Lamburn, Richmal Crompton [known as Richmal Crompton]
(1890–1969)
- Mary Cadogan
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Lamburn, Richmal Crompton [known as Richmal Crompton] (1890–1969), children's writer and novelist, was born on 15 November 1890 in Manchester Road, Bury, Lancashire. She was the daughter of the Revd Edward John Sewell Lamburn (1854–1915), schoolmaster and curate, and his wife, Clara, ...