Marion Lochhead

Marion Cleland Lochhead (19 April 1902 - 19 January 1985) was a Scottish writer and social historian. Her works span historiography and biography, poetry and fiction, children's writing, journalism, and broadcasting.

Early life and career Marion Lochhead was born 19 April 1902 in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, the daughter of Helen Watt and Alexander Lochhead, a draper and clothier.

Her strong Christian beliefs are often reflected in her works.

Journalism From the 1930s, Lochhead was a key contributor to the Scottish press, publishing in titles including The Scotsman, Glasgow Herald, Scottish Home and Country, Scottish Field, Weekend Scotsman, Quarterly Review and Blackwood's Magazine.

In her later life, she gave interviews on BBC Radio Scotland.

Recognition In 1955, Lochhead was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (RSL).

In 1963, she was awarded an MBE.

Notable works

Poetry collections

Poems (1928). Painted Things (1929). Feast of Candlemas and Other Devotional Poems (1937). Fiddler's Bidding (1939).

Novels

Anne Dalrymple (1934). Cloaked in Scarlet (1935). Adrian Was A Priest (1936). Island Destiny (1936). The Dancing Flower (1938).

Historical Texts

The Scots Household in the Eighteenth Century (1948). The First Ten Years: Victorian Childhood (1956). Young Victorians (1959). The Victorian Household (1964). Portrait of the Scott Country (1968). Episcopal Scotland in the Nineteenth Century (1966). The Renaissance of Wonder in Children's Literature (1977).

Biographies

John Gibson Lockhart (1954). Elizabeth Rigley, Lady Eastlake (1961).

Children's Literature

On Tintock Tap (1946). The Other Country: Legends and Fairytales of Scotland (1978). Scottish Tales of Magic and Mystery (1978). The Battle of the Birds: And Other Celtic Tales (1981). Magic and Witchcraft of the Borders (1984).