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Lady Emily Charlotte Mary Ponsonby|1817|1877| Lady Emily Charlotte Mary Ponsonby (born 1817 died 1877), born on 17 February 1817, was the third daughter of John William Ponsonby, fourth earl of Bessborough, by his wife, Lady Maria Fane, daughter of John Fane, tenth earl of Westmorland Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby, sixth earl of Bessborough, was her brother. From 1848 till 1873 she wrote a number of novels, mostly published anonymously; they contain some careful and good writing. She died, unmarried, on 3 February 1877. Her books are: 1. 'The Discipline of Life', 3 vols., 1848; 2nd edition, 1848. 2. 'Pride and Irresolution', 3 vols., 1850 (a new series of the former book). 3. 'Clare Abbey; or the Trials of Youth', 1851. 4. 'Mary Gray, and other Tales and Verses', 1852. 5. 'Edward Willoughby: a Tale', 1854. 6. 'The Young Lord', 1856. 7. 'Sunday

Readings, consisting of eight Short Sermons, addressed to the Young', 1857. 8. 'The two Brothers', 3 vols., 1858. 9. 'A Mother's Trial', 1859. 10. 'Kathlenne and her Sisters', 1861; 2nd edition, 1863. 11. 'Mary Lyndsay', 3 vols., 1863; published in New York, 1863. 12. 'Violet Osborne', 3 vols., 1865. 13. 'Sir Owen Fairfax', 3 vols., 1866. 14. 'A Story of Two Cousins', 1868. 15. 'Nora', 3 vols., 1870. 16. 'Oliver Beaumont and Lord Latimer', 3 vols., 1873.^{[DNB 1][DNB 2][1]}

References

1. [[Template:Cite DNB|vb=yes|author=Template:DNB EL|title=Ponsonby, Emily Charlotte Mary (DNB00)|work=Dictionary of National Biography|volume=46|pages=0|url=http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ponsonby,_Emily_Charlotte_Mary_(DNB00)]]

DNB references

These references are found in the DNB article referred to above.

1. Allibone's Dictionary English Lit. ii. 1620, Supplement, ii. 1243
2. O'Donoghue's Poets of Ireland, part iii. page 206.

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