George du Maurier

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier was a FrenchBritish cartoonist and author, known for his cartoons in Punch and also for his novel Trilby. He was the father of actor Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of the writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier. He was also the father of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and grandfather of the five boys who inspired J.M. Barries Peter Pan.

George du Maurier was born in Paris, the son of LouisMathurin du Maurier and Ellen Clarke, daughter of the Regency courtesan Mary Anne Clarke. He was brought up to believe that his aristocratic grandparents fled France during the Revolution, leaving vast estates behind in France, to live in England as migrs. However, du Mauriers grandfather, Robert Mathurin, was actually a tradesman who left Paris in 1789 to avoid fraud charges, and later changed the family name to du Maurier.

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