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Fielding, A

Page history last edited by Jon 14 years ago

A. or A.E. or Archibald Fielding (??-??) is known to be the pseudonym of a Dorothy Feilding (sic), but about this author almost nothing is known. Although she has been identified with the heiress Lady Dorothy Feilding, this appears to have been a mistake. All that is known of her is summed up in a message from the geneaological researcher John Herrington.

 

 

Working on the belief that her American publisher was correct in saying the author’s real name was Dorothy Feilding and had lived in Sheffield Terrace, Kensington, I retraced my steps and found that the statement was correct. Initially I checked the London telephone directories for the 1930s and — a Mrs A. Feilding was listed at 2 Sheffield Terrace from 1932 to 1936. A phone call to the Local Studies Library at Kensington, a check of the electoral roll for the period and there she was — Dorothy Feilding. No sign of Mr A. though. (Sadly, my previous enquiry had only seen the 1937/1938 rolls checked when she was no longer there).

 

The phone books showed that she had moved to Islington for 1937, but by 1939 she had ‘disappeared’ from the listing.

 

Unfortunately that is the sum of my search so far. A Dorothy Feilding (Mrs A.) was living in London circa 1932-1938 but so far no trace of her either side of that time. Also, there is no trace of Mr A. yet. Was she a widow, separated, was her husband away from home at the time? No idea. (Lady Dorothy’s husband was Charles Joseph, and anyway, his surname was Moore).

 

There was an Albert Feilding born in Yorkshire in 1869, but cannot find another male A. Feilding from then to end of century. Possible the husband was not born in England or Wales, I wonder? There is also no trace of her in the probate registry up to the 1960s, but then she may died without making a will. I have yet to make a quarter by quarter search for her and her husband in the deaths registers. Not a great deal to say, but I think this at least removes Lady Dorothy from the scene.

 

Many thanks to John for his painstaking research.

 

Bibliography

 

The Eames Erskine Case (1924)

Deep Currents (1924)

The Charteris Mystery (1925)

The Footsteps That Stopped (1926)

The Clifford Affair (1927)

The Cluny Problem (1928)

The Net Around Joan Ingilby (1928)

Murder at the Nook (1929)

The Mysterious Partner (1929)

The Craig Poisoning Mystery (1930)

The Wedding-Chest Mystery (1930)

The Upfold Farm Mystery (1931)

Death of John Tait (1932)

The Westwood Mystery (1932)

The Tall House Mystery (1933)

The Cautley Conundrum (1934)

The Paper Chase (1934)

Tragedy at Beechcroft (1935)

The Case of the Missing Diary (1935)

The Case of the Two Pearl Necklaces (1936)

Mystery at the Rectory (1936)

Scarecrow (1937)

Black Cats Are Lucky (1937)

Murder in Suffolk (1938)

Pointer To A Crime (1944)

 

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