About Isabella St. John
Lived 1792 – 1875 (aged 83). Isabella St. John was a British short story writer.
Lady Isabella Frances St. John (née FitzRoy; 6 May 1792 – 27 August 1875) was a British novelist, short story writer, and poet.
She was born on 6 May 1792, the daughter of George Henry FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton and Lady Charlotte Waldergrave, daughter of the 2nd Earl Waldegrave and stepdaughter of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh. In 1829, she married The Hon. Henry Joseph St. John, son of George St John, 3rd Viscount Bolingbroke. He died in 1857. She was a grace and favour resident of Hampton Court Palace, living in Suite XXI from 1839 until her death on 27 August 1875.
Her heavily annotated copy of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park is discussed in The Lost Books of Jane Austen (2019) by Janine Barchas.
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Who was Isabella St. John?
British writer of tales collections
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Isabella St. John was born on 6 May 1792 in England.
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Isabella St. John died on 27 August 1875.
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Isabella St. John was a short story writer.
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Isabella St. John was British.
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