Margaret Moncrieff

Margaret Moncrieff (6 February 1921 – 12 November 2008) was a Scottish cellist and author writing under the pseudonym Helen McClelland and writing novels in the Chalet School series.[1]

She was also professor of cello at the Royal College of Music. Her father was Lord Moncrieff.

In 1957 she married Alexander Kelly (1929–1996) a pianist, composer and former head of keyboard studies at the Royal Academy of Music. They had two children, the cellist Alison Moncrieff Kelly, and Catriona Kelly, Professor of Russian Literature at New College, Oxford.[1] She also had two grandchildren, Camilla Davan Wetton and Alexander Davan Wetton.

Chalet School works

Montcrief's entries in the series include:[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Obituary". The Times (London). 6 December 2008.
  2. ↑ Carina.org, "The Chalet School books"
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