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Moira Verschoyle

1903 – 1985

Irish novelist and playwright

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Lived 1903 – 1985 (aged 81). Moira Verschoyle was a writer, novelist and playwright.

Moira Hamilton Verschoyle (17 December 1903 – 13 January 1985) was an Irish novelist and playwright.

Life and career Verschoyle was born in Limerick and raised in Castle Troy on the banks of the River Shannon, where she was privately educated by governesses. She was born into the Verschoyle family, a prominent landed family of Dutch descent, the daughter of Captain Frederick Thomas Verschoyle, who had been a 2nd Brig. South Irish Div. R.A. and was now a Land Agent, and his wife Hilda Caroline Hildyard Blair, of royal Plantagenet descent. Her grandfather was Hamilton Verschoyle. Verschoyle had an older brother Frederick and an older sister Hilda.

Verschoyle married Horace de Heriz Smith (later Heriz-Smith) of Bordighera, Italy, in Penang on 3 April 1922. He was an experienced planter in Malaya and they divorced.

While based in Sussex Verscholye married the writer Reginald Warren Chetham-Strode on 16 July 1927 with whom she had one son, who died young. Along with the novels and autobiography she produced and the work in theatre, Verschoyle also wrote articles for newspapers. She died in January 1985 in Hastings.

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Who was Moira Verschoyle?

Irish novelist and playwright

When was Moira Verschoyle born?

Moira Verschoyle was born on 17 December 1903 in Limerick.

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Moira Verschoyle died on 13 January 1985 in Rye, East Sussex.

What was Moira Verschoyle's occupation?

Moira Verschoyle was a writer, novelist and playwright.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Moira Verschoyle

· Wikidata: Q27929660

· DBpedia: Moira Verschoyle

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