Colin de la Mare

Colin de la Mare (b. reg. Bromley, Kent, 10 January 1906; d. reg. Horsham, West Sussex, 16 April 1983) Colin Francis de la Mare was the youngest of the four children of writer and poet Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) and his wife Elfrida, née Ingpen (1860-1943), who were married on 4 August 1899.  Colin’s older brother was Richard de la Mare (1901-1986), for many years a publishing executive