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Herbert Baird Stimpson
b. 1869
A lawyer, editor, and novelist with a deep interest in family history, he brought the American Revolution to life in The Tory Maid. His writing grew from a fascination with ancestry, politics, and the dramatic past of the Gordon family.
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The Tory Maid
by Herbert Baird Stimpson
About the author
Born in 1869, Herbert Baird Stimpson studied law at Columbian University—now George Washington University—and earned his LL.B. in 1891 and LL.M. in 1892. He worked as a Washington lawyer, served as vice president of the Washington Savings Bank, and was active in civic and fraternal organizations.
Stimpson was also an editor and author. He helped edit the Conservative Review and published the novels The Regeneration and The Tory Maid, a historical romance set during the American Revolution. His work reflects a strong interest in American history and the conflicts of loyalty, duty, and love.
His mother, Anna Louise Gordon, was a descendant of the Jacobite Charles Gordon, and Stimpson devoted considerable energy to researching the Gordon family. He compiled a large manuscript history of the Binhall Gordons and assisted historians with Gordon-related research. He died in Baltimore in 1937.