MO
bore her son Cyril Francis
, nicknamed Tiddy; this was her fourth pregnancy (since 1853), but she had only one child alive.
Williams, Merryn. Margaret Oliphant: A Critical Biography. St Martin’s Press, 1986.
26
Yeazell, Ruth Bernard. “Doubling the Oliphant”. Times Literary Supplement, 7 Sept. 1995, pp. 12-3.
13
Family and Intimate relationships
Margaret Oliphant
MO
's elder son, Cyril
, died in his thirties after several days of fever and congestion of the lungs; she was left with only one of her six children still living.
Williams, Merryn. Margaret Oliphant: A Critical Biography. St Martin’s Press, 1986.
