Clara Coltman Rogers Vyvyan

Clara Coltman Vyvyan (née Rogers; 1885 – 1 March 1976) was an Australian-born travel writer.[1][2][3] She published under the names C. C. Rogers and C. C. Vyvyan.[1]

Biography

Vyvyan was born in 1885 on her family's cattle station in Stanage, Queensland, Australia. Her mother Charlotte Williams was from Cornwall, England, and her father, Edward Powys Rogers, was a member of the Coltman Rogers family of Stanage Park in Powys, Wales.[1] In 1887 the family returned to live in Cornwall, although they continued to spend 6 months a year in Queensland; Vyvyan and her sister were educated by a governess at home. Vyvyan later studied at the Women's University Settlement in London, England, and became a social worker.[4]

During World War I, Vyvyan served as a nurse at Rouen, France. After the war ended, she travelled across Canada and Alaska, writing articles for publication.[4]

In 1929, Vyvyan married Sir Courtenay Bourchier Vyvyan, the 10th Vyvyan baronet.[2][3][5] When he died 12 years later, she inherited Trelowarren estate and house. Her close friend Daphne du Maurier used the house and gardens as settings for her novels Frenchman's Creek and Rebecca.[1][4]

Both lovers of travel and the great outdoors, Vyvyan set off on a three month walk with du Maurier in 1952 along the Rhône river in France. Annabel Abbs retraced the pair's steps 70 years later in her book, Windswept: Walking in the Footsteps of Remarkable Women (Two Roads, 2021).

Publications

  • Rogers, C. C. (1924). Cornish Silhouettes. London: The Bodley Head.
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1931). Gwendra Cove, and other Cornish sketches. Truro: Jordan's Bookshop.[6]
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1933). Bird Symphony: An anthology. London: J. Murray.[7]
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1948). Our Cornwall, with drawings by Elizabeth Rivers. London: Westaway Books.[8]
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1952) The Old Place. Illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers. London: Museum Press.
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1955). Down the Rhône on Foot. London: Peter Owen.
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1955). Temples and Flowers: A journey to Greece. London: Peter Owen.[9] - Travels in Greece
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1957). On Timeless Shores: Journeys in Ireland. Leicester: Ulverscroft.[10] - Travels in Ireland
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1958/1959). A Cornish Year. London: Country Book Club.[11]
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1960). The Scilly Isles. London: Robert Hale.[12]
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1961). Arctic Adventure. London: Peter Owen.
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1962/1963). Roots and Stars: Reflections on the past. London: Country Book Club.[13]
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1964/1965). Coloured Pebbles. London: Country Book Club.[14]
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1966). Journey up the Years. London: Peter Owen.
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1967). Nothing Venture. London: Peter Owen.[15] - Travels in California
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (1972). Letters from a Cornish Garden. London: Michael Joseph.[16]
  • Vyvyan, Clara (1998) The ladies, the Gwich'in, and the Rat: travels on the Athabasca, Mackenzie, Rat, Porcupine, and Yukon rivers in 1926, Edmonton, University of Alberta Press[17]
  • Vyvyan, C. C. (n.d.) Amateur Gardening: For Pleasure and Profit. London: Museum Press.

See also

Vyvyan family

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Lady Clara Coltman Vyvyan 1885 - 1976 aka C C Rogers". AAPrideaux.com. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Clara Coltman (née Rogers), Lady Vyvyan - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Cooper, N.P. (2020). A Cornish Almanack. Lulu. p. 67.
  5. ^ "Baronet Married To Australian Girl". Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide, SA : 1929 - 1931). 23 November 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  6. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1931). Gwendra cove, and other Cornish sketches. Truro: Jordan's Bookshop. OCLC 37308744.
  7. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1933). Bird symphony; an anthology. London: J. Murray. OCLC 6395043.
  8. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1948). Our Cornwall, with drawings by Elizabeth Rivers. London: Westaway Books. OCLC 222677615.
  9. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1955). Temples and flowers, a journey to Greece. London: Peter Owen. OCLC 1903712.
  10. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1957). On timeless shores: journeys in Ireland. Leicester: Ulverscroft. OCLC 217272043.
  11. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1959). A Cornish year. London: Country Book Club. OCLC 48955922.
  12. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1960). The Scilly Isles. London: Hale. OCLC 363927016.
  13. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1963). Roots and stars; reflections on the past. London: Country Book Club. OCLC 6298122.
  14. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1965). Coloured pebbles. London: Country Book Club. OCLC 633590180.
  15. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1967). Nothing Venture. London: Peter Owen. OCLC 461125.
  16. ^ Vyvyan, Clara Coltman Rogers (1972). Letters from a Cornish Garden. London: Joseph. ISBN 978-0-7181-1014-7. OCLC 548744.
  17. ^ Clara Vyvyan (1998). MacLaren, I. S.; LaFramboise, L. N. (eds.). The ladies, the Gwich'in, and the Rat : travels on the Athabasca, Mackenzie, Rat, Porcupine, and Yukon rivers in 1926 (or Arctic Adventure). Edmonton: University of Alberta Press. ISBN 0888643020.