Harriet Letitia Martin
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Harriet Letitia Martin was an Irish
Irish people
The Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...

 novelist. She was born in London
London
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 in 1801, and died in Dublin in 1891.

Martin was the daughter of the novelist and stage-critic Harriet Evans Martin
Harriet Evans Martin
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....

, and Richard Martin MP, a prominent member of the Martyn
Martyn
Martyn, or Martin is the surname of one of The Tribes of Galway, Ireland.-Family history:The Martyn family were one of a group of fourteen families of mixed Irish, English, Welsh, French and Norman descent who became the premier merchant and political families in the town of Galway during the late...

 family of Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...

. She spent the first years of her life in London, where her father sat as member for parliament for Galway
Galway
Galway or City of Galway is a city in County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It is the sixth largest and the fastest-growing city in Ireland. It is also the third largest city within the Republic and the only city in the Province of Connacht. Located on the west coast of Ireland, it sits on the...

. She was raised at the family home in Ballynahinch, County Galway
Ballynahinch, County Galway
Ballynahinch or Ballinahinch is situated close to Recess in County Galway in the West of Ireland, on the road from Recess to Roundstone. It also lies on the route of the former railway line from Galway city to Clifden...

; her father's townhouse in Galway town; and in Dublin. Following her father's dismissal from the House of Commons for illegal election in 1826, Martin, her mother and surviving sister accompanied him into exile in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, which lasted till his death in January 1834.

Martin is said to have travelled widely both in Europe
Europe
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 and in North America
North America
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. She made the acquaintance of John Banim
John Banim
John Banim , was an Irish novelist, short story writer, dramatist, poet and essayist, sometimes called the "Scott of Ireland." He also studied art, working as a painter of minatures and portraits, and as a drawing teacher, before dedicating himself to literature.-Early life:John Banim was born in...

 in Paris
Paris
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, and while staying with him wrote her best-known work, Canvassing
Canvassing
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. In later life she settled in Dublin, where she lived with her sister. She died unmarried in 1891.

Other literary members of her family included her niece, Mary Letitia Martin
Mary Letitia Martin
-Biography:Born into the chief landowning family of Connemara, the Martins of Ballynahinch Castle, a branch of the Martyn Tribe of Galway. Her parents were Thomas Barnwall Martin and Julia Kirwin; her grandfather was Richard Martin ....

 (1815–1850) and her cousin Violet Florence Martin
Violet Florence Martin
Violet Florence Martin was an Irish author who co-wrote a series of novels with cousin Edith Somerville under the pen name of Martin Ross in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.- Early life :...

 (1862–1915).

See also

  • Peter Martin (STP)
    Peter Martin (STP)
    Peter Martin , Master of Sacred Theology , died 1645.Martin was born in the town of Galway, Ireland, and by 1615 had already been a student at St. Patrick's College, Lisbon. He joined the Dominican Order and was in that year studying at Salamanca By 1622 he had returned to Ireland where he enjoyed...

  • Francis Martin
    Francis Martin
    -Biography:He was born in Galway during the occupation of the town by the Cromwellian army, his family been one of the Tribes of Galway. He was educated in one of the secret schools in the city. In 1673 he began his studies for the priesthood in Louvain with the Augustinian order. Ordained there in...

  • Mary Letitia Martin
    Mary Letitia Martin
    -Biography:Born into the chief landowning family of Connemara, the Martins of Ballynahinch Castle, a branch of the Martyn Tribe of Galway. Her parents were Thomas Barnwall Martin and Julia Kirwin; her grandfather was Richard Martin ....

  • Richard Martin (M.P.)
  • Rychard Martin
    Rychard Martin
    -Biography:Martin was related to Wylliam Martin, under whom he served as bailiff for the term 1519-20. He served the first of three terms as Mayor for 1526-27. In 1535 he was again Mayor, been re-elected the following years....

  • Thomas Barnwall Martin
    Thomas Barnwall Martin
    Thomas Barnwall Martin was an Irish landowner and politician.Martin was the eldest surviving son of Richard Martin, humanitarian and Member of Parliament for Galway County, by his first wife...

  • Violet Florence Martin
    Violet Florence Martin
    Violet Florence Martin was an Irish author who co-wrote a series of novels with cousin Edith Somerville under the pen name of Martin Ross in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.- Early life :...

  • Wylliam Martin
    Wylliam Martin
    Wylliam Martin, fl. 1504-1547, 34th Mayor of Galway.Martin was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway, and had first served as a town bailiff for the term 1504-1505. He enjoyed two terms as Mayor, 1519–1520, and 1525-1526...

  • Adrian James Martyn
  • Andrew H. Martyn
    Andrew H. Martyn
    Andrew H. Martyn, Irish priest and member of the Repeal Association, 1785-1847.-Biography:Martyn was the son of Henry Martyn , and was born in Eyre Square in 1785. He claimed descent from the Martyn family, one of The Tribes of Galway. He began studying at Maynooth in October 1804, been ordained in...

  • Edward Martyn
    Edward Martyn
    Edward Martyn was an Irish political and cultural activist and playwright.-Early life:Martyn was the eldest son of John Martyn of Tullira and Annie Mary Josephine Smyth of Masonbrook, Loughrea, both in County Galway. He succeeded his father upon John's death in 1860...

  • Mary Gabriel Martyn
    Mary Gabriel Martyn
    Maria Gabriel Martyn, Abbess of the Poor Clares of Galway, born 1604, died 1672.-Background:Born Helen Martyn, she was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway, the merchant families who ruled Galway from the late medieval to the early modern era...

  • Oliver Óge Martyn
  • Richard Óge Martyn
  • Thomas Óge Martyn
    Thomas Óge Martyn
    -Early life:Martyn was a merchant of Galway and a member of the Martyn family, one of the Tribes of Galway. He was the son of former Mayor of Galway, Wylliam Martin.-West Bridge and Mills:...

  • William Óge Martyn
    William Oge Martyn
    -Early life:Also known as William Óge Martyn fitz Thomas, was a son of Thomas Óge Martyn and Evelina Lynch of Galway. Bailiff of Galway in 1566 to 1567, he was kidnapped by the Earl of Thomond in January 1570 but was free in time to participate at the battle of Shrule in April of the same year...

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