Hewlett, Maurice Henry (1861-1923)

English novelist and poet. His first book, The Forest Lovers, appeared 1898. Richard Yea-and-Nay 1900 and The Queen's Quair 1904 are historical romances about Richard I and Mary Queen of Scots. Stories with a modern setting are the trilogy Halfway House 1908, Open Country 1909, and Rest Harrow 1910, together with Bendish 1913 and Mainwaring 1920. Of his dozen books of verse perhaps the best is The Song of the Plow 1916.

He was born in Weybridge, Surrey. Educated at the International College, Isleworth, he studied law and was called to the Bar 1891 but never practised. In 1897 he succeeded his father in the land record department of the civil service, but resigned three years later to devote himself to writing.