Author: Jessie Sale Lloyd
Author: Jessie Sale Lloyd (1846–1918)
Alternate Name(s): Hopkins (maiden name); Stirling (first married name); Lloyd (second married name)
Biography: Jessie Sale Lloyd was born in 1846 in Devon, the daughter of Major-general William Friend Hopkins. In 1861, she married William Stirling of the Royal Marine Light Infantry and the couple had a daughter. After his early death, she married Major Henry Oliver Lloyd, Welsh Fusiliers, in 1870. In her thirties, she turned to literature beginning with The Hazelhurst Mystery (1877), a sensation novel. She subsequently married twice more: in 1892 to James Frederick Hall and in 1908 to Patrick Stewart Hamilton D'Aubigne. The latter marriage ended in divorce in 1914 due to her husband's adulteries. She died on 8 August 1918 in Brighton. Notably, she left her pets and a stipend for their care to a friend after her death.
References: Allibone; British Census (1881, 1891, 1911); Probate; Streatham News (20 December 1918)
Fiction Titles:
- The Hazelhurst Mystery: A Novel. 2 vol. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1877.
- Ruth Everingham: A Novel. 3 vol. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1879.
- The Silent Shadow: A Novel. 3 vol. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1880.
- Ragamuffins: or, The Arabs of Love Lane. A Tale. 1 vol. London: J. F. Shaw, 1880.
- We Costelions: A Novel. 3 vol. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1882.
- Shadows of the Past: The Autobiography of General Kenyon. 1 vol. London: W. H. Allen, 1882.
- Honesty Seeds, and How They Grew: or, Tony Wigston's Firm Bank. A Tale. 1 vol. London: W. H. Allen, 1883.
- Gold and Silver: A Tale. 2 vol. London: F. V. White, 1884.
- It's Own Reward. 1 vol. London: W. H. Allen, 1886.
- Scamp: A Novel. 3 vol. London: F. V. White, 1887.