Frances Maria Wilbraham

Frances Maria Wilbraham (30 June 1815 – 26 June 1905) was a British novelist.

Biography Frances Maria Wilbraham was born on 30 June 1815 at Rode Hall, Cheshire, the fifth daughter of Randle Wilbraham of Rode Hall, son of Richard Wilbraham-Bootle, and Sibylla Egerton. Her brother was General Sir Richard Wilbraham .

During the 1866 cholera epidemic in Chester, Frances and Emily Ayckbowm volunteered to run a hospital for cholera victims. Her work caused her to be dubbed the "Florence Nightingale of Chester" by Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster. She also wrote numerous stories for The Monthly Packet, edited by her friend Charlotte Yonge. Her recollections of the cholera epidemic were published as Streets and Lanes of a City (1871), initially under the name Amy Dutton. The sere and yellow leaf : thoughts and recollections for old and young, 1884. What is Right, Comes Right. 1 vol. London: Joseph Masters, 1884.