She became ill with an inoperable cancer of the lung and trachea, and died in 1910. Following Barrie's divorce, he and Sylvia remained close, but did not marry. Sylvia welcomed Barrie's financial and emotional support, both for herself and for her boys. Her husband died in 1907 of a sarcoma in his cheek. She encouraged her boys' friendship with him. She and Barrie became close (he adopted the pet name 'Jocelyn' for her), with him spending considerable time at the Davies' home, and the family accompanying Barrie and his wife on holidays. In 1898, Sylvia met Barrie at a dinner party, discovering he was already friends with her three sons from their regular visits to Kensington Gardens. She met the young barrister Arthur Llewelyn Davies at a dinner party in 1889 and they became engaged shortly thereafter. She was the daughter of cartoonist and writer George du Maurier, the elder sister to actor Gerald du Maurier, and the aunt of novelists Angela and Daphne du Maurier.

Sylvia Jocelyn Llewelyn Davies (Novem– August 27, 1910), née Sylvia du Maurier, was the mother of the boys who served as the inspiration for Peter Pan and the other children of J. Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, photographed by J.M.

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