At the age of forty, ML
(now Mrs Hartley) gave birth to her only child, (Walter) John Hartley
.
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Family and Intimate relationships
May Laffan
Two years after the death of her husband
, ML
's son
died in World War I in the long-drawn-out Battle of Gallipoli.
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May Laffan
During his early life John Hartley
remained at home (as opposed to the usual middle-class practice of sending sons to boarding school), and the Hartleys at first employed a nursery governess to educate him.
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