Cecilia Tilley
Cecilia Frances Trollope Tilley (1816 – 4 April 1849) was a British novelist. She was the daughter of novelist Fanny Trollope and the sister of novelist Anthony Trollope.
Cecilia Tilley | |
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 portrait by Auguste Hervieu | |
| Born | 1816  |
| Died | 4 April 1849 (aged 32–33) Kensington |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse(s) | John Tilley |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) |
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| Family | Anthony Trollope, Thomas Adolphus Trollope |
Cecilia Trollope was one of seven children of Fanny Trollope and her husband, barrister Thomas Anthony Trollope. In 1839, she married John Tilley, a friend of her brother Anthony who later became Secretary to the General Post Office of the United Kingdom. They had five children.[1][2]
Cecilia Tilley published a single book under the pseudonym "By a Lady", the high church novel Chollerton: A Tale of Our Own Times (1846).[1][2]
Cecilia Tilley died of tuberculosis on 4 April 1849 in Kensington.[1][2][3]
References
- Sutherland, John (1989). The Stanford companion to Victorian fiction. Internet Archive. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press. p. 637. ISBN 978-0-8047-1528-7.
- "Author: Cecilia Frances Tilley". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
- "Deaths". Saint James's Chronicle. 7 April 1849. Retrieved 2023-07-31.
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