Stanley Weyman

Stanley John Weyman was born in Ludlow in 1855 and educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church College, Oxford where he obtained a degree in Modern History.

He qualified as a barrister and was called to the bar by the Inner Temple i 1881.

He supplemented his meagre income by writing short stories for the Cornhill Magazine.

The editor's suggestion that he try his hand at writing novels proved a turning point in Weyman's career. International bestsellers such as A Gentleman of France, The Man in Black and Under the Red Robe earned him immense popularity and a substantial fortune.

For the last thirty years of his life he lived in Denbighshire, where he was also chairman of the Magistrate's Bench.

He died in 1928.