BENSON, Edward Frederic (1867-1940). Novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs [Lewis] Powles, a neighbour in Rye, 2 pages 8vo , Lamb House, Rye, 27 February 1939. Regretting that he cannot come to a meeting, and adding that he had met her husband and that 'we traversed a lot of sceult law'.
E.F. Benson served as mayor of Rye (the 'Tilling' of the Mapp and Lucia novels) between 1934 and 1937, living in Henry James's old house.
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