Anne Marsh-Caldwell

Anne Marsh-Caldwell (née Caldwell; 9 January 1791 – 5 October 1874) was an English novelist, popular during the Victorian era. Her unmarried name was Anne Caldwell, and from 1817 when she married Arthur Cuthbert Marsh, to 1858, she was known as Anne Marsh.

Life Caldwell was the third daughter and fourth child of James Caldwell, J.P., of Linley Wood, Talke, Staffordshire, who was recorder of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and deputy-lieutenant of the county; her mother was Elizabeth, daughter and coheiress of Thomas Stamford of Derby. In July 1817 she married Arthur Cuthbert Marsh, latterly of Eastbury Lodge, Hertfordshire.

She was a long-standing friend of the family of Josiah Wedgwood, the pottery manufacturer, and an acquaintance of Charles Darwin and his wife Emma (née Wedgwood).

On the death of her brother, James Stamford Caldwell, in 1858, Anne Marsh succeeded to the estate of Linley Wood, and resumed by royal licence the surname of Caldwell in addition to that of Marsh. She died at Linley Wood, 5 October 1874.

Arthur, born 1824, died young. Martin William James, died 1846 in Athens at age 20.

The daughters were:

Eliza Louisa Frances Mary, married 1846 to Richard Crofton of the Royal Artillery Georgina Amelia Rosamond Jane Mary Emma, married 1853 to Leopold George Heath R.N. Hannah Adelaide (died 1859), married 1853 to the Rev. Edward Henry Loring.