a suffragette, left-wing political journalist and writer, often writing under the pen name of Philippa Gray. According to her son Stephen Black, his father was very proud of his mother's popular literary success, getting very excited when he saw posters advertising her latest novel on the side of buses. His son Stephen Black was also an author and a doctor; his daughter Brigit Ursula Hope Black (Biddy) married Erasmus Darwin Barlow. His grandson is the family planning pioneer Doctor Tim Black. His great-granddaughter is the architect Pippa Nissen. References External links Bear Alley: Paul Urquhart (Ladbroke Black & Thomas Meech) at blogspot.com The Love Letters Of Henry The Eighth 1877 births 1940 deaths People from Burley in Wharfedale People from Wendover Authors of Sexton Blake