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Rose Moutray Read
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'''Rose Hamilton Moutray Read''' FRHS (1870–1947) was a British author and horticulturist.
== Life and family ==
Rose Hamilton Moutray Read was born in 1870, the eldest child of Edith and John Moutray Read, who was a Lt Colonel of the 4th Cheshire Regiment. Her youngest brother was [[Anketell Moutray Read]], who earned a Victoria Cross during the First World War.
== Work ==
Under the pseudonym DH Moutray Read, she wrote the popular "Highways and Byways of Hampshire" volume in the [[Macmillan Publishers|MacMillan]] [https://ift.tt/2UGW4Gc Highways & Byways series], in this instance illustrated by portrait painter [[Arthur Bentley Connell]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Moutray Read also wrote a book on the creation of her own garden, with illustrations, plans and photographs<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref>. She began gardening with a ten rod allotment in [[Cottenham Park]], Wimbledon, and soon realised that she could not manage without a garden. She purchased an old house and garden of about three quarters of an acre near [[Wadhurst]] in Sussex, which was grassland when Moutray Read purchased it.<ref name=":0" />
Moutray Read was a Fellow of the [[Royal Horticultural Society]], and edited the Gardener's Year Book for 1930.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Moutray Read was also a member of the Folklore Society, presenting a number of papers, and reviewing books for the society's journal ''Folklore''.
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'''Rose Hamilton Moutray Read''' FRHS (1870–1947) was a British author and horticulturist.
== Life and family ==
Rose Hamilton Moutray Read was born in 1870, the eldest child of Edith and John Moutray Read, who was a Lt Colonel of the 4th Cheshire Regiment. Her youngest brother was [[Anketell Moutray Read]], who earned a Victoria Cross during the First World War.
== Work ==
Under the pseudonym DH Moutray Read, she wrote the popular "Highways and Byways of Hampshire" volume in the [[Macmillan Publishers|MacMillan]] [https://ift.tt/2UGW4Gc Highways & Byways series], in this instance illustrated by portrait painter [[Arthur Bentley Connell]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Moutray Read also wrote a book on the creation of her own garden, with illustrations, plans and photographs<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (2 for 1)</ref>. She began gardening with a ten rod allotment in [[Cottenham Park]], Wimbledon, and soon realised that she could not manage without a garden. She purchased an old house and garden of about three quarters of an acre near [[Wadhurst]] in Sussex, which was grassland when Moutray Read purchased it.<ref name=":0" />
Moutray Read was a Fellow of the [[Royal Horticultural Society]], and edited the Gardener's Year Book for 1930.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> Moutray Read was also a member of the Folklore Society, presenting a number of papers, and reviewing books for the society's journal ''Folklore''.
== References ==
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