Walter Raymond

{{Short description|English novelist}}

{{other people}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Walter Raymond

| image = Photo of Walter Raymond in The Bookman - February 1895.jpg

| birth_date = 13 March 1852

| death_date = {{death-date and age|2 April 1931|13 March 1852}}

| death_place = Southampton, England

| occupation = Novelist

| spouse = Mary Johnston

| children = 8

| caption = Raymond in February 1895 edition of The Bookman (New York)

}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

Walter Raymond (13 March 1852 – 2 April 1931) was an English novelist.

He wrote many novels between 1890 and 1928, primarily based in Somerset, and also wrote under the pseudonym Tom Cobbleigh. Some of his titles include Gentleman Upcott's Daughter (1892), Love and Quiet Life (1894),(24 December 1894). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/12/24/106845847.pdf More Prose Bucolics (book review)], The New York Times Fortune's Darling (1901), and Verity Thurston (1926).

Walter Raymond married Mary Johnston in 1878. They had five daughters and three sons.{{cite web|title=Walter Raymond|website=Exmoor National Park|url=https://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/Whats-Special/culture/literary-links/walter-raymond}}

He died in Southampton on 2 April 1931 at the age of 79.(3 April 1931). [https://www.nytimes.com/1931/04/03/archives/obituary-6-no-title.html Walter Raymond, Novelist, Dies at 79], The New York Times[https://books.google.com/books?id=-XMTAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA13 Walter Raymond: Author of "Gentleman Upcott's Daughter," "Love and Quiet Life," Etc.], The Bookman (New York), p. 13-15 (February 1895)Dole, Nathan Haskell, et al. [https://books.google.com/books?id=x0KZEYvVMOgC&pg=PT494 The Bibliophile Dictionary: A Biographical Record of the Great Authors], p. 494 (1904) (reprinted 2004) There is a memorial to him in Yeovil Public Library in Somerset, designed by William Worrall.‘Walter Raymond memorial’ in Western Gazette, 9 February 1940, and ‘Memorial to Walter Raymond: Mrs J. B. Clark unveils plaque’ in Taunton Courier, 2 August 1947

Raymond's work is long out of print and currently gets little attention, although some novels are now available for free online.{{cite web |title=Walter Raymond |url=http://www.somersethistory.co.uk/walter-raymond.html |website=Somerset History |accessdate=5 August 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624141157/http://www.somersethistory.co.uk/walter-raymond.html |archivedate=24 June 2014}}{{self-published source|date=August 2019}}

One of Walter Raymond's first cousins was William Raymond. See latest [https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/20586989.new-zealand-artists-family-tree-links-yeovil/ news]