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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Elizabeth Ann Allnatt

Author: Elizabeth Ann Allnatt (1819–1901)

Alternate Name(s): Surtees (maiden name); Ord (first married name)

Biography: Elizabeth Ann Allnatt was born in 1819 in Herefordshire, the daughter of William Villiers Surtees. She first married John Charles Ord. Subsequently, she married physician Richard Hopkins Allnatt in 1855. The couple had one daughter. Judging by the census records, the couple moved often and lived in Kent, Sussex, Wales, and Bedfordshire. Allnatt wrote a few works, including two novels. She died in 1901 in Hereford.

References: British Census (1871, 1881); Burke

Fiction Titles:

  1. Autumn Gatherings: Mabel Ashton: A Tale of the Crimean War, and the Recluse of Rutherford Manor.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1879.
  2. Sebie Dorr: or, A Dream of the Past.  1 vol.  London: Partridge, 1880.