Peter's Mother

by Mrs. Henry De La Pasture

Mrs. Henry de la Pasture (1866-1945), born Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle Bonham and after her second marriage styled Lady Clifford, was a British novelist and dramatist. She was daughter of Edward Bonham of Bramling, Kent, a British consul. A Catholic, in 1887 she married Henry Philip Duracel de la Pasture. In 1910 she married Sir Hugh Clifford, Governor of the Straits Settlements. In 1918 she was awarded the CBE. Her works The Little Squire (1894), Deborah of Todd's (1897), Peter's Mother (1905), The Man From America (1906), The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square (1907), The Tyrant (1909) and Michael Ferrys (1913).

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2003

About the author

Mrs Henry de la Pasture, born Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle Bonham, and after her second marriage styled Lady Clifford, was a British novelist and dramatist.

Mother of the novelist E.M. Delafield.