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Enid Bagnold
English dramatist, playwright, and memoirist (1889–1981)
"Lady Jones" redirects here.
Enid bagnold autobiography of benjamin
Not to be confused with Jenny Jones, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb.
Enid Bagnold CBE | |
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Bagnold in the 1910s | |
| Born | Enid Algerine Bagnold (1889-10-27)27 October 1889 Rochester, Kent, England |
| Died | 31 March 1981(1981-03-31) (aged 91) |
| Spouse | Roderick Jones (m. 1920; died 1962) |
| Family | Ralph Bagnold (brother) |
Enid Algerine Bagnold, Lady Jones, CBE (27 October 1889 – 31 March 1981) was a British writer and playwright best known for the 1935 story National Velvet.
Early life
Enid Algerine Bagnold was born on 27 October 1889 in Rochester, Kent, daughter of Colonel Arthur Henry Bagnold and his wife, Ethel (née Alger), and brought up mostly in Jamaica. Her younger brother was Ralph Bagnold.
She attended art school in London, and then worked as assistant editor on one of the magazines run b