Author talk:Fanny Charlotte Anne Boothby

@Levana Taylor: The only Fanny Boothy that I can find in the vicinity of Richmond/Kingston is Fanny Charlotte Anne Boothby (1812-1876), daughter of William Boothby (8th baronet Boothby)

• 1841 census, age 25, Norbiton Hall, residence of Mary, Countess of Liverpool, and Robert H. Jenkinson
• 1851 census, age 39, Norbiton, residence of Rt. H. Jenkinson, Lt.-Governor of Dover Castle, shown as niece; also listed is Brook Boothby, 42, baronet; uncle dies 1857
• 1861 census not showing anywhere, and neither are some of sisters with whom she has been co-resident
• 1871 census, showing in Harrow

— billinghurst sDrewth 02:15, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

@Billinghurst: Good find! You are surely right. The editorial note that names and shames her as a plagiarist gives her name and address as "Miss Fanny C. Boothby, 7, Park Villas West, Richmond." Although I can't connect Fanny Charlotte Anne to Park Villas West for certain, it was indeed an address that the daughter of a baronet might live at, where various other minor aristocracy would have been her neighbors. Perhaps she and her sisters don't appear in the 1861 census because they were then in Italy making the tour described in the two "Italian Sketches" articles of 1863 (the articles indicate that she was travelling with some other ladies, though giving no further indication of who those ladies were). That is, if the experiences in those articles were really hers!

• Billion Graves record gives her exact life dates as 28 Feb 1812 - 5 Dec 1876.
• Census says she was born in Winchester St. Michaels (Hampshire). And here is her death record, giving the location as St George Hanover Square, London.
• William Collins painted her and her brother Cecil when she was 6 or 7 years old; the painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy but apparently is no longer extant. Maybe Fanny and Cecil are the children in this picture which has their family castle in the background?

--Levana Taylor (talk) 07:01, 18 September 2019 (UTC)