Grace Gethin

Grace Gethin (; 1676 – 1697) was an English essayist. She died young and her parents paid for memorials to her.

Life

Gethin was born in 1676, probably at Abbotsleigh. She was the last child of Frances Norton, Lady Norton and her husband Sir George Norton. They had already had two children who had died young. Her mother wrote books about her grief.

After her death, 29 essays were published with her as the nominal author. Later analysis reveals that Francis Bacon's words appear without attribution in a quarter of them.