[2] On the death of her brother, Frederick Armand, who succeeded their father Samuel Arthur Hill de la Cherois Crommelin, J.P. D.L.

[2] While growing up, she and her family often lived elsewhere because of the political situation at home, and Crommelin was educated by governesses.

The family moved to England in the 1880s[1] and after the death of her traditionalist father in 1885 she lived independently in her own flat in London.

In 1884 she published Joy, set on Dartmoor where she first lived after coming to England; and her Cross-Roads of 1890 relies on her knowledge of France and Italy.

Her work met with mixed reviews: for instance Goblin Gold (1885) was disparaged at the time.