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Penelope Valentine Hester Chetwode, Lady Betjeman (14 February 1910 – 11 April 1986) was an English travel writer. She was the only daughter of Field Marshal Lord Chetwode, and the wife of poet laureate Sir John Betjeman. She was born at Aldershot and grew up in northern India, returning to the region in later life. Career
28 de mai. de 2020 · Penelope Chetwode and ‘the perfect ADC’ (personal assistant) Posted on May 28, 2020 by Fay Curtis. by Pat Ellingham, Archives volunteer. Our volunteer, Pat Ellingham, found this story of the young Penelope Chetwode (later Lady Betjeman) in the photograph albums of Geoffrey Kellie, part of the British Empire & Commonwealth Collection.
25 de ago. de 2022 · A recently catalogued collection of India Office Private Papers is now available to researchers in the British Library’s Asian & African Studies reading room. This is the papers of Penelope Valentine Hester Chetwode, travel writer, tour guide, and historian of Indian temple architecture.
31 de mar. de 2005 · But he had also begun to live a double life, sidelining his wife, Penelope Chetwode, a field marshal’s daughter (whom he nicknamed ‘Philth’) in favour of his mistress, the Hon. Elizabeth Cavendish, a duke’s sister (‘Phoeble’).
- October 09, 2004
Things were more serious with Penelope Chetwode, the daughter of Field Marshal Lord Chetwode.
The courtship was conducted in Queen Anne's Gate, with Miss Chetwode in the street and Betjeman at an upper window. Naturally Penelope's father deep- ly disapproved of her even considering a...
Penelope Chetwode was a travel writer and the spouse of the poet and critic John Betjeman. She had a turbulent marriage, a Catholic conversion, and a passion for animals and India.
