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acquired the title of Lady Peck when her husband
was knighted for his civil service work.
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Dedications
Winifred Peck
WP
dedicated her novel There is a Fortress to the most generous of husband
s.Her title-page quotes two stanzas from Henry Vaughan
(from whom her title is adapted) without naming him.
The date comes...
Family and Intimate relationships
Winifred Peck
Winifred Knox
was married in Manchester Cathedral to James Peck
, a mathematician who rose in the Civil Service and was knighted in 1938.
Fitzgerald, Penelope. The Knox Brothers. Fourth Estate, 2002.
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The Trustees of FreeBMD,. FreeBMD. http://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
Who Was Who. A. and C. Black, 1897–2024, Many volumes.
Peck, Winifred. Home for the Holidays. Faber and Faber, 1955.
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