Harriet Evans Martin
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Harriet Evans Martin, Anglo-Irish
novelist, died 1846.
Born Harriet Evans, she was the daughter of Hugh Evans, senior surgeon of the 5th Dragoon Guards
. George Evans, 4th Baron Carbery
may have been a paternal relative, as she dedicated one of her books to him.
Her first marriage, c. 1788, was to Captain Robert Hesketh, R.N., by whom she had no issue. In May 1794 she remarried to Richard Martin (M.P.) (1754–1834, by whom she had three daughters and a son. One of her children, Harriet Letitia Martin
, would herself become a noted writer.
Martin established her reputation with the publication of her Remarks in 1802, a well-regarded critical study on the performances of stage actor John Philip Kemble
(1757–1823).
Anglo-Irish
Anglo-Irish was a term used primarily in the 19th and early 20th centuries to identify a privileged social class in Ireland, whose members were the descendants and successors of the Protestant Ascendancy, mostly belonging to the Church of Ireland, which was the established church of Ireland until...
novelist, died 1846.
Born Harriet Evans, she was the daughter of Hugh Evans, senior surgeon of the 5th Dragoon Guards
5th Dragoon Guards
The 5th Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1922....
. George Evans, 4th Baron Carbery
George Evans, 4th Baron Carbery
George Evans, 4th Baron Carbery was a British peer and politician.-Background and education:Carbery was the son of George Carbery, 3rd Baron Carbery, and his second wife Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Horton. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.-Political career:Carbery...
may have been a paternal relative, as she dedicated one of her books to him.
Her first marriage, c. 1788, was to Captain Robert Hesketh, R.N., by whom she had no issue. In May 1794 she remarried to Richard Martin (M.P.) (1754–1834, by whom she had three daughters and a son. One of her children, Harriet Letitia Martin
Harriet Letitia Martin
Harriet Letitia Martin was an Irish novelist. She was born in London in 1801, and died in Dublin in 1891.Martin was the daughter of the novelist and stage-critic Harriet Evans Martin, and Richard Martin MP, a prominent member of the Martyn family of Galway. She spent the first years of her life in...
, would herself become a noted writer.
Martin established her reputation with the publication of her Remarks in 1802, a well-regarded critical study on the performances of stage actor John Philip Kemble
John Philip Kemble
John Philip Kemble was an English actor. He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble, actor-manager of a touring troupe. His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane...
(1757–1823).