Author: Isabella Moncrieff
Author: Isabella Moncrieff (1775–1846)
Alternate Name(s): Lady Stoddart (married name); Martha Blackford (pseudonym)
Biography: Isabella Moncrieff was born in 1775 in Scotland, the daughter of clergyman Henry Moncrieff-Wellwood. In 1803, she married Sir John Stoddart, the Chief Justice of Malta. Under the pseudonym "Martha Blackford" or "Mrs. Blackford", she wrote several novels. She died on 2 February 1846 in Brompton.
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References: Fife Herald (12 February 1846)
Fiction Titles:
- The Orphan of Waterloo: A Tale. 1 vol. London: Joseph Cundall, 1844.