St. John Legh Clowes


St. John Legh Clowes was a South African writer and director.

Biography

Clowes was born in East London, Cape Colony. His parents - Captain Philip Cecil Clowes and Daphne Scholz, were married in Cape Town in 1903. His grandfather, and namesake, was married to Elizabeth Caroline Bingham, the daughter of Denis Arthur Bingham, 3rd Baron Clanmorris.
His paternal aunt was the writer Elinor Mordaunt. He died in London in 1951.

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