Kemble, Fanny (F)

Surname: Kemble
Forename(s): Frances Anne
b. 27 November 1809. d. 15 January 1893. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Actress, autobiographer, poet, dramatist, and novelist. Part of a large theatrical family, including her sister Adelaide Kemble, a famous singer of the period. Made her début in Covent Garden as Juliet. Married Pierce Butler on 7 June 1834. Abolitionist who, after living on her American husband’s plantations in North Carolina and Georgia for four months in 1838-39, wrote Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 (1863). Separated from her husband for a considerable period of their marriage. Divorced in 1849. Returned her England in 1877, where she lived until her death. Author of the autobiographical works Journal of Frances Anne Butler (1835), Record of a Girlhood (1879), and Records of Later Life (1882), as well as the novel Far Away and Long Ago (1889). Biographical information: ODNB , Orlando. (DD).

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 8
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Boat of Grass 1865-03-18 All the Year Round Poet 3189
Sonnet 1877-04-07 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6871
Spring 1878-02-23 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6948
Autumn 1878-10-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 6975
Lament for a Mocking Bird 1888-03 Temple Bar Poet 17942
Lines Addressed to Miss L. W. 1889-03 Temple Bar Poet 17990
In Switzerland, 1889 1890-01 Temple Bar Poet 18017
“Love, joy and hope, honour and happiness” 1893-04 Temple Bar Poet 18148