The Parish Church of St John-at-Hampstead

Donald CARSWELL

  • Born: 1882
  • Died: 1940
  • Grave/memorial: H012

Journalist, barrister, biographer, critic, playwright, Civil Servant, devoted lover and true friend. Born Glasgow, killed in a blackout accident in London, he was husband of Catherine Carswell (1878-1946) of Glasgow….’poet, critic and biographer, wife, mother and courageous friend…full of eager spirit’. The Carswells were close friends and helpers of D H Lawrence, about whom Catherine wrote a memoir, Savage Pilgrimage (1932).

Reference: Buried in Hampstead, Camden History Society 1986
Additional research by the 2012 project team