HM
's mother, Emily (Moncrieff) Mirrlees
(usually called Lena or Lina), was a Scotswoman from a family with strong professional links to the law. Her relationship with Hope was often somewhat troubled, but mother...
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Hope Mirrlees
During the Second World War HM
lived at The Shambles in Shamley Green near Guildford, Surrey. She lived here with her mother, Lena Mirrlees
, an aunt, Constance Moncrieff
, and a number of...
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Hope Mirrlees
T. S. Eliot
became a paying guest of HM
, her mother
, and her aunt
at their home in Surrey. He stayed here intermittently for several years, though he was usually in London...
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Hope Mirrlees
While living in Paris, Mirrlees and Harrison entertained visitors who included HM
's mother
(widowed in 1924), and Virginia
and Leonard Woolf
.
Robinson, Annabel. The Life and Work of Jane Ellen Harrison. Oxford University Press, 2001.
The two lived together at 11 Mecklenburgh Street, where they studied, wrote, and HM
cared for Harrison for rather under two years, until her death on 15 April 1928.
Robinson, Annabel. The Life and Work of Jane Ellen Harrison. Oxford University Press, 2001.