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Lady Cynthia Asquith
Born
Cynthia Mary Evelyn Charteris

(1887-09-27)27 September 1887
Clouds House, East Knoyle, Wiltshire, England
Died31 March 1960(1960-03-31) (aged 72)
Oxford, England
NationalityEnglish
OccupationWriter
Years active1926–1960
Spouse
Herbert Asquith
(m. 1910; died 1947)
Children3
Parents
  • Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss
  • Mary Constance Wyndham

Lady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith (née Charteris; 27 September 1887 – 31 March 1960) was an English writer and socialite, known for her ghost stories and diaries.[1] She also wrote novels, edited a number of anthologies, wrote for children and covered the British Royal family.

  1. ^ Richard Dalby, The Virago Book of Ghost Stories.Virago, London, ISBN 0-86068-810-0, 1987 (p. 236).

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