About Augusta De Gruchy
Lived 1842 – 1893 (aged 50–51). Augusta De Gruchy was a British novelist and poet.
Augusta Chambers De Gruchy (; 6 July 1841 – 3 March 1893) was a British novelist and poet active in Jersey.
Biography De Gruchy was born Augusta Chambers Smith on 6 July 1841 in Bedfordshire to Jabez Smith and Charlotte Smith. By 1861, De Gruchy was living with her parents in St Helier, Jersey.
She married William Lawrence De Gruchy in 1864, a draper turned lawyer who served as a mayor and judge in Jersey.
De Gruchy published two novels, Lalage (1875), a romance set in Italy, and Octavia's Lovers (1880). Her collection of poetry, Under the Hawthorn (1893) was published posthumously. De Gruchy was buried at St Saviour's Church, Jersey on 7 March 1893.
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British novelist and poet active in Jersey (1841–1893)
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Augusta De Gruchy was born in 1842.
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Augusta De Gruchy died in 1893.
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