 Francis Lathom

Francis Lathom (14 July 1774 – 19 May 1832) was a British gothic novelist and playwright.Francis Lathom was born on 14 July 1774, either in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where his father, Henry, conducted business for the East India Company and returning to England around 1777, settling near Norwich, or he was born in Norwich and may have been the illegitimate son of an English peer.