Frances Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Kingsbridge, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Frances Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Kingsbridge

British writer

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1907

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1994

Profession: writer, biographer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Frances Annesley (née Lonsdale) (1907–1994), formally known as Lady Donaldson of Kingsbridge, was a British writer and biographer. Her father was the playwright Freddie Lonsdale.
She married John George Stuart Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge (known as Jack) in 1935.
Her body of work included topics such as farming and biographies on writers Evelyn Waugh and P.
G.
Wodehouse. During the Second World War she took up farming and made a great success of it, producing record crop and milk yields.
She was invited to broadcast in wartime and wrote several books about her experiences.