Jump to content

Harriet Jane Trelawny

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harriet Jane Trelawny (1821-1879) was an English author and member of the British landed gentry.[1][2] She published the novel Sister in 1879.[3]

Life

[edit]

Trelawny was born Harriet Jane Tremayne in London in 1821. Her father was John Hearle Tremayne of Cornwall[1] and she was the oldest of her siblings.[2] In 1824, Trelawny married Sir John Salsbury Trelawny, with whom she had one daughter.[3]

Trelawny wrote one novel, which was published shortly before her death in 1879.[3] The work was titled Sister and was published in two volumes by Smith, Elder & Co.[4]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1910). Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-armour. T.C. & E.C. Jack.
  2. ^ a b Lodge, Edmund (1890). The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire as at Present Existing. Hurst and Blackett, limited.
  3. ^ a b c "Author: Harriet Jane Trelawny". www.victorianresearch.org. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
  4. ^ Trelawny, Lady Harriet Jane (1879). Sister [by lady H.J. Trelawny]. Smith, Elder & Company.