She was the only child of her father's second marriage. Bernard
, the only child from her father's first marriage, was nine years older than Frances.
Cornford, Hugh et al. “Frances Cornford 1886-1960”. Selected Poems, edited by Jane Dowson and Jane Dowson, Enitharmon Press, 1996, p. xxvii - xxxvii.
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Berta Ruck
She said she got this assignment by accident: Someone had blundered and confused her with her cousin Barnard Darwin
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