up with regard to John Coldstream's authorised biography however, " it is virtually impossible that he ( Bogarde ) saw Belsen or any other camp.

The authorised biography ( published in 2006 ), was titled Wild Mary, a reference both to her childhood nickname, and to her sex life as a young woman, when she had many lovers.

From Sheridan Morley's authorised biography: " Accustomed as we have now become to ... the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, it is almost impossible to conceive how revolutionary John's idea was for the West End of 1937, where there had simply been nothing like it since the heyday of Henry Irving and the actor-managers more than fifty years earlier.

In 2000, the popular New Zealand historian Michael King published his authorised biography of Frame, Wrestling with the Angel.

The Dutch aircraft designer Anthony Fokker was heavily involved in this process but the story of his conception, development and installation of a synchronisation device in a period of 48 hours ( first found in an authorised biography of Fokker written in 1929 ) has been shown to be not factual.

Une Baladine ( in English, a wandering minstrel ), an authorised pictorial biography by Francoise Piazza, was published in France and Switzerland in October 2007, and the following month Clark promoted it in bookshops and at book fairs.

An authorised biography, The Player: The Life of Tony O ' Reilly, was produced by Ivan Fallon, a journalist and biographer in the early 1990s, now a senior executive at one of O ' Reilly's companies, and is the only study of any length.

* London, UK, 1994: Hodder & Staughton ; Fallon, Ivan: " The Player, The Life of Tony O ' Reilly " ( HB, 1995, Coronet Books paperback edition )-The authorised biography

The 6th Marquess of Salisbury commissioned Andrew Roberts to write Salisbury's authorised biography, which was published in 1999.

Although his was not an authorised biography, Aitken was one of the few biographers from whom Nixon accepted questions and to whom he granted interviews.

After his death in 1892, Lady Tennyson devoted herself to helping her son write the authorised biography.

The authorised biography of the first forty years of the life of John Stott.

The second volume of the authorised biography of John Stott, covering 1960 onwards.

In 2007, Lloyd's authorised biography, Supercat, was published.

He is currently writing an authorised biography of Lord Carrington.

In 1998, Collins published his first book, Still Suitable for Miners, an authorised biography of the singer / songwriter Billy Bragg.

A former editor of The Spectator ( 1984 – 90 ), the Sunday Telegraph ( 1992-5 ) and The Daily Telegraph ( 1995 – 2003 ); he resigned from the last post to spend more time writing Margaret Thatcher's authorised biography, which will be published after her death.

In 1990 he wrote Bare, an authorised biography of pop-star George Michael.

Over a decade after having written The Life and Work of Harold Pinter ( London: Faber, 1996 ), the first edition of his authorised biography of Pinter, Billington discusses his critical perspective on the play in his videotaped discussion for Pinter at the BBC, broadcast on BBC Four television from 26 October through 9 November 2002.

* Hiddins ' authorised biography on the Pandanus Park website

* Bedford, Sybille, Aldous Huxley: A biography-1973-the standard, two-volume authorised biography of Huxley

Evans also co-operated on his authorised biography, called Ghost On The Wall, which was released at the end of 2004.

Those who did attempt to flee across the border risked their lives as East German Border Guards were authorised to use lethal force against escapees, resulting in over 100 deaths.

King Henry IV ( despite being John of Gaunt's son ) passed the De heretico comburendo in 1401, which did not specifically ban the Lollards, but prohibited translating or owning the Bible and authorised burning heretics at the stake.

An Act of Parliament was obtained on 5 May 1812, which authorised the North Walsham & Dilham Canal, but work on its construction did not start until April 1825.

Only the first was authorised, but the economic downturn caused by the Napoleonic Wars meant that construction did not begin immediately.

The sonnets were well-circulated in manuscript before the first ( apparently pirated ) edition was printed in 1591 ; only in 1598 did an authorised edition reach the press.

For example, if a person was not able to understand the implications of entering into a mortgage or loan agreement, and they did not have anyone authorised to act for them, it would not make sense to require a bank or building society to enter into that agreement.

Pamphlets distributed by members of a Christian sect, the Exclusive Brethren, in early September caused further embarrassment for Brash ; although they were not anonymous, they did not refer to the Exclusive Brethren but were authorised in the names of individual church members.

He is quoted as the one who authorised the institution of the " Suicide Bureau " in Guy de Maupassant's short story " The Magic Couch ", reportedly " the only good thing he did ".

The canal company were not authorised by their Act of Parliament to use the river, but did so despite that.

In 1702 Colonel George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, was authorised to raise a new regiment, which he did in and around the city of Gloucester.

If Iraq did not implement the resolution by 15 January 1991, Member States were authorised to use all necessary means to uphold and implement Resolution 660 ( 1990 ), requesting Member States to keep the Council informed on their decisions.

From 11 July 1900, Conductors were authorised to wear a crown within a laurel wreath on their lower sleeve and Sub-Conductors a crown, although they did not start actually wearing these until 1901 and 1904 respectively.

As they did not oppose the plans, the canal was authorised by an Act of Parliament passed on 3 June 1793, which created the Caistor Canal Navigation Company, with powers to raise £ 15, 000 in £ 100 shares to construct the canal, and an additional £ 10, 000 if required.

It was authorised in 1797, but did not open until 1811.

Kingston himself claimed the work was authorised by the Board of Works who denied even inspecting the site despite evidence they did so weekly.

The castle did not play a major role during the Civil War, although in late 1642 Parliament authorised the City of Exeter to use £ 300 of public funds to fortify the city and perform repairs to the castle.

This was because the Act which authorised the construction of the GWR contained a clause which forbade the construction of a station within of Eton College without the permission of the Provost and Fellows of the school ; but it did not explicitly prevent trains from stopping for passengers.

The reformed squadron did not create, adopt or have authorised an official RAF Squadron badge.

PC Gordon McKinnon was authorised to free a hostage in Trafalgar Square, and did so.

This work was completed by 1805 ; work on the navigation to Corps Landing was not completed until 1811, and did not include an authorised new cut.

Thomas did not favour a second inclined plane, and so widening of the locks at Watford was authorised in early 1900, at a cost of £ 17, 000, but was deferred in March, until the work at Foxton was completed and the inclined plane was operational.

Although the Public Advocate was at pains to state that the actions did not amount to euthanasia ( he noted that medical treatment decisions such as this had been authorised by the Supreme Court in Gardner re BWV VSC 173 and that euthanasia was unlawful ) the raw nerve that the case touched among many people did not stop some of those who either supported or opposed euthanasia characterising it as such.

He did not specifically deploy the cavalry but authorised their use if deemed necessary by civil authorities.