BRP
married Louis Belloc
at Old Spanish Place, a Catholic church in London, having put the date forward several months to end the strain caused by family controversy over the wedding.
Lowndes, Marie Belloc. I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia. Macmillan, 1941.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Bessie Rayner Parkes
BRP
's husband, Louis Belloc
, died of a sudden illness contracted while on holiday in the Auvergne and attributed to sunstroke. His death cast a shadow on the remainder of her life and on...
Family and Intimate relationships
Bessie Rayner Parkes
While staying at the chalet BRP
met and fell in love with Louis Belloc
, Louise Belloc's only son. Louis was two years her junior and had had his promising career as a lawyer interrupted...
Family and Intimate relationships
Marie Belloc Lowndes
MBL
's father, Louis Marie Belloc
, was a French barrister whose damaged health prevented him from practising his profession. He died on 19 August 1872, when his daughter was only just four.
