Irish author, born and educated in Ireland. Either anonymously or under the pen-name of The Duchess she wrote Phyllis (1877); Molly Bawn (1878); Beautys Daughters (1880); Portia (1882); Rossmoyne (1883); A Maiden All Forlorn (1885); A Mental Struggle (1886), etc. She died at Bandon, Ireland, on the 24th of January 1897. See also Airy Fairy Lilian.