Correspondence and compositions, 1912-1954.

Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

Masefield family

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Constance Masefield (1867-1960) was the wife of John Masefield (1878-1967), the British poet. Judith Masefield (b.1904) was the only daughter of Constance and John Masefield, and she was an author and illustrator. Lewis Crommelin Masefield (1910-1942) was the only son of Constance and John Masefield and was killed in action in Africa in WW II. Florence Corliss Lamont (1872-1952) was the wife of Thomas W. (Thomas William) Lamont (1870-1948), the New York banker. From th...

Clarendon, George Herbert Hyde Villers, 6th earl of, 1877-1955.

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