De La Pasture, Mrs. Henry (d. 1945)
De La Pasture, Mrs. Henry (d. 1945)
English novelist and playwright. Name variations: Elizabeth Bonham de la Pasture; Lady Clifford. Born Elizabeth Lydia Rosabelle Bonham in Naples, Italy; died Oct 30, 1945; dau. of Edward Bonham (HM Consul in Calais); m. Count Henry Philip Ducarel de la Pasture (died 1908); m. Sir Hugh Clifford (colonial governor of the Gold Cost, later Nigeria, Ceylon, and the Malay States), 1910 (died 1941); children: 2 daughters, including Elizabeth Monica Dashwood (English novelist under pseudonym E.M. Delafield).
Writer of numerous novels (1900–18), including The Unlucky Family, The Little Squire, Adam Grigson, Catharine of Calais, The Man from America, Master Christopher and Erica; plays include Peter's Mother, The Lonely Millionaires, Her Grace the Reformer and Deborah of Tod's.