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Winifred PeckWinifred Frances Peck (née Knox; 14 September 1882 – 20 November 1962), styled Lady Peck from 1938, was an English novelist and biographer. Early life and educationWinifred was born in 1882 at 8 Merton Street, Oxford,[1] the youngest child of Rev. Edmund Arbuthnott Knox and Ellen Penelope French, daughter of the missionary Rev. Valpy French.[2] Her father was a fellow at Merton College, Oxford at the time of her birth and later was the fourth Bishop of Manchester (1903–1921).[3] Her father was of Ulster Scots descent.[4] Knox was one of the first 40 pupils to attend Wycombe Abbey School, and she went on to read Modern History at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.[5] CareerKnox's first book, written in 1909, was a biography of Louis IX.[5] Ten years after writing her first book, Winifred Peck began a novel-writing career which saw the publication of twenty-five books over a period of forty years, including House-bound (1942),[6] which was reprinted in 2007 by Persephone Books. She also wrote two books on the subject of her own childhood, A Little Learning (1952) and Home for the Holidays (1955).[7] Peck was the sister of E. V. Knox, editor of Punch; Ronald Knox, theologian and writer;[5] Dilly Knox, cryptographer; Wilfred Lawrence Knox, clergyman; and Ethel Knox. Her niece was the Booker Prize-winning author Penelope Fitzgerald who wrote a biography of her father, E. V. Knox, and her uncles, entitled The Knox Brothers. Personal lifeIn 1911, Knox married civil servant James Peck.[5] They had three sons (the second predeceased his parents).[8] When her husband was awarded a knighthood in 1938 she assumed the title of Lady Peck.[9] Lady Peck died in 1962.[5] BooksIn her Who's Who entry, Peck listed the following books by her:[6]
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