Winifred Fortescue
Winifred Fortescue (7 February 1888 – 9 April 1951) was a British writer and actress. The wife of
Sir John Fortescue
, librarian and archivist at Windsor Castle and reputed British Army historian, she became formally styled Winifred, Lady Fortescue, when he was knighted in 1926.
Biography
Lady Fortescue (born Winifred Beech in 1888) was a daughter of the Reverend Howard Beech, Rector of
Sir Herbert Tree's company, and later starring in Jerome K. Jerome
's The Passing of the Third Floor Back.
In 1914 she married
Morning Post
.
In the 1930s Sir John and Lady Fortescue moved to Provence in France, where she began her book writing career with Perfume from Provence. She wrote a number of other books there. Her husband died within 2 years of them moving to France but she stayed on until forced to move out by the German invasion during World War II. She returned at the end of the war and died in Opio, Provence.
Bibliography
- 1935 Perfume from Provence
- 1937 Sunset House
- 1939 There's Rosemary, There's Rue
- 1941 Trampled Lilies
- 1943 Mountain Madness
- 1948 Beauty for Ashes
- 1950 Laughter in Provence
References
- ISBN 0-552-99558-4.
External links
- Perfume from Provence - site dedicated to Winifred Fortescue and her books
- Escape to Provence - A Biography of Winifred Fortescue by Maureen Emerson.
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