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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Dorothea Townshend

Author: Dorothea Townshend (1852–1930)

Alternate Name(s): Letitia Jane Dorothea Baker (maiden name)

Biography: Dorothea Townshend was born in 1852 in Hilderstone, Staffordshire, the daughter of clergyman R. Bourne Baker of Hasfield Court, Gloucestershire. She was the granddaughter of J. H. Singer, Lord Bishop of Meath. In 1881, she marred the novelist Richard Baxter Townshend. In addition to biographical and historical works, she wrote several novels. She died on 30 November 1930 in Oxford.

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References: British Census (1911); Literary Year-Book (1922); Loeber; Probate

Fiction Titles:

  1. Strange Adventures of a Young Lady of Quality MDCCV: In Six Chapters.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1893.
  2. Captain Chimney-Sweep: A Story of the Great War.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1900.
  3. Ivy and Oak, and Other Stories for Girls.  1 vol.  Edinburgh: Nelson and Sons, 1901.