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Caroline Starr Balestier Kipling (December 31, 1862 – December 19, 1939), also known as Carrie, was the American-born wife of Rudyard Kipling and the custodian of his literary legacy after his death in 1936. [1] Balestier was born in Rochester, New York, to a prominent local family with a reputation for being unconventional.
Philip Burne-Jones: Caroline Starr Balestier, Mrs Rudyard Kipling (1862-1939) Artist: ... Date of birth/death: 1 October 1861 : 21 June 1926 : Location of birth/death:
Portrait of Kipling's wife, Caroline Starr Balestier, by his cousin Sir Philip Burne-Jones The writing life in Naulakha was occasionally interrupted by visitors, including his father , who visited soon after his retirement in 1893, [ 15 ] and the British writer Arthur Conan Doyle , who brought his golf clubs, stayed for two days, and gave ...
Elsie Bambridge (née Kipling; 2 February 1896 – 24 May 1976) was the second daughter of British writer Rudyard Kipling. She was the only one of the Kiplings' three children to survive beyond early adulthood. [1] On 22 October 1924, Elsie Kipling married George Bambridge and in 1938 they bought Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire's largest stately ...
Born in 1897, Kipling was the youngest of three children of the author Rudyard Kipling and his American wife Caroline Starr Balestier. He was born at North End House, Rottingdean in Sussex. [1] He was educated at St. Aubyn's, Rottingdean, and Wellington College, Berkshire.
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Kipling began work on the autobiography on 1 August 1935, and was last reported to work on it (doing revisions) on 26 December of the same year. He died on 18 January 1936. The unfinished manuscript was edited and prepared for publication by his wife, Caroline Starr Balestier.
In 1900, Kipling was the most famous author in England, [8] and was earning £5,000 per year; the cost of Bateman's, £9,300, was thus entirely affordable. [5] Kipling wrote some of his finest works at the house including: "If—", "The Glory of the Garden", and Puck of Pook's Hill, named after the hill visible from the house. [8]