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Pamela Travers, the woman who wrote Mary Poppins, is pictured with her adopted son Camillus Hone in the Forties. She left his twin brother Anthony at the mercy of neglectful relatives.


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    According to a report in the Mail Online, the Hone patriarch pleaded with Travers to take the family’s twin sons but the writer insisted she could only look after one, selecting the baby based.

      ‘Mary Poppins’ author destroyed adopted son’s life

    Namesake of his distant cousin, artist John Camillus Hone (). adopted son of Pamela Lyndon Travers--author of the Mary Poppins books. had a twin brother, Antony Marlow Hone (), and an older brother, novelist Joseph Hone (). Young Camillus is shown with his adopted mother Pamela.


  • The strange life of the creator of Mary Poppins - New Statesman Namesake of his distant cousin, artist John Camillus Hone (1759-1836). adopted son of Pamela Lyndon Travers--author of the Mary Poppins books. had a twin brother, Antony Marlow Hone (1939-2005), and an older brother, novelist Joseph Hone (1937-2016). Young Camillus is shown with his adopted mother Pamela.
  • Camillus Travers Hone (1939-2011) – Find a Grave-äreminne Pamela Travers, the woman who wrote Mary Poppins, is pictured with her adopted son Camillus Hone in the Forties. She left his twin brother Anthony at the mercy of neglectful relatives.
  • Camillus Travers - Biography - IMDb According to a report in the Mail Online, the Hone patriarch pleaded with Travers to take the family’s twin sons but the writer insisted she could only look after one, selecting the baby based.
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    “Pamela Travers saw herself as Mary Poppins and thought she could play Poppins with poor little Camillus,” Joseph Hone told the Mail.


  • Born John Camillus Hone, eldest twin son of Nathaniel Marlow Hone and Bridget Anthony.
  • Upon her arrival in Ireland, Travers chose to adopt only Camillus Hone, but not his twin brother Anthony, subsequently splitting up the pair. She based which one to choose on the advice of her astrologer, who had advised her to select the first-born boy.
  • Camillus Travers, the adopted son of Mary Poppins author Pamela Travers.
  • At the age of 40, Helen adopted a baby boy from Ireland named Camillus Hone. He was the grandchild of Joseph Hone, who was W. B. Yeats' first biographer. Hone and his wife were raising their seven grandchildren.
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  • In , six years after the first Poppins book was published, the year-old Travers felt such longing for a child that she arranged to go to Ireland and adopt one of the newborn twin grandsons of Joseph Hone, a friend of Yeats.


  • Camillus Travers was born in Ireland. John Camillus Travers Hone was born on 15 August 1939, in Dublin North, County Dublin, Ireland. He married Frances Connell in April 1986. He died in November 2011, in London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 72.

    Camillus Travers Hone (1939-2011) - Find a Grave Memorial

      Camillus Travers was born in Ireland. He was married to Frances Connell. He died in November in London, England, UK.

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    Camillus Travers Hone: Birthdate: estimated between and Death: Immediate Family: Son of Nat Hone Brother of Private Half brother of Joseph Hone and Geraldine Hone. Managed by: Private User Last Updated: February 8,
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