Louisa Dundas

Louisa Dundas
portrait by Sir Francis Grant
Born	19 January 1806  Winchester
Died	6 September 1895  (aged 89) Stamford
Occupation	Novelist
Spouse(s)	Charles Dundas

Louisa Maria Boothby Dundas ( née Boothby, 19 January 1806 – 6 September 1895) was a British author who published under the name the Hon. Mrs. Dundas.

Life

Louisa Boothby was born on 19 January 1806 in Winchester, the daughter of Sir William Boothby, 8th Baronet and Fanny Jenkinson.

In 1833, she married the Rev. Charles Dundas, son of Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville and Anne Dundas, Viscountess Melville. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Louisa Dundas published two books for children: The little cap : Or, The lost heir of Sternfelden (1871) and Wrecked, Not Lost: or, The Pilot and his Companions (1872). ^[4]

Dundas died on 6 September 1895 in Stamford, Lincolnshire. ^[1]

Children

• Fanny Emma Dundas Reeve (d. 8 July 1892) ^[2]
• Edith Anne Dundas Reeve (c. 1835–12 August 1902) ^[2]
• Henry Dundas, 5th Viscount Melville (8 March 1835–3 November 1904) ^[2]
• Gertrude Susan Dundas (b. c. 1838) ^{[2] [3]}
• Charles Saunders Melville Dundas, 6th Viscount Melville (27 June 1843–21 Sep 1926), diplomat ^{[2] [3]}
• Alice Caroline Dundas Jebb (20 May 1847–9 April 1924) ^{[2] [3]}
• William Walter Dundas (20 May 1847–3 February 1910), Lieutenant 5th Dragoon Guards ^[2]

References

1. "Hull Daily Mail". 13 September 1895. Retrieved 2 August 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. volume 2, page 2663
3. Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1895). Armorial families : a complete peerage, baronetage, and knightage, and a directory of some gentlemen of coat-armour, and being the first attempt to show which arms in use at the moment are borne by legal authority. Cornell University Library. Edinburgh : T.C. & E.C. Jack, Grang Publishing Works.
4. Allibone, S. Austin (Samuel Austin) (1858). A critical dictionary of English literature, and British and American authors, living and deceased, from the earliest accounts to the middle of the nineteenth century. Containing thirty thousand biographies and literary notices, with forty indexes of subjects. University of Michigan. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott & co. [etc.]

External links

• The little cap : Or, The lost heir of Sternfelden at Project Gutenberg