Fay Weldon obituary

Frieda came from boisterous bohemian stock. She had modelled as a child for the pre-Raphaelite artist Holman Hunt and studied the piano under Clara Schumann before abandoning her career to marry Edgar Jepson, a friend of Aleister Crowley who wrote 73 popular novels with titles such as Lady Noggs Assists and The Reluctant Footman. One of the family’s many faithless husbands, Edgar committed his final betrayal when, at the age of 69, he impregnated his mistress and decided he had to marry her. It was against the backdrop of this family disintegration that Margaret decided to marry Frank, the young medical student from Birmingham, and emigrate with him to New Zealand.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/04/fay-weldon-obituary