Author. Born Ronald Frederick Delderfield at 37 Waller Road, New Cross. His family moved to Addiscombe near Croydon, which provided the backdrop to his first major novels 'The Dreaming Suburb' and 'The Avenue Goes to War'. He finally settled in Devon, which became the setting for his best known work 'A Horseman Riding By'. Died at his home, Dove Cottage, Manor Road, Sidmouth, Devon.
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R.F. Delderfield
Philanthropist and editor. Associated with Halstead, Braintree. Almost certainly related to Samuel Courtauld of Institute fame but we cannot discover how.
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Hector Hugh Munro was born on 18 December 1870 in Akyab, Burma (now called Sittwe, Myanmar). He adopted the pen name of Saki in 1900. He travelled widely and was in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 when t...
British benevolent fund for professional published authors in financial difficulties. The Prince Regent supported it by providing premises at 36 Gerrard Street.
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