Violet Martineau
Violet Isabel Martineau | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 4, 1865 |
| Died | January 9, 1948 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, editor, biographer |
Violet Isabel Martineau (4 September 1865[1] – 9 January 1948)[2][3] was an English writer, editor, and biographer.[4][5]
Personal life
[edit]Violet Isabel Martineau was the only daughter of the barrister and Justice of the peace John Martineau (1834–1910) of Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk,[6] and Louisa Amabel, née Adeane (d.1894).[3] The family knew Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), whose home Violet visited.[3]
She spent much of her life living in Hampshire, where she was Hon. Sec. of the Hants County Nursing Association,[7] and Secretary of the Ladies' Committee of the Brabazon Employment Society.[8]
Violet Martineau died on 9 January 1865, and was cremated on 14 January.[9]
Writing
[edit]In 1921, Martineau published a biography of her father, titled John Martineau: The Pupil of Kingsley.[4]
Around 1934, she wrote a biography of her maternal aunt, Jane Henrietta Adeane, an administrator and philanthropist.[10][11][12] In 1936, Martineau published the recollections of her cousin, the activist Sophia Lonsdale, of which the National Review wrote that:
her notes and careful arrangement of extracts give us a living picture of a woman who would inspire anybody, and strangers who never knew her might well, in turning these pages, wish ardently that that privilege had been theirs.[5]
Punch called it "admirably edited".[13]
Bibliography
[edit]- John Martineau, the pupil of Kingsley (1921)
- Gertrude Martineau and Rothiemurchus (1925)[14]
- Recollections of Sophia Lonsdale (1936)
References
[edit]- ^ "1939 Register". FindMyPast. 1939.
- ^ "Legal Notices". The Times. 28 April 1948. p. 1.
- ^ a b c Cohen Morton N. The Letters Of Lewis Carroll Volume I. London, Macmillan Limited.
- ^ a b "John Martineau". The Expository Times. May 1921. p. 349.
- ^ a b "RECOLLECTIONS OF SOPHIA LONSDALE". The National Review. September 1936. p. 406.
- ^ Printed Copy of Will of John Martineau. 1910-01-31.
- ^ "Nursing". Hampshire Independent. 30 November 1907. p. 4.
- ^ "Brabazon Employment Society". Aldershot News. 24 March 1905. p. 7.
- ^ "Berkshire Burial Index". 1948.
- ^ "Jane Henrietta Adeane Papers". Archives Hub.
- ^ Williams, Annie (2016). A detested occupation? : a history of domestic servants in North Wales 1800-1930. Internet Archive. Llanrwst , Wales : Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. ISBN 978-1-84527-556-3.
- ^ "RCAHMW | Adeane, the O.B.E, and the hospital by the sea". rcahmw.gov.uk. Retrieved 2025-01-03.
- ^ "The Thoroughbred Sophia". Punch. 12 August 1936. p. 196.
- ^ OpenLibrary.org. "Violet Isabel Martineau". Open Library. Retrieved 2025-01-03.