Frances Hodgson Burnett
1849–1924

Frances Hodgson, novelist, born in Manchester, in 1865 emigrated with her parents to Tennessee. She married Dr Burnettt in 1873, divorced him in 1898, and in 1900 married Stephen Townsend, a London surgeon and author. Her first literary success was That Lass O’Lowrie’s (1877). Haworth’s (1879) was also a powerful study of Lancashire manufacturing life. Later works included plays and Through One Administration (1883), Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886 :– by far her most popular story), The One I Knew Best Of All (1893, autobiographical), A Lady of Quality (1896) and His Grace The Duke of Osmonde (1897).