To every cow its calf; to every book its copy.

Charlotte Riddell neé Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson Cowan

1832    30 September – birth of Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson Cowan at the Barn, Carrickfergus, County Antrim.

1847    Writes her first novel, which was never published.
 

1851    Death of James Cowan, father.  Charlotte and mother move to live in Dundonald, County Down.

1855    January, Charlotte & mother move to London.

1856    Publication of first novel Zuriel’s Grandchild under the pseudonym  R.V. M. Sparling.   16 December, death of mother – Ellen Cowan, neé Kilshaw.

1857      24 Sep - marriage to Joseph Hadley Riddell at St Paul’s, Covent Garden* Lives at Scott’s Court,

            Cannon Street. Publication of The Ruling Passion. under the pseudonym Rainey Hawthorne and

            The Moors  and the Fens as by  F.G. Trafford.

Source:  http://www.charlotteriddell.co.uk/Chronology.htm

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