Roy Moxham obituary

Source: The Guardian — Africa By Jessica Moxham 30 October 2026, 17:40

My uncle Roy Moxham, who has died aged 86, was a former tea plantation supervisor who in later life turned his hand to writing about tea and about India, a country he visited many times on extended trips.His most successful book was The Great Hedge of India (2001), which was published not just in English but in multiple Indian languages. The hedge of the title, which was four metres high and 2.5m wide, was made of…