Rosemary Haughton

Rosemary Elena Konradin Haughton (née Luling, 13 April 1927 – 9 May 2024) was a British Catholic lay theologian, who also resided in the United States over a period of 30 years.

Life and career

Rosemary Luling was born in London on 13 April 1927, the daughter of Peter Luling and Sylvia Thompson Luling. She had two sisters, Dr. Virginia Luling (died 2013), and Elizabeth Dooley (née Luling; died 1962). She attended the Farnham Girls' Grammar School, Queen's College, London, and the Slade School of Art. She married Algernon Haughton in 1948; the couple had 12 children, including two foster children. Algy Haughton died in Edinburgh in 2008.

Rosemary and Algernon Haughton founded the Lothlorien Community in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland in the 1970s. Since 1989 this thriving community has been managed by ROKPA International. Haughton was also a founder member of the Wellspring House in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Haughton celebrated and affirmed her long-standing partnership with Nancy (Winifred) Schwoyer on 4 June 2011, with a civil ceremony held at Halifax Town Hall. They lived together in Yorkshire.

Rosemary Haughton died at home on 9 May 2024, at the age of 97.

Publications

• On Trying to Be Human
• The Passionate God
• The Catholic Thing
• The Transformation of Man
• The Drama of Salvation
• The Tower That Fell
• Images for Change
• Tales from Eternity
• Elizabeth's Greetings
• Song in a Strange Land
• The Re-Creation of Eve
• The Theology of Experience

Sources

• Ryan, Eilish (1997). Rosemary Haughton: Witness to Hope. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-55612-860-8.
• International Who's Who (2012; 75th edition), p. 809. Routledge: London & New York; ISBN 978-1-85743-607-5.