DA
's earliest piece of writing may have been a letter addressed to her Aunt Julia
, composed at about the age of four and written out in her mother's hand.
Malcomson, R. M. Daisy Ashford: Her Life. Chatto & Windus.
49
Her parents encouraged...
Family and Intimate relationships
Daisy Ashford
Daisy's father William was close to his sister Julia
, and when he married she kept in close contact with him and his family.
Malcomson, R. M. Daisy Ashford: Her Life. Chatto & Windus.
47
After they moved from Elm Lodge (where they lived in...
Birth
Daisy Ashford
Margaret Mary Julia Ashford (who wrote as DA
) was born at Elm Lodge in Petersham, Surrey, a house once inhabited by Dickens
and now the home of her paternal grandmother and her aunt...
