Isabella Letitia Woulfe

Isabella Letitia Woulfe (11 May 1817 – 26 October 1870) was an Irish-British writer.

Early life Woulfe was born on 11 May 1817, one of twelve children of Thomas Graves, 2nd Baron Graves and Mary Paget, daughter of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge. The peerage was Irish but Graves was also a member of Parliament in Britain and so although not entitled to sit in the House of Lords he was in the House of Commons.

Career In 1844, Woulfe became a Roman Catholic. She married the only son of Stephen Woulfe, Stephen Roland Woulfe on 9 June 1853, an eminent Irish catholic. They had no children. During their marriage her husband was both magistrate and high sheriff for County Clare. He lived locally at Tiermaclane.

Shortly before her death, Woulfe completed a sensation novel, Guy Vernon, including gypsies, scandals and two cases of bigamy. The reviews for the novel were given in 1869. The reviews were generally positive, suggesting that for a first novel from the author it was an excellent start. She died on 26 October 1870, aged 53.

Works Guy Vernon. 3 vols. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1870.