(1807-1867)
Eldest dau. of Tom S., grand-daughter of Richard Brinsley S. (q.v.), and sister of Mrs. Norton (q.v.). She and her two sisters were known as "the three Graces," the third being the Duchess of Somerset. She shared in the family talent, and wrote a good deal of verse, her best known piece being perhaps The Lament of the Irish Emigrant, beginning "I'm sittin' on the stile, Mary." She also wrote Lispings from Low Latitudes, or Extracts from the Journal of the Hon. Impulsia Gushington, Finesse, or a Busy Day at Messina, etc.
(b. 1853) Novelist. Comin' through the Rye, Cherry Ripe, My Lady Green-sleeves, Venus Victrix, Grif...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
Novelist. Green Graves of Balgowrie, A Daughter of Strife, Rachel, Tales that are Told (with Mary Fi...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin