[3] She was the daughter of George William and Marianne Mason of Morton Hall near Ranby in Nottinghamshire.

Her brother Arthur James Mason was a professor at Cambridge and her sister Agnes became a nun and founded the Community of the Holy Family[broken anchor].

Her book was called "Nursery Rhymes and Country Songs" and was intended for entertainment around the piano.

[3] After she retired she went to see her brother, Canon Edward Mason, at St Bede's College, Umtata in South Africa where she indulged her interest in painting flowers.

In 1913 she published Some flowers of eastern and central Africa[2] and she was elected to Royal Geographical Society.