Kenneth grahame biography

Kenneth Grahame
(1859-1932)
Born: 8th March 1859
at 30 Castle Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian
Author
Died: 6th July 1932 at Pangbourne, Berkshire

Kenneth was the son of an affluent lawyer from an old Scottish family.

He had a number of famous relatives: his curate great grand uncle was the poet, James Grahame, while his cousin, Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (alias Anthony Hope) was the author of �The Prisoner of Zenda�. Kenneth was born in Edinburgh but, upon his father�s appointment as Sheriff-Substitute of Argyllshire the following year, the family moved north to Inverary.

Tragedy struck in 1864 when Kenneth�s mother died of scarlet fever.

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His alcoholic father was unable to cope and Kenneth and his siblings were sent to England to live with their maternal grandmother at �The Mount� in Cookham Dean by the Thames. The family also rented Fernhill Cottage in Cranbourne for a while when the house in Cookham became unsafe.

Kenneth's favourite uncle, David Ingles, was the curate