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Mrs. Lucy Bethia Walford (17 Apr 1845 – 11 May 1915) was a Scottish author
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 who wrote 45 books, the majority of them "light-hearted domestic comedies."

Life and work

Lucy Colquhoun was born on April 17 1845 at Portobello
Portobello, Edinburgh
Portobello is a beach resort located three miles to the east of the city centre of Edinburgh, along the coast of the Firth of Forth, in Scotland. It is now a suburb of Edinburgh, with a promenade fronting on to the wide sand beach....

, a beach resort near Edinburgh
Edinburgh
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. Her father was John Colquhoun
John Colquhoun (sportsman)
John Colquhoun was a sportsman and sportswriter in Scotland. He was born in Edinburgh to James Colquhoun, 3rd Baronet of Luss, Dumbartonshire and Janet Sinclair. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and in 1828 joined the 33rd Regiment in Connaught, Ireland. In 1829 he was promoted to...

, author of The Moor and the Loch; her mother was Frances Sarah Maitland.

Lucy married Alfred Saunders Walford on June 23, 1869 at St John's, Edinburgh; the couple had seven children. Walford's children were said to be "never put aside for her work" and they were "constantly with their mother."

When writing, she would seek to be as accurate as possible. Her brothers were sought out to answer any questions she had on military
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 life. Her father was an expert on sports. Mr. Smith, the character in her first book, was taken from Walford's own life experience; the character was based on an actual man named Mr. Smith who was found dead, as described in her novel. By age 65, Mrs. Walford had written 45 full-sized novels.

Walford died May 11, 1915 in London
London
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.

Main works

Fiction:

Autobiographical & Nonfiction:

Further reading

  • Addison, Henry Robert, et al. Who's who: An Annual Biographical Dictionary. (A. & C. Black, 1903).
  • Black, Helen C. Notable Women Authors of the Day (London: Maclaren and Company, 1906).

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