Family
He was the son of the journalist H. W. Massingham, and brother of the journalist and writer Hugh Massingham, of Dr. Richard Massingham the director of public information films and of Dorothy Massingham, playwright and actress. His mother was Emma Jane née Snowdon, daughter of Henry Snowdon of St. Leonards Priory, Norwich.
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Through time to times anon,
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Over oblivion.”
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