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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Martha de Havilland

Author: Martha de Havilland (1797–1864)

Alternate Name(s): Saumarez (maiden name)

Biography: Martha de Havilland was born on 5 September 1797 in Guernsey, the daughter of Richard Saumarez and his wife Martha (née Le mesurier). In 1819, she married Major Charles de Havilland and the couple had six children. She died on 26 December 1864 in Bath.

Fiction Titles:

  1. Sentiment not Principle: or, An Old Man's Legacy.  2 vol.  London: Whittaker, 1835.