Cecilia Frances Trollope Tilley (1816 – 10 April 1849[1]) was a British novelist. She was the daughter of novelist Fanny Trollope and the sister of novelist Anthony Trollope.
Cecilia Tilley | |
|---|---|
 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.[2][3]
Cecilia Tilley published a single book under the pseudonym "By a Lady", the high church novel Chollerton: A Tale of Our Own Times (1846).[2][3]
Cecilia Tilley died of tuberculosis on 10 April 1849[4] in Kensington.[2][3][5]
References edit
- ^ Trollope, Frances Eleanor (1895). Frances Trollope: Her Life and Literary Work from George III to Victoria. Richard Bentley. p. vol. 2, p.144.
- ^ a b c Sutherland, John (1989). The Stanford companion to Victorian fiction. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 637. ISBN 978-0-8047-1528-7. LCCN 88061462. OCLC 231183349. OL 2064970M. Retrieved 6 March 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b c Basset, Troy J. "Author: Cecilia Frances Tilley". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ Trollope, Frances Eleanor (1895). Frances Trollope: Her Life and Literary Work from George III to Victoria. Richard Bentley. p. vol. 2, p.144.
- ^ "Deaths". Saint James's Chronicle. 7 April 1849. Retrieved 31 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.