Mrs Henry de la Pasture
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Mrs Henry de la Pasture (1866 – 30 October 1945), born Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle Bonham and after her second marriage styled Lady Clifford, was a British novelist and dramatist.
, daughter of Edward Bonham of Bramling
, Kent, a British consul. A Catholic, in 1887 she married Henry Philip Duracel de la Pasture of Llandogo
Priory, Monmouthshire
. They had two daughters. The eldest was E. M. Delafield
(married name Edmee Dashwood), author of the Provincial Lady series, who predeceased her mother in 1943; the youngest, Yolande Friedl, was a doctor who died in London in 1976. Henry died in 1908 and in 1910 Elizabeth married Sir Hugh Clifford
, a colonial administrator who ended his career as Governor of the Straits Settlements. In 1918 she was awarded the CBE
.
Plays
Biography
Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle Bonham was born in NaplesNaples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, daughter of Edward Bonham of Bramling
Bramling
Bramling is a village five miles east of Canterbury in Kent, England. It lies on the A257 road between Littlebourne and Wingham. The local public house is called The Haywain....
, Kent, a British consul. A Catholic, in 1887 she married Henry Philip Duracel de la Pasture of Llandogo
Llandogo
Llandogo is a small village in Monmouthshire, south Wales, located between Monmouth and Chepstow in the lower reaches of the Wye Valley AONB, two miles north of Tintern. It is set on a steep hillside overlooking the River Wye and across into the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England.- History...
Priory, Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (historic)
Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen ancient counties of Wales and a former administrative county....
. They had two daughters. The eldest was E. M. Delafield
E. M. Delafield
Edmée Elizabeth Monica Dashwood, née de la Pasture , commonly known as E. M. Delafield, was a prolific English author. She is best-known for her largely autobiographical Diary of a Provincial Lady, which took the form of a journal of the life of an upper-middle class Englishwoman living mostly in a...
(married name Edmee Dashwood), author of the Provincial Lady series, who predeceased her mother in 1943; the youngest, Yolande Friedl, was a doctor who died in London in 1976. Henry died in 1908 and in 1910 Elizabeth married Sir Hugh Clifford
Hugh Clifford
Sir Hugh Charles Clifford, GCMG, GBE was a British colonial administrator.-Early life:Clifford was born in Roehampton, London, the sixth of the eight children of Major-General Sir Henry Hugh Clifford and his wife Josephine Elizabeth, née Anstice; his grandfather was Hugh Clifford, 7th Baron...
, a colonial administrator who ended his career as Governor of the Straits Settlements. In 1918 she was awarded the CBE
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
.
Works
Novels- The Little Squire (1893). Children's novel. Later dramatised.
- A Toy Tragedy (1894). Children's novel.
- Deborah of Tod's (1897). Later dramatised.
- Adam Grigson (1899)
- Catherine of Calais (1901)
- Cornelius (1903)
- Peter's Mother (1905)
- The Man from America (1905)
- The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square (1907)
- The Unlucky Family (1907). Children's novel.
- The Grey Knight (1908)
- Catherine's Child (1908)
- The Tyrant (1909)
- Master Christopher (1911)
- Erica (1912)
- Michael Ferrys (1913)
Plays
- The Lonely Millionaires (1906)
- Her Grace the Reformer (1907)