About Arabella Sullivan
Lived 1796 – 1839 (aged 42–43). Arabella Sullivan was a British novelist.
Arabella Jane Sullivan (; 1 May 1796 – 27 January 1839) was a British writer.
Biography Arabella Jane Wilmot was born on the 1 May 1796 in Great Britain to Valentine Henry Wilmot (–1819), an officer in the Foot Guards, and Barbarina Wilmot (née Ogle; later Barbarina Brand, Lady Dacre), a poet, playwright and translator. On 20 June 1796 Sullivan was baptised at St Marylebone Parish Church.
She wrote Recollections of a Chaperon (1831) and Tales of the Peerage and Peasantry (1835), both collections of stories credited to her mother, but were written by her and only edited by her mother. Sullivan was the daughter-in-law of Sir Richard Sullivan, 1st Baronet, and the mother-in-law of Sir Frederick Grey.
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British author
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Arabella Sullivan was born on 1 May 1796.
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Arabella Sullivan died in 1839.
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Arabella Sullivan was a novelist.
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Arabella Sullivan was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Arabella Sullivan. https://biography.guide/arabella-sullivan/
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