News: EMD's To See Ourselves on stage in London, July 2025
I’m very excited to hear that there will be a new production of E. M. Delafield’s play To See Ourselves this year. Running from 1-10 July 2025 at the White...
Blog post: Mrs Henry de la Pasture's literary career
EMD’s mother Betty was a successful author in her own right. This long post gives an overview of her novels (including some spoilers), and includes a full...
Blog post: Betty Bonham, EMD's mother
This is an account of the life of EMD’s mother Betty, who started life as the fairly obscure daughter of a British consul and ended up as a bestselling...
Blog post: Henry de la Pasture
This post is a biographical account of EMD’s father, Henry de la Pasture: colonist, amateur singer and actor, gentleman of leisure. Henry de la PastureHenry...
Blog post: the de la Pastures
De la Pasture was E. M. Delafield’s original surname and this blog post gives the history of her father’s family. Minor members of the French aristocracy,...
Blog post: Edward William Bonham
Edward William Bonham was EMD’s grandfather and this blog post gives an overview of his life and career. Edward William BonhamEdward William Bonham, E. M....
Blog post: Edward Walter Bonham
Edward Walter Bonham was EMD’s great-grandfather and this blog post traces his life and career. Edward Walter BonhamEdward Walter Bonham, E. M. Delafield’s...
Blog post: the Bonham family
The family of EMD’s mother Betty, the Bonhams were sailors, captains of slave ships, MPs and colonial governors. E. M. Delafield’s family background: the...
Blog post: 62 Chester Square, London
This house, in what is still one of the smartest and most expensive squares in Belgravia, was the de la Pastures’ city home from about 1905 to 1910. 62...
Blog post: The Priory, Llandogo
EMD’s family home from the late 1890s, this blog post tells the extensive history of this house which sits high above the Wye Valley in South Wales. The...
Blog post: East Butterleigh House
A blog post about Delafield’s childhood home in Devon. East Butterleigh HouseEast Butterleigh House is a remote, white-painted Victorian farmhouse in a Devon...
Blog post: 6 Walsingham Terrace, Hove
This blog post is about EMD’s birthplace and her first home, 6 Walsingham Terrace in Hove. Her family, the de la Pastures, lived here from around 1889-1895....