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Ternan was born aboard a paddle steamer in [[Delaware Bay]], the eldest of three surviving daughters of the actors Thomas Lawless Ternan and Frances Eleanor Ternan (née Jarman); her younger sister [[Ellen Ternan]] achieved some notoriety as the mistress of [[Charles Dickens]]. |
Ternan was born aboard a paddle steamer in [[Delaware Bay]], the eldest of three surviving daughters of the actors Thomas Lawless Ternan and Frances Eleanor Ternan (née Jarman); her younger sister [[Ellen Ternan]] achieved some notoriety as the mistress of [[Charles Dickens]]. Fanny Ternan was an actress but Dickens became in some sense an agent of change in her life since he recommended her as [[governess]] to the child of his widowed friend [[Thomas Adolphus Trollope|Thomas Trollope]], following the death of his wife [[Theodosia Trollope]]. She soon married into the novel-writing Trollope family - the marriage took place within five months of her appointment as governess - becoming the second wife of Tom Trollope. <ref> Claire Tomalin,The Invisible Woman, p.6</ref>She became the sister-in-law of [[Anthony Trollope]] and daughter-in-law of [[Frances Trollope|Frances Milton Trollope]], whose biography ''[[Frances Trollope: Her Life and Literary Work from George III to Victoria]]'' she authored. |
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She and her husband lived in Italy from their marriage in 1866 until 1890, when they returned to England. Thomas died in 1892. Frances died 14 August 1913 at [[Southsea]], where she had been living with her sister Ellen. |
She and her husband lived in Italy from their marriage in 1866 until 1890, when they returned to England. Thomas died in 1892. Frances died 14 August 1913 at [[Southsea]], where she had been living with her sister Ellen. |
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Revision as of 10:54, 27 October 2014
- Frances Eleanor Trollope is sometimes confused with her mother-in-law, the novelist Frances Milton Trollope.
Frances Eleanor Trollope (née Ternan) (August 1835 – 14 August 1913) was an English novelist.
Life
Ternan was born aboard a paddle steamer in Delaware Bay, the eldest of three surviving daughters of the actors Thomas Lawless Ternan and Frances Eleanor Ternan (née Jarman); her younger sister Ellen Ternan achieved some notoriety as the mistress of Charles Dickens. Fanny Ternan was an actress but Dickens became in some sense an agent of change in her life since he recommended her as governess to the child of his widowed friend Thomas Trollope, following the death of his wife Theodosia Trollope. She soon married into the novel-writing Trollope family - the marriage took place within five months of her appointment as governess - becoming the second wife of Tom Trollope. [1]She became the sister-in-law of Anthony Trollope and daughter-in-law of Frances Milton Trollope, whose biography Frances Trollope: Her Life and Literary Work from George III to Victoria she authored.
She and her husband lived in Italy from their marriage in 1866 until 1890, when they returned to England. Thomas died in 1892. Frances died 14 August 1913 at Southsea, where she had been living with her sister Ellen.
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References
- Tomalin, Claire. "Ternan, Ellen Lawless". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/53346. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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- ^ Claire Tomalin,The Invisible Woman, p.6