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Lilias Margitson Rider Haggard M.B.E. (9 December 1892 - 9 January 1968) was the fourth and youngest child of the British writer Sir Henry Rider Haggard and Mariana Louisa Margitson.

She was educated at Saint Felix School, Southwold, Suffolk and was awarded an MBE for her work as an auxiliary nurse during World War I. She was a member of Norfolk County Council from 1949 to 1952 and in 1953 was elected President of the Norfolk Rural Craftsmen's Guild.

She wrote a number of books, including a biography of her father entitled The Cloak That I Left. Her book Norfolk Life contained an introduction by Henry Williamson.

She is buried at Ditchingham, Norfolk.

Books
Norfolk Life A Norfolk Notebook A Country Scrapbook The Cloak That I Left Too Late for Tears The Rabbit Skin Cap, editor I Walked by Night, editor