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Mary Elizabeth Hawker
Mary Elizabeth Hawker (1848–1908) was a Scottish-born writer of novellas and short stories. From 1890, she wrote under the pseudonym Lanoe Falconer.
Early years and education.
Mary Elizabeth Hawker was born on 29 January 1848 at Inveraray, Aberdeenshire. She was the oldest daughter of Major Peter William Lanoe Hawker (1812–1857), of the 74th Highlanders, of Longparish House near Whitchurch, Hampshire, and Elizabeth Eraser. Her grandfather was Lieutenant Colonel Peter Hawker, author of "Instructions to Young
Castle in Pembrokeshire, from his wife Elizabeth Carew (d.1805) (whose joint mural monument survives in Crowcombe Church), daughter and heiress of Thomas Carew (d.1766) of Crowcombe Carew, Somerset. Elizabeth Carew's heir to Crowcombe Court and Carew Castle was her cousin Mary Carew (d.1852), wife of George Henry Warrington (d.1842) of Pentrepart Hall, who in 1811 assumed the surname Carew. He married Mary Hawker, one of the three daughters and co-heiresses of William II Hawker (d.1806), and