Elizabeth Strutt (1782–1867; fl. 1805–1863), also or previously known as Elizabeth Byron, was an English writer and traveller. She was the wife of
Jacob George Strutt
Jacob George Strutt (4 August 1784 – 1867) was a British portrait and landscape painter and engraver in the manner of John Constable. He was the husband of the writer Elizabeth Strutt, and father of the painter, traveller and archaeologist A ...
and mother of
Arthur John Strutt
Arthur John Strutt (1819 – 1888, in Rome), was an English painter, engraver, writer, traveller and archaeologist.
Life
Strutt was born in Chelmsford, Essex, England. He was the son of the landscape painter Jacob George Strutt (1790–186 ...
, and an acquaintance and critic of
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, whom she describes as having written "two of the most absurd and the most unpleasing sonnets in the English language". In the 1820s and 1830s she travelled in France and Switzerland, living for a time at
Lausanne
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, and later with her husband and son moved to Rome.
Life
The dates of birth and death of Elizabeth Strutt are uncertain. It is likely that she was the Elizabeth Frost christened at
Hull, now in the
East Riding of Yorkshire
The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Riding or East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county and unitary authority area in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire to the north and west, South Yorkshire to t ...
, on 20 February 1783. She was the sister of
Charles Frost, Fellow of the
Society of Antiquaries, of Hull, and daughter of Thomas Frost, solicitor, of Hull. She was awarded a
Civil List pension on 18 June 1863, and so can not have died before that date. Lewis gives 1782 for her birth and 1867 for her death.
Her first three novels, ''Anti-Delphine'' (1806), ''Drelincourt and Rodalvi'' (1807) and ''The Borderers'' (1812) were published under the name "Mrs. Byron". At the time of publication of ''Genevieve, or the Orphan's Visit'' in 1818 she was "Mrs. Strutt". Until 1832 she and her husband Jacob George Strutt lived at
Butterwick House in
Hammersmith, where she "continued" the ladies' school of the Misses Attwood.
Works
The published works of Elizabeth Strutt include:
As Mrs. Byron
* ''Anti-Delphine; a novel, founded on facts''. London: J. Mawman, 1806
''Drelincourt and Rodalvi; or, Memoirs of two noble families'' London: J. Mawman, 1807.
* ''The Borderers. An historical romance, illustrative of the manners of the fourteenth century''. London: A.K. Newman & Co., 1812
As Elizabeth Strutt
* ''Genevieve, or the Orphan's Visit. A novel''. London, 1818
''The Hermit of Dumpton Cave; or, Devotedness to God, and usefulness to man, exemplified in the old age of J. C. Petit, of Dumpton, near Ramsgate'' London: Rivingtons, 1823
* ''Practical Wisdom; or, the Manual of life. The counsels of eminent men to their children. Comprising those of Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Burleigh, Sir Henry Sidney, Earl of Stratford, Francis Osborn, Sir Matthew Hale, Earl of Bedford, William Penn, and Benjamin Franklin. With the lives of the authors''. London: Henry Colburn & Co., 1824
* ''Triumphs of Genius and Perseverance; exemplified, etc''. London, 1827
* ''A Spinster's Tour in France, the States of Genoa, &c. during the year 1827''. London: Longmans & Co., 1828
''The Young Christian's Companion; or, Manual of Devotion for the use of schools and young persons ... Selected from the Liturgy of the Church of England and the Holy Scriptures'' London: J. Souter, 1830
* ''Six Weeks on the Loire. With a peep into La Vendée''. London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1833
* ''Chances and Changes; a domestic story. By the Author of "Six weeks on the Loire"''. London: Saunders & Otley, 183
Volume 1* ''The Book of the Fathers; containing the lives of celebrated Fathers of the Christian Church, and the spirit of their writings''. London: J. W. Parker, 1837
* ''Domestic Residence in Switzerland''. London: T.C. Newby, 184
Volume 1Volume 2* ''A Wreath for the Altar of the New Church''. (in verse) Bury St. Edmund's: privately printed,
842
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* January 20 – Emperor Theophilos dies of dysentery at Constantin ...
* ''The Story Of Psyche With A Classical Enquiry Into The Signification And Origin Of The Fable By Elizabeth Strutt With Designs In Outline By John Gibson Esq: R.A.''
ondon: s.n., 1852*
''The feminine soul: its nature and attributes. With thoughts upon marriage, and friendly hints upon feminine duties'' London: J.S. Hodson, 1857
''The Curate and the Rector; a domestic story'' London: Routledge, Warne & Routledge, 1859.
References
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1782 births
1867 deaths
English women novelists
Writers of historical romances
Women historical novelists
Women romantic fiction writers
19th-century English women writers