Concordia Merrel (born Mary Phyllis Joan Logan; 10 September 1885 – 18 May 1962) was a British stage and silent film actress, photographer's model and a prolific author of romantic fiction.

On arrival he enquired of his man servant the whereabouts of Mrs Logan, to be told that she had moved out with the children and was living round the corner.

They had a summer bungalow in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, where my aunt Sylvia and my Mother Gladys were born in subsequent years.

After a period of nomadic wandering the family settled in Bembridge in the Isle of Wight where the couple home-schooled their sons with an emphasis on the arts.

[6] Her films roles included Pauline in A Smart Set (1919), Joan in The Lost Chord (1917), Margaret in Ave Maria (1918) and Mrs. Fleeter in My Sweetheart (1918).