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Wentworth, Patricia

"Patricia Wentworth" was born Dora Amy Elles in Mussoorie, India, during the British Raj. Her father was an army officer, and like her brothers she was sent to school in England. After attending Blackheath High School, London, she returned to India where she married George F. Dillon, an army officer, in 1906. He died the same year, leaving his wife with three stepsons and a newly born...

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Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett

The Irish author Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, was a major celebrity in the first half of the 20th century. He belonged to one of the oldest dignities in the peerage of Ireland . The family seat, Dunsany Castle, County Meath , goes back to the 12t century and is known as the oldest still occupied building in Ireland. The 18th Baron was something of a Renaissance man....

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