Personal history: major events
| 8.6.1859 | MC born in Hodnet, Shropshire |
|---|---|
| 1861? | Moves to Farnborough, Warwickshire with her parents, Richard and Emily, and older brothers Tom and Regie. Essex Cholmondeley born. |
| 1862 | Richard Cholmondeley born |
| 1863 | Diana Cholmondeley born |
| 1865 | The family moves to Leaton, Shropshire |
| 1868 | Victoria Cholmondeley born |
| 1869 | Hester Cholmondeley born |
| 1874 | The family moves to Hodnet on Richard Cholmondeley's appointment as Rector |
| 1885 | Geoffrey’s Wife appears in The Graphic under the initials LR |
| 1887 | The Danvers Jewels serialised in Temple Bar on the advice of Anne Thackeray Ritchie |
| 1889 | Sir Charles Danvers serialised in Temple Bar |
| 1892 | Hester dies |
| 1893 | Diana Tempest serialised in Temple Bar |
| 1895 | Emily Cholmondeley dies. George Bentley (MC's publisher and mentor) dies |
| 1896 | Moves to London with father, Diana and Victoria |
| 1897 | A Devotee published |
| 1899 | Red Pottage published |
| 1905 | Prisoners begins serialisation in Lady's Realm |
| 1907 | Leases a house in Ufford, Suffolk and begins doing it up |
| 1908 | The Lowest Rung published |
| 1910 | Richard Cholmondeley (senior) dies |
| 1911 | A stage version of The Hand on the Latch appears briefly at the St James's theatre. |
| 1913 | Notwithstanding published |
| 1915 1917 |
Reginald Cholmondeley (MC's nephew) killed in action MC starts work in one of the 'huts' at Carlton House Terrace Hospital, writing to the relations of missing and wounded. |
| 1918 | Under One Roof published Richard Cholmondeley (MC's brother) dies |
| 1921 | Romance of His Life and Other Romances published. MC suffers from cerebral thrombosis, leaving her partially paralysed |
| 1922 | Thomas Cholmondeley dies |
| 15.7.1925 | MC dies |