C. E. (Charlotte Elizabeth) Bowen

Born in December 1817 in Turvey, Bedfordshire, Charlotte Elizabeth Bowen was the daughter of the clergyman and author Rev. Legh Richmond and Mary Chambers. In 1843 she married Rev. Charles Bowen, and the couple lived in Chester, where he served for many years as rector of St. Mary's.

She is remembered as a prolific Victorian author, especially of fiction for children. Bibliographic records and literary reference sources list many works under C. E. Bowen, including The Babes in the Basket, Grandmamma's Relics, and Battle and Victory; or, Story of a Painter's Life. Her books often combined domestic storytelling, adventure, and clear moral purpose, which made them well suited to family reading in her time.

Charlotte Elizabeth Bowen died in 1890. A confirmed portrait image was not available from the sources I checked, so no profile image is included here.