Frances Forbes-Robertson
Frances Forbes-Robertson (1866 – 23 May 1956) was a British artist, novelist, and actor.
Biography[]
Frances Mary Desirée Forbes-Robertson was born in 1866.[1] She was the youngest child of John Forbes-Robertson,[2][1] a theatre critic and journalist from Aberdeen, and his wife Frances. The eldest of the eleven children in the family was Johnston Forbes-Robertson, the actor. Three other brothers, Ian Forbes-Robertson (1859–1936), Norman Forbes-Robertson (1858–1932) John Kelt (Eric Forbes-Robertson) (1865–1935), also became actors. She was the sister-in-law of the actress Maxine Elliott, and the great-aunt of actress Meriel Forbes (granddaughter of her brother Norman), who married actor Ralph Richardson. Forbes-Robertson was educated in convents in France and Italy.[2]
She married Henry Dawes Harrod, F.S.A. [2] and was the mother of Roy Harrod, the economist.[3]
Forbes-Robertson (known also by her married surname, Harrod) was the author of The Potentate, Mother Earth, The Hidden Model, Odd Stories, The Devil's Pronoun, What We Dream, Taming of the Ponte, Trespass and Stained Wings. She also published other works of fiction, such as those contributed to the Times Literary Supplement, Westminster Gazette, and The Pall Mall Magazine.[2][4] [5]
She died in London, 23 May 1956.[4]
Selected works[]
- The Potentate
- Mother Earth
- The Hidden Model
- Odd Stories
- The Devil's Pronoun
- What We Dream
- Taming of the Ponte
- Trespass
- Stained Wings
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Kemp, Sandra KempSandra; Mitchell, Charlotte MitchellCharlotte; Trotter, David TrotterDavid (1 January 2005). "Harrod, Frances". The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198117605.001.0001. ISBN 9780198117605. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Burnand 1908, pp. 187-88.
- ^ Durlauf (ed.) & Blume (ed.) 2016, p. 836.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mrs Frances Harrod". The Guardian. 25 May 1956. p. 2. Retrieved 8 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Halkett (ed.) 1904, pp. 33-39.
Attribution[]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley (1908). The Catholic Who's who and Yearbook (Public domain ed.). Burns & Oates.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Halkett (ed.), George R. (1904). ""An Episode in a Country House", by Frances Harrod (Frances Forbes Robertson).". The Pall Mall Magazine. 32 (Public domain ed.). London.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the Bibliography[]
- Durlauf (ed.), Steven N.; Blume (ed.), Lawrence E. (18 May 2016). "Harrod, Roy Forbes (1900-1978)". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-349-58802-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
External links[]
- Works by or about Frances Forbes-Robertson at Internet Archive
- Review of The Potentate in The Sketch, vol. 22, June 15, 1898
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