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Mrs. Henry De La Pasture
1866–1945
An English novelist, playwright, and children’s writer who published with energy and range, she is remembered for vivid popular fiction and for a family connection to another well-known author, E. M. Delafield. Her work moved between adult novels, stage writing, and children’s books, showing a lively feel for storytelling.
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Peter's Mother
by Mrs. Henry De La Pasture
About the author
Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle, later known in print as Mrs Henry de la Pasture, was born in 1866 and became a successful English writer whose work included novels, plays, and books for younger readers. She is also identified in reliable sources as Lady Clifford later in life.
She wrote across several forms rather than staying in one lane, which helps explain her broad appeal in her own time. Sources describe her as an English novelist, dramatist, and children’s writer, and her children’s book The Unlucky Family has been noted as especially well regarded.
Her personal life is often mentioned alongside her literary one because she was the mother of novelist E. M. Delafield. That link is interesting on its own, but her career stands independently as that of a prolific writer with a solid place in early 20th-century English popular literature.