Papers of Mary Montgomerie Currie, pen-name Violet Fane 1785-1941

Lamb family baronets Beauport

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Fane, Violet, 1843-1905

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Mary Montgomerie Lamb Singleton Currie, Lady Currie. English poet, essayist, and novelist, best known under her pen name, Violet Fane. From the description of Letter, [18]91 Nov. 13, Hazeley, Winchfield, to Dear Sir. (Ohio State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 14933705 Violet Fane, the pseudonym for Mary Montgomerie Lamb Singleton Currie, began publishing poems and essays in the 1870s, and later wrote novels and stories. In 1864 she married Henry Sydenham Singleto...

Currie Lady Mary Montgomerie 1843-1905

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Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie

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Mary Montgomerie Lamb was born at Beauport, Littlehampton, Sussex, on 24 February 1843, eldest daughter of Charles James Saville Montgomerie Lamb and his wife Anna Charlotte Grey. Her grandfather was Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb, second baronet, of Beauport, Sussex. She was brought up at Beauport, where from an early age she showed an interest in poetry and story-writing, which was strongly discouraged by her family. For this reason all her work was published under the pen-name 'Viole...