Clare, Lady Morpurgo MBE (née Lane) is a philanthropist. She is the wife of British author Sir Michael Morpurgo and the eldest daughter of Sir Allen Lane, founder of Penguin Books.[1]

Morpurgo founded the charity Farms for City Children in 1974. She and her husband are deeply involved with the charity. She is also a trustee of The Allen Lane Foundation, a grant-making charity.[2]

She and Michael Morpurgo co-authored Wherever My Wellies Take Me (2012).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Radio 4 Programmes – Penguin, Puffin and the Paperback Revolution". BBC. 2 September 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
  2. ↑ Allen Lane Foundation website. Accessed 23 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Wherever My Wellies Take Me (London: 2012). Templar Publishing; ISBN 9781848775442


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