Surname: Dempster Forename(s): Charlotte Louisa Hawkins b. 10 April 1835. d. 8 May 1913. Nationality: Scottish. VIAF.
Novelist, essayist, translator, and miscellaneous writer. Pseudonym: “C. L. H. D.”
Born Charlotte Hawkins (later adopting the surname Dempster, her mother’s maiden name),
at Dunnichen House, Forfar, and spent her childhood in Skibo Castle, Sutherland. Lived
for periods in Paris, and moved to Cannes with her sister in 1880. Converted to Catholicism
in 1901. Never married. Publications include the popular novel Véra (1871). Biographical information: Orlando. (AC)