Henrietta Georgiana Marcia Lascelles Chatterton, Lady Chatterton (née Iremonger; other married name Dering] (1806–1876), British traveller and author.
Lady Chatterton was the only child of the Rev. Lascelles Iremonger, prebendary of Winchester Cathedral, who died on 6 January 1830, by his second marriage, on 26 October 1799, with Harriett, youngest sister of Admiral Lord Gambier. A prebendary is a post connected to an Anglican or Catholic Cathedral or Collegiate church and is a type of canon. Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest Cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of Admiral of the Fleet John James Gambier 1st Baron Gambier (born 13 October 1756 New Providence, Bahamas &ndash 19 April She was born at 24 Arlington Street, Piccadilly, London, on 11 November 1806. Piccadilly is a major London street running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. On 3 August 1824 she married Sir William Abraham Chatterton of Castle Mahon, County Cork, bart. County Cork (Contae Chorcaí is the most southerly and the largest of the modern counties of Ireland. A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt) or the rare female equivalent a baronetess (abbreviation Btss) is the holder
In 1837 appeared anonymously her first book, Aunt Dorothy's Tales, in two volumes, followed two years afterwards by Rambles in the South of Ireland, which was so successful that the first edition was exhausted in a few weeks. After this she wrote many tales, novels, poems, and accounts of travels. Cardinal Newman praised the refinement of thought in her later works of fiction. Family John Henry Newman was born in London and was the eldest son of John Newman (d
The Irish famine, 1845–51, deprived her husband of his rents. They retired to a small residence at Bloxworth in Dorset, where they lived until 1852. Bloxworth is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated in Wareham Forest on the A35 road 5 Miles west Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast They then removed to Rolls Park, Essex, and Sir William Chatterton died there on 5 August 1855. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common On 1 June 1859 the widow married Mr. Edward Heneage Dering (b 1827), youngest son of John Dering, rector of Pluckley, Kent, and prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral, who had retired from the army in 1851. Pluckley is a Village and Civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, United Kingdom. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format St Paul's Cathedral, is the Anglican Cathedral on Ludgate Hill, in the City of London, and the seat of the Bishop of London. Within six years after their marriage Mr. Dering entered the Roman Catholic Church. She herself long wavered, but after a correspondence with Dr. Ullathorne, bishop of Birmingham, respecting doctrinal points, she was received into the Roman church in August 1875. William Bernard Ullathorne ( 7 May 1806 – 21 March 1889) was an English Roman Catholic bishop and Missionary
She died at Malvern Wells on 6 February 1876. Malvern Wells is a fairly modern Village formed from parts of the Parishes of Great Malvern,
Works
- Aunt Dorothy's Tales anonymous, 1837
- Rambles in the South of Ireland 1839, ²1839
- A Good Match, The Heiress of Drosberg, and The Cathedral Chorister 1840; another edition, 1868
- Home Sketches and Foreign Recollections 1841
- The Pyrenees, with Excursions into Spain 1843
- Allanston, or the Infidel 1843
- Lost Happiness, or the Effects of a Lie a tale, 1845
- Reflections on the History of the Kings of Judah 1848
- Extracts from Jean Paul F. Richter 1851
- Compensation anonymous, 1856
- Life and its Realities 1857
- The Reigning Beauty 1858
- Memorials of Admiral Lord Gambier 1861
- Selections from the Works of Plato 1862
- The Heiress and her Lovers 1863
- Leonore, a Tale, and other Poems 1864
- Quagmire ahead privately printed, 1864
- Grey's Court edited by Lady Chatterton, 1865
- Oswald of Deira a drama, 1867
- A Plea for Happiness and Hope privately printed, 1867
- Country Coteries 1868
- The Oak original tales and sketches by Sir J. Bowring, Lady Chatterton, and others, 1869
- Lady May a pastoral poem, 1869
- The Lost Bride 1872
- Won at last 1874
- Extracts from Aristotle's Work privately printed, 1875
- Misgiving privately printed, 1875
- Convictions privately printed, 1875
- The Consolation of the Devout Soul by J. Frassinetti, translated by Lady Chatterton, 1876
References
- This article incorporates text from the Dictionary of National Biography (1885–1900), a publication now in the public domain. The Dictionary of National Biography ( DNB) is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history published from 1885 The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
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