Ada Maria Jenyns

Ada Maria Jenyns, also known as Mrs. Robert Jocelyn or Ada Maria Jocelyn (7 December 1860 – 18 February 1931), was a British Victorian novelist. and her parents were married in 1859. She had a sister named Florence. In 1882, she married Robert Jocelyn, a soldier and later the 7th Earl of Roden. The couple's two daughters were Julian Mary (December 1885 – 1973) and Marcia Valda (January 1891 – 1972) Marcia married first Robert Barclay Black and then in 1924 Eric Miles, who had a long military career, retiring as a major general.

Career Writers Ouida and George Whyte-Melville are said to have been her literary inspirations. Jenyns compiled 19 works over her 23-year career.

£100,000 versus Ghosts: A Novel (1888) A Distracting Guest: A Novel (1889) The M.F.H.'s Daughter (1890) The Criton Hunt Mystery (1890) A Big Stake: A Novel (1892) Drawn Blank: A Novel (1892) Only a Horse Dealer: A Novel (1893) For One Season Only: A Sporting Novel (1893) Run to Ground: A Sporting Novel (1894) Pamela's Honeymoon: A Novel (1894) A Dangerous Brute: A Sporting Sketch (1895) Juanita Carrington: A Sporting Sketch (1896) A Regular Fraud: A Novel (1896) Only a Flirt: A Novel (1897) Only a Love Story (1897) Lady Mary's Experiences: A Novel (1897) Miss Rayburn's Diamonds (1898) Henry Massinger: A Novel (1899) The Sea of Fortune (1901)