Arthur W. Marchmont

Arthur W. Marchmont, usually identified as Arthur Williams Marchmont, was a British author born in Southgate, Middlesex, in 1852, though some sources give 1853. He was the son of a clergyman, studied at Pembroke College, Oxford, and later entered Lincoln's Inn.

Before focusing on fiction, he worked in journalism in London and in the provinces, editing the North Eastern Daily Gazette and the Lancashire Daily Post. By the mid-1890s he had turned strongly toward novel-writing, and he became known for energetic popular fiction with a mix of suspense, political plotting, romance, and adventure.

Marchmont wrote many novels, including By Right of Sword, The Greatest Gift, In the Name of a Woman, For Love or Crown, and Sarita the Carlist. He died in 1923, and his work still survives through reprints and public-domain editions, which have helped keep his brisk, story-driven novels in circulation.