Lady 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
The 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
- 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
- ^ 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
- Works by Louisa Lilias Greene at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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