Louisa Maria Boothby Dundas (19 January 1806 – 6 September 1895) was a British author who published under the name the Hon. Mrs. Dundas.
Louisa Dundas | |
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| Born | 19 January 1806  Winchester |
| Died | 6 September 1895 (aged 89) Stamford |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Dundas |
Louisa Boothby was born on 19 January 1806 in Winchester, the daughter of Sir William Boothby, 8th Baronet and Fanny Jenkinson. In 1833, she married the Rev. Charles Dundas, son of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville.[1][2][3]
Louisa Dundas published two books for children: The little cap : Or, The lost heir of Sternfelden (1871) and Wrecked, Not Lost: or, The Pilot and his Companions (1872).[4]
Children
edit- Fanny Emma Dundas Reeve (d. 8 Jul 1892)[2]
- Edith Anne Dundas Reeve (c. 1835-12 Aug 1902)[2]
- Henry Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville (8 Mar 1835-3 Nov 1904)[2]
- Gertrude Susan Dundas (b. c. 1838) [2][3]
- Charles Saunders Melville Dundas, 6th Viscount Melville (27 Jun 1843-21 Sep 1926), diplomat[2][3]
- Alice Caroline Dundas Jebb (20 May 1847-9 Apr 1924)[2][3]
- William Walter Dundas (20 May 1847-3 Feb 1910), Lieutenant 5th Dragoon Guards[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Hull Daily Mail". 13 September 1895. Retrieved 2023-08-02 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 2, page 2663
- ^ a b c d Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial families : a complete peerage, baronetage, and knightage, and a directory of some gentlemen of coat-armour, and being the first attempt to show which arms in use at the moment are borne by legal authority. Cornell University Library. Edinburgh : T.C. & E.C. Jack, Grang Publishing Works.
- ^ Allibone, S. Austin (Samuel Austin) (1858). A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the middle of the nineteenth century. Containing thirty thousand biographies and literary notices, with forty indexes of subjects. University of Michigan. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co. [etc.]