“It will never leave me while I live. He is so near me often …”

Expressing the enduring presence of her son Harry three years after his death · Letter to Mrs Kappey, August 1919

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1 September 1863–9 September 1946

On the eastern coast of Scotland, where the North Sea meets the fertile lands of Angus, stands the House of Dun—a Georgian mansion that witnessed the birth of one of Scotland's most distinctive literary voices. It was here, on 1 September 1863, that Violet Augusta Mary Frederica Kennedy-Erskine entered the world…

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“All the degrees in Europe could not counterbalance that in my eyes.”

Emphasising the uniquely personal value she placed on the honour from Edinburgh University · Letter, 1936

“I cannot say how kind I think it of you to write. You tell me that there are countrymen of mine who will regard the honour done by Edinburgh University as a personal honour to themselves.”

Responding warmly to the honour of her Edinburgh University degree and the affection of fellow Scots · Letter, 1936

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