Donald Sinclair (10 July 1909 - 1981) was the owner of the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay, which he had acquired after an extensive career in the British Navy. He was the inspiration for the character Basil Fawlty in "Fawlty Towers", due to his stuffy, snobbish and eccentric treatment of his guests, which included John Cleese and members of the Monty Python cast. Several of the show's plotlines were partly based on real life events. Wikipedia
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