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Elsie Bambridge (; 2 February 1896 – 24 May 1976) was the second daughter of British writer
Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)''The Times'', (London) 18 January 1936, p. 12. was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work. ...
. She was the only one of the Kipling's three children to survive beyond early adulthood. On 22 October 1924, Elsie Kipling married
George Bambridge George Louis St Clair Bambridge (27 September 1892 – 16 December 1943) was a British diplomat. His wife, Elsie (née Kipling), was the daughter of the author Rudyard Kipling. Life Early life and education George Louis St Clair Bambridge ...
and in 1938 they bought
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, Cambridgeshire's largest stately home. Her obituary, in ''
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'', stated she had two missions in life, "to maintain the traditions of her husband Captain George Bambridge and her father Rudyard Kipling". On her death, in 1976, having no children, she bequeathed her property and its contents to the
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. The Trust later donated her father's manuscripts to the
University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...
in Brighton, to ensure better public access to them.Howard, Philip ''University library to have Kipling documents'' The Times, 16/9/77, p.1 She is buried in the graveyard of St Andrew's Church on the estate.


See also

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Frederick Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (7 December 1907 – 10 June 1975) was a British biographer and Member of the House of Lords. He is best known for writing a biography of Rudyard Kipling that was suppressed by the Kipli ...
, author of a biography about Bambridge's father, which she did not allow to be published


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Rudyard Kipling Papers and other Kipling related collections
at The Keep,
University of Sussex , mottoeng = Be Still and Know , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £14.4 million (2020) , budget = £319.6 million (2019–20) , chancellor = Sanjeev Bhaskar , vice_chancellor = Sasha Roseneil , ...
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bambridge, Elsie 1896 births 1976 deaths People from Dummerston, Vermont Family of Rudyard Kipling People from Wimpole