Charlotte Hough was the British author

Author

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 of a detective novel and over thirty illustrated children's books. In the 1980s she was convicted of attempted murder

Murder

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, and sentenced to nine months imprisonment, for assisting a suicide

Suicide

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Personal life

Charlotte Hough was born Charlotte Woodyadd in Brockenhurst

Brockenhurst

Brockenhurst is a village situated in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. The New Forest is a national park and Brockenhurst is therefore surrounded by woodland that attracts thousands of visitors all year round. The nearby towns surrounding Brockenhurst are Lymington and Lyndhurst. Brockenhurst...

, Hampshire

Hampshire

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. Her father, aged 50, was a doctor in General Practise, and whose lineage went back to William the Conqueror. Her mother, an actress, singer and pianist, was widowed in World War I

World War I

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 with a son. Charlotte was raised almost exclusively by her mother.

Charlotte's first husband was the author Richard Hough

Richard Hough

Richard Alexander Hough was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.-Personal life:Hough married the author Charlotte Woodyadd, who he had met when they were pupils at Frensham Heights School, and they had five children including the author Deborah Moggach.-Literary...

, and they had five children including the author Deborah Moggach

Deborah Moggach

Deborah Moggach is an English writer. She has written sixteen novels to date, including The Ex-Wives, Tulip Fever, and, most recently, These Foolish Things. She has adapted many of her novels as TV dramas and has also written several film scripts, including the BAFTA-nominated screenplay for Pride...

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In 1997, Charlotte married Dr Louis Ackroyd, a widower formerly in the Colonial Engineering Service and Nottingham University.