Winifred Peck

Winifred Frances Peck (née Knox; 14 September 1882 – 20 November 1962), styled Lady Peck from 1938, was an English novelist and biographer.

Early life and education Winifred was born in 1882 at 8 Merton Street, Oxford, the youngest child of Rev. Edmund Arbuthnott Knox and Ellen Penelope French, daughter of the missionary Rev. Valpy French. Her father was a fellow at Merton College, Oxford at the time of her birth and later was the fourth Bishop of Manchester (1903–1921). Her father was of Ulster Scots descent.

Knox was one of the first 40 pupils to attend Wycombe Abbey School, and she went on to read Modern History at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.

Career Knox's first book, written in 1909, was a biography of Louis IX.

Peck was the sister of E. V. Knox, editor of Punch; Ronald Knox, theologian and writer; When her husband was awarded a knighthood in 1938 she assumed the title of Lady Peck.

Lady Peck died in 1962.

The Court of a Saint (1909) Twelve Birthdays (1918) The Closing Gates (1922) A Patchwork Tale (1925) The King of Melido (1927) A Change of Master (1928) The Warrielaw Jewel (1933) The Skirts of Time (1935) The Skies are Falling (1936) They Come, They Go (1937) Coming Out (1938) Let Me Go Back (1940) Bewildering Cares (1940)

A Garden Enclosed (1941) Housebound (1942) Tranquillity (1943) There is a Fortress (1945) Through Eastern Windows (1947) Veiled Destinies (1948) Arrest the Bishop (1949) A Clear Dawn (1949) Facing South (1950) Unseen Array (1951) Winding Ways (1952) A Little Learning (1952) Home for the Holidays (1955)

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