Louisa Lilias (Lelias) Plunket Greene (7 November 1833 – 30 March 1891) was an Irish author of children's stories writing under the names: Louisa Lilias Greene, Louisa Lilias Plunket, Baroness Greene, R. J. Greene, Louisa Lelias Greene.[1]
Biography
editThe Hon. Louisa Lelias Plunket was born on 7 November 1833, the daughter of John Span Plunket, 3rd Baron Plunket of Newton (1793–1871) and Charlotte Bushe, daughter of the Right Hon. Charles Kendal Bushe, Lord Chief of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland.[2] Her siblings were: William Conyngham Plunket, 4th Baron Plunket and Archbishop of Dublin; Charles Bushe Plunket (1830–1880); David Robert Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore; Hon. Arthur Cecil Crampton Plunket (1845–1884); Patrick Henry Coghill Plunket (b. 1845); Anna Plunket (d. 1884); Katherine Frances Coghill (d. 1881); Hon. Charlotte Plunket (d. 1878); Emily Mary Plunket; Selina of Plunket; Josephine Alice Plunket; Isabella Katherine Plunket.[3]
On 27 July 1852, she married Richard Jonas Greene, son of the Right Hon. Richard Wilson Greene, Baron of the Court of Exchequer (Ireland), and Elizabeth Wilson.[2] Their children were:
- Charlotte Selina Franks (1853–1883);
- The Right Hon. Sir William Conyngham Greene (1854–1934);
- Elizabeth Alice Greene;
- Charles Kendal Greene;
- Prof. Harry Plunket Greene (1865–1936); and
- Geoffrey Philip Greene (1868–1930).[4]
Louisa Lelias Plunket Greene died on 30 March 1891 in Dublin, Ireland.[2]
Works
edit- Across the Garden Wall
- Alda's Leap And Other Stories
- Bound by a spell, or the Hunted Witch of the Forest (1885)
- The Broken Promise, And Other Tales (1870)
- The Brother and Sister, or What Can It Matter?
- Cushions and Corners, or Holidays At Old Orchard
- Filling Up The Chinks
- The Golden Wrens, A tale (1898)
- The grey house on the hill (1870)
- Harry Galbraith, or The Pierced Eggs (1887)
- The Lost Opal Ring (1905)
- The Lost Telegram (1908)
- Nettle Coats, or The Silent Princess[5]
- On Angels' Wings, or the Story of a Little Violet of Edelsheim (1885)
- Prince Croesus in Search of a Wife[5]
- The School-boy Baronet
- A Winter and Summer at Burton Hall, A Children's Tale (1861)
References
edit- ^ Ledbetter, Gordon T. "Greene, Harry Plunket". The Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003
- ^ "Lord Chancellor of Ireland". libraryireland. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh. Burke's Irish Family Records. London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976
- ^ a b Newey, K. (2005). Women's Theatre Writing in Victorian Britain. Springer. p. 211. ISBN 9780230554900. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
External links
edit- Works by Louisa Lilias Greene at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
