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Lady Kitty Ritson

John and Jennifer’s Pony Club
Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1955, illus and designed Gee Denes
Many thanks to Hannah for the photographs of this book

Molly the New Forest Pony
Nelson, 1940, reprinted 1954, illus W Neave Parker

Many thanks to Annette York for the picture

Montana Adventure
Faber & Faber, 1946, illus Marjorie Owens

Tessa and Some Ponies
Nelson, 1953, illus Leslie Atkinson

reprinted 1959

 

 

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Lady Kitty Ritson was born Lady Kitty Edith Blanche Ogilvy on 5 February 1887.  She was married twice, and had two children with her first husband, both of whom died very young in 1914.   She died on 17 Cctober 1969.  

 

She is better known by far in the dog world, having been a keen supporter of several breeds new to Britain in the 1920s and 30s, including the Norwegian Elkhound and the Finnish Spitz. As well as writing many books on dogs, she judged, and also helped set up Guide Dogs for the Blind.

 

Her Tessa books are an interesting series:  many fathers in books of the period are on the ferocious side, but Tessa’s is human and Tessa herself is delightful.  The books are sometimes tricky to find, but not monstrously expensive when they do turn up.
 

 

There are photographs of her here.

The Tessa Series
Tessa and Some Ponies

Tessa and the Rannoch Dude Ranch

Tessa in South Africa

Tessa to the Rescue
 

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