Annie Webb-Peploe (also known as Annie Webb) (1806–1880) was a British writer of approximately 25 books,
some under the name "Mrs. J.B. Webb".
Webb was born Annie Molyneux on February 4, 1806, in
Stanton Lacy
Stanton Lacy is a small village and geographically large civil parish located in south Shropshire, England, north of Ludlow.
The River Corve flows through the parish, on its way south towards the River Teme, and passes immediately to the west o ...
,
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
, England in 1805. She married John Birch Webb, the
vicar
A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...
of
Weobly in
Herefordshire
Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthsh ...
in 1828. In 1866 the family changed its name to Webb-Peploe, appending John's mother's maiden name. The couple had three sons, Daniel (1829–1887), who joined the army, Augustus (1834–1886), who joined the navy, and Hammer (or Hanmer) (b.1835) who became an
Evangelical
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...
clergyman and author of books on religious topics,
and four daughters, Charlotte Anne (1831–1841), Gertrude Elizabeth (1833–1901), Eleanora Maria (b.1837), and Ella Mary Ann (b.1844).
Webb-Peploe died on January 13, 1880, in
South Kensington
South Kensington, nicknamed Little Paris, is a district just west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton. Its name was supplanted with ...
, London.
Her best-known book today is probably ''Naomi: or, The last days of Jerusalem'' (1841), which was reprinted throughout the nineteenth century.
References
External links
Books by Annie Webb-Peploe at Project Gutenberg
1806 births
1880 deaths
Victorian women writers
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