Virginia Sandars
Lady Virginia Sandars | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lady Virginia Frances Zerlina Taylour 17 March 1828 Headford, County Meath |
| Died | 26 January 1922 London |
Virginia Sandars R.H.A. (17 March 1828 – 26 January 1922), was an Irish author.
Biography[edit]
Lady Virginia Frances Zerlina Taylour was born on 17 March 1828 at Headford, County Meath to Olivia Stevenson and Thomas Taylour, 2nd Marquess of Headfort. She was one of nine children; her mother died in 1834 of cholera.[1] She grew up in Headfort House in County Meath. She married Joseph Sandars on 16 July 1850 at Parish Church of Kells, County Kerry, Ireland. He was from at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire where he held the office of Member of Parliament for Yarmouth between 1848 and 1852.[1][2] Irish miniature painter, Elish Lamont, produced a miniature of Sandars for her in 1858.[3][4]
Sandars was a well-regarded author with several books and short stories written. She was also a contributor to literary magazines and journals. She sent ‘A Story of the People’s Palace’ to Belgravia which was founded in 1866 by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. Sandars was part of the management board of a company founded to protect women and women workers in the West-end fashion industry, Madame Devey’s Company. She attended a Conservative Primrose League meeting in 1887 on Lord Salisbury’s Irish policy. She died on 26 January 1922 at age 93 in Walton Street, London.[3][5][6][7][8]
Bibliography[edit]
- Novels
- The Heiress of Haredale, London: F. V. White, 1886.
- The Duke of Melton, 1887
- A Bitter Repentance, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1888.
- A Life's Devotion, London: Hurst and Blackett, 1891.
- Stories
- A Story of Cowes Regatta, The Argosy, 1886
- Love’s Absolution: or an episode of London’s Life, The Woman’s World, 1888
- A dangerous crossing, The Argosy, 1884[9]
- Aunt and niece, The Argosy, 1889
- Mrs. Rashleigh’s Mistake, The Argosy, 1898
- The Siren: An Episode of Cowes Regetta, The Argosy, 1886
References and sources[edit]
- ^ a b "At the Circulating Library Author Information: Lady Virginia Sandars". Victoria Research Web. 1 February 1922. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Headfort Estate Papers (Additional)" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Recovering Irish Women Writers: Lady Virginia Sandars, a Contemporary of Wilde, Hardy and Kipling – Irish Women's Writing (1880-1920) Network". Irish Women's Writing (1880-1920) Network (in Italian). 27 May 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Vanity Fair. "Vanity fair" office. 1884. p. 137. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "The Morning Post from London, Greater London, England on June 27, 1888 · 2". Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chronological Index". Victorian Fiction Research Guides – My WordPress Blog. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Oliphant, Mrs. (23 October 2016). "Full text of "A poor gentleman"". Internet Archive. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Stories, Listed by Author". Galactic Central. 25 February 1956. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Sketches. - A Dangerous Crossing. - (BY LADY VIRGINIA SANDARS.) - The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser- 29 Mar 1887". Trove. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2020.