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Lady Georgiana Charlotte Fullerton

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FULLERTON, LADY GEORGIANA CHARLOTTE (1812-1885), English novelist and philanthropist, youngest daughter of the 1st Earl Granville, was born at Tixall Hall, Staf fordshire. In 1833 she married Alexander George Fullerton, then an Irish officer in the Guards. In 1844 she published her first novel, Ellen Middleton. In 1846 she entered the Roman Catholic Church. In 1856 she became one of the third order of St. Fran cis, and thenceforward devoted herself to charitable work. She died at Bournemouth on Jan. 19, 1885. Among her other novels were Grantley Manor (1847), Lady Bird (1852) and Too Strange not to be True (1864).

See Mrs. A. Craven, Lady G. Fullerton, sa vie et ses oeuvres (1888) ; C. M. Yonge, Lady Georgian Fullerton (1897).

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