They had a son named Tarquin age 87.
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Esmond withstood the publicity of Olivier`s affair with Vivien Leigh and did not seek a divorce. Pressed by Olivier, who was anxious to marry Leigh, she eventually agreed and they were divorced in 1940.
Motivated by the hope of advancing his career, Olivier married Jill Esmond, a closeted lesbian and member of the West End’s theatrical royalty. The marriage wasn’t sexually consummated until years after their socially prominent wedding. When sexual intimacy finally occurred, it led to the birth of a son, Tarquin.
He married Jill, a rising young actress, on 25 July 1930; their only son, Simon Tarquin was born on 21 August 1936. Olivier was, however, from the beginning not happy in his first marriage. Repressed, as he came to see it, by his religious upbringing, Olivier recounted in his autobiography the disappointments of his wedding night, culminating in his failure to perform sexually. He temporarily renounced religion and soon came to resent his wife, though the marriage would last for ten years. Despite this supposed resentment, Olivier remained in congenial contact with Esmond until his death (as documented by their son Tarquin in his book, My Father Laurence Olivier), accompanying her to Tarquin’s wedding in January 1965.