After her father
's death MB
was sent away, at her own request, to be educated as a boarder at St Leonard's School
in St Andrews,Scotland.
Blondel, Nathalie, and Mary Butts. “Introduction”. The Journals of Mary Butts, edited by Nathalie Blondel and Nathalie Blondel, Yale University Press, 2002, pp. 1-41.
3
Blondel, Nathalie. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life. McPherson & Company, 1998.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Family and Intimate relationships
Mary Butts
MB
's father, Captain Frederick John Butts
, was a retired army officer who had fought in the Crimean War.
qtd. in
Blondel, Nathalie. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life. McPherson & Company, 1998.
14
Mary's mother was his second wife, with whom he hoped to re-establish a family...
Instructor
Mary Butts
MB
's father
was instrumental in her early education, instilling in her a desire for knowledge, a respect for the countryside, and an interest in classics. During her childhood he would tell her stories of...