Florence barclay biography
Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December – 10 March ) was an English romance novelist and short story writer....
Florence L. Barclay
English writer
Florence L. Barclay | |
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| Born | Florence Louisa Charlesworth (1862-12-02)2 December 1862 St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands |
| Died | 10 March 1921(1921-03-10) (aged 58) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | British |
Florence Louisa Barclay (2 December 1862 – 10 March 1921) was an English romance novelist and short story writer.
Biography
She was born Florence Louisa Charlesworth on the island of Jersey. Her parents were Maria Amelia (born Beddome) and Samuel Beddome Charlesworth. Her father was the Anglicanrector of Limpsfield, Surrey and that is where she was baptised.
Florence Louisa Barclay was an English romance novelist and short story writer.
The middle one of three girls,[1] she was a sister to Maud Ballington Booth, the Salvation Army leader and co-founder of the Volunteers of America. When Florence was seven years old, the family moved to Limehouse in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
In 1881, Florence Charlesworth abandoned the idea of a musical career and she married the Rev