Georgiana Fullerton

Born on September 23, 1812, Lady Georgiana Fullerton was an English novelist from an aristocratic family. She was the daughter of Granville Leveson-Gower, later the 1st Earl Granville, and Harriet Cavendish, and she married Alexander Fullerton in 1833.

She is remembered for novels including Ellen Middleton, Lady-Bird, Grantley Manor, and Too Strange Not to Be True. After becoming a Roman Catholic in the 1840s, she wrote fiction and religious works that reflected her beliefs, and she became well known in Victorian Catholic circles.

Fullerton died on January 19, 1885, in Bournemouth. Her books were admired for their emotional warmth, moral seriousness, and close attention to inner spiritual life.