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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: L. E. Wilton

Author: L. E. Wilton (1844–1910)

Alternate Name(s): (pseudonym); Louisa Eliza Essell (legal name); Watson (maiden name)

Biography: Louisa Eliza Essell was born around 1844 in London. In 1874, she married insurance inspector William Guy Essell. She published the single novel Mary Browne (1880) under the pseudonym "L. E. Wilton." She died on 2 February 1910 in Lee, Kent. Note: Smith, Elder accounts identify this author as "Mrs. Essell."

References: British Census (1881, 1891, 1901); Probate

Fiction Titles:

  1. Mary Browne.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1880.