‘The Son of His Father’ is a novel by Mrs. Oliphant first published in 1886. Mrs. Oliphant (real name Margaret Oliphant Wilson, 1828-1897) was a Scottish novelist and historical writer. Her fictional works encompass ‘domestic realism, the historical novel and tales of the supernatural’. Oliphant wrote more than 120 works, including novels, books of travel and description, histories, and volumes of literary criticism.