Barber, Margaret Fairless [pseud. Michael Fairless] (1869–1901), religious writer, was born on 7 May 1869 at Castle Hill House, Rastrick, West Riding of Yorkshire, the youngest of three daughters of Fairless Barber (1835–1881), solicitor and archaeologist, and his wife, Maria Louisa, née...
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Barber, Margaret Fairless [pseud. Michael Fairless] (1869–1901), religious writer
Adrian Room
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Bowdler [née Cotton], Elizabeth Stuart (d. 1797), religious writer
Emma Major
Bowdler [née Cotton], Elizabeth Stuart (d. 1797), religious writer, was the second daughter and coheir of Sir John Cotton, sixth baronet (d. 1752) [see under Cotton, Sir Robert Bruce], of Steeple Gidding and Connington, Huntingdonshire, and his wife, Jane, daughter of ...
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Burnet, Elizabeth (1661–1709)
Maker: Sir Godfrey Kneller
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Elizabeth Burnet (1661–1709) by Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1707 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Burnet [née Blake; other married name Berkeley], Elizabeth (1661–1709), religious writer
Frances Harris
Burnet [née Blake; other married name Berkeley], Elizabeth (1661–1709), religious writer, was born on 8 November 1661, the elder daughter of Sir Richard Blake (b. 1614×16), of the Strand, London, and his second wife, Elizabeth (b. 1640/41?), daughter of John Bathurst MD (d. 1659)...
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Coventry [née Somerset], Anne, countess of Coventry (1673–1763), religious writer
Emma Major
Coventry [née Somerset], Anne, countess of Coventry (1673–1763), religious writer, was born on 22 July 1673, the daughter of Henry Somerset, then third marquess of Worcester and later first duke of Beaufort (1629–1700), politician, and Mary Capel (bap. 1630, d. 1715)...
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Deverell, Mary (d. 1805), moral and religious writer
Anne Stott
Deverell, Mary (d. 1805), moral and religious writer, was born probably at Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire. She described herself as 'a person of obscure and undistinguished rank' (Deverell, Sermons, 3rd edn, iv) and may have come from a clothing family. She was possibly related to the family of ...
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Docwra [née Waldegrave], Anne (c. 1624–1710), religious writer
Michael Mullett
Docwra [née Waldegrave], Anne (c. 1624–1710), religious writer, was the eldest daughter of Sir William Waldegrave of Bures, Suffolk, of a leading gentry family and a justice under Charles I. When she was about fifteen her father stimulated what became her considerable study of the law by directing her to read the statutes of the realm, since women '...
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Dougall, Lily (1858–1923), novelist and religious author
Elisabeth Jay
Dougall, Lily (1858–1923), novelist and religious author, younger daughter of John Dougall and his wife, Elizabeth Redpath, was born in Montreal, Canada, on 16 April 1858 and privately educated there. Her elder brother, John Redpath Dougall, became owner and editor of the Montreal Witness...
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Egerton [née Grey], Bridget, Lady Egerton (d. 1648), religious writer
Vivienne Larminie
Egerton [née Grey], Bridget, Lady Egerton (d. 1648), religious writer, was the only surviving daughter of Arthur Grey, fourteenth Baron Grey of Wilton (1536–1593), and his second wife, Jane Sibylla (1552–1615), daughter of Sir Richard Morison and widow of Edward Russell, Baron Russell...
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Furlong, Monica Mavis (1930–2003)
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Furlong, Monica Mavis (1930–2003), novelist and writer on religion
Ruth McCurry
Furlong, Monica Mavis (1930–2003), novelist and writer on religion, was born on 17 January 1930 at 29 Kenton Park Avenue, Kenton, Middlesex, the younger daughter of Alfred Gordon Furlong (c.1889–c.1970), a motor tyre salesman of Irish descent, and his wife, ...
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Holt, Emily Sarah (1836–1893), novelist and author of religious tracts
Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg
Holt, Emily Sarah (1836–1893), novelist and author of religious tracts, was born at Stubbylee, Lancashire, and baptized on 25 June 1836 at Bacup, Lancashire, the second daughter and third child of John Holt (d. 1856) of Stubbylee Hall, landowner, and his wife, ...
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Hopton [née Harvey], Susanna (1627–1709), devotional writer and religious controversialist
Julia J. Smith
Hopton [née Harvey], Susanna (1627–1709), devotional writer and religious controversialist, was baptized on 27 October 1627 at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, the daughter of Sir Simon Harvey (d. 1628), royal grocer and clerk of Greencloth, and his second wife, Ursula (1586–1671), daughter of ...
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Johnson, Cicely (fl. 1617/18–1636/7), religious writer
Naomi Baker
Johnson, Cicely (fl. 1617/18–1636/7), religious writer, was born to unknown parents, and her early life and geographical origins are obscure. In her narrative of her spiritual conversion she refers to the godly influence of her parents, suggesting a keen protestant background, and celebrates the fact that she was '...
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Long [née Walpole], Lady Catharine (1797–1867), religious writer
A. F. Pollard
revised by Megan A. Stephan
Long [née Walpole], Lady Catharine (1797–1867), religious writer, was the youngest child of the seven daughters and four sons of Horatio Walpole, second earl of Orford (1757–1822), and his wife, Sophia, née Churchill (d. 1797). Little is known of her early life, but on 25 July 1822 she married ...
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Norton [née Freke], Frances, Lady Norton (1644–1731), religious writer
Sarah Ross
Norton [née Freke], Frances, Lady Norton (1644–1731), religious writer, was born on 22 May 1644 in Oxford, the third of five daughters of Ralph Freke (bap. 1596, d. 1684) of Hannington, Wiltshire, and his wife, Cicely (bap. 1610, d. 1651)...
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Parr, Susanna (fl. 1650–1659), religious writer
Karen O'Dell Bullock
Parr, Susanna (fl. 1650–1659), religious writer, is of unknown parents and background. Nothing is known of her early life, but by 1654 she had married a Mr Parr. What is known of Susanna is chronicled in six or more pamphlets documenting religious disputes in ...
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Penington [née Proude], Mary [other married name Mary Springett, Lady Springett] (bap. 1623, d. 1682), Quaker and writer
Marie H. Loughlin
Penington [née Proude], Mary [other married name Mary Springett, Lady Springett] (bap. 1623, d. 1682), Quaker and writer, was born at Goodnestone Court, near Faversham, Kent, and baptized on 13 December 1623 at Canterbury Cathedral. She was the only child and heir of ...
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Roberts, R. (c. 1728–1788), translator and sermon writer
Arthur Sherbo
Roberts, R. (c. 1728–1788), translator and sermon writer, was the daughter of William Roberts, of Bristol, earlier possessor of the manor of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. William Hayward Roberts, a kinsman, was made a freeman of the city of Gloucester on 21 March 1761 and is described as '...
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Stephen, Caroline Emelia [Milly] (1834–1909), religious writer
Margaret M. Jensen
Stephen, Caroline Emelia [Milly] (1834–1909), religious writer, was born on 8 December 1834 at Kensington Gore, later 42 Hyde Park Gate, London, the youngest child and only surviving daughter of Sir James Stephen (1789–1859), permanent under-secretary for the colonies, and Jane Catherine Venn (1793–1875)...
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