Frances Maria Wilbraham (30 June 1815 – 26 June 1905) was a British novelist.
Frances Wilbraham | |
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| Born | 30 June 1815  Rode Hall |
| Died | 26 June 1905 (aged 89) Chester |
| Occupation | Novelist |
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| Family | Richard Wilbraham |
Biography
editFrances Maria Wilbraham was born on 30 June 1815 at Rode Hall, Cheshire, the fifth daughter of Randle Wilbraham of Rode Hall, son of Richard Wilbraham-Bootle, and Sibylla Egerton. Her brother was General Sir Richard Wilbraham KCB.[1]
During the 1866 cholera epidemic in Chester, Frances and Emily Ayckbowm volunteered to run a hospital for cholera victims. Her work caused her to be dubbed the "Florence Nightingale of Chester" by Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.[1]
Wilbraham wrote a number of works of historical fiction.[2] She also wrote numerous stories for The Monthly Packet, edited by her friend Charlotte Yonge.[3] Her recollections of the cholera epidemic were published as Streets and Lanes of a City (1871), initially under the name Amy Dutton.[1]
Frances Maria Wilbraham died on 26 June 1905 in Chester.[1]
Bibliography
edit- For and Against: or, Queen Margaret's Badge. A Domestic Chronicle of the Fifteenth Century. 2 vol. London: John W. Parker, 1858.[2]
- The Young Breton Volunteer: A Tale of 1851. 1 vol. London: Mozley and Co., 1860.[2]
- The Cheshire Pilgrims: or, Sketches of Crusading Life in the Thirteenth Century. 1 vol. London: John Morgan, 1862.[2]
- Not Clever, and Other Stories. 1 vol. London: Groombridge, 1864.[2]
- Phil Thorndyke's adventures, 1870s.[3]
- Streets and Lanes of a City, 1871.[1]
- Hal the Barge Boy: A Sketch from Life, 1883.[4]
- The sere and yellow leaf : thoughts and recollections for old and young, 1884.[1]
- What is Right, Comes Right. 1 vol. London: Joseph Masters, 1884.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Simpson, Frank (2018). "A few Cheshire worthies". Journal of the Chester Archaeological Society. 28 (1): 106136. doi:10.5284/1070075.
- ^ a b c d e f "Author: Frances Maria Wilbraham". At the Circulating Library A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ a b Twemlow, Francis Randle (1910). Twemlows, their wives and their homes from original records. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Wolverhampton, Whitehead Bros.
- ^ Allibone, S. Austin (Samuel Austin) (1888). A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest account to the latter half of the nineteenth century. Containing over forty-six thousand articles (authors), with forty indexes of subjects. University of Michigan. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott company.