Bryher wrote of both her parents in The Heart to Artemis, but her account of her father's early life is far more detailed than her mother's. Sir John Reeves Ellerman
was an industrialist born...
Family and Intimate relationships
H. D.
Bryher, the illegitimate daughter of wealthy shipping magnate Sir John Ellerman
, had developed an interest in HD after reading her poetry, and wrote to her requesting a meeting. She had obtained HD's address from...