Poet, editor, and folklorist. Pseudonym:
M. G. W. P.
Sister of Florence Peacock and (Edward) Adrian Woodruffe Peacock. Born in Bottesford
Manor, Lincolnshire. Author of several volumes of Lincolnshire folklore in the Lincolnshire
dialect, including
Tales and Rhymes in the Lindsey Folk-Speech (1886), which she co-wrote with her brother Max. Co-edited
The Army Lists of the Roundheads and Cavaliers, containing the names of the Officers
in the Royal and Parliamentary Armies of 1642 (1864) by Edward Peacock (her father), with her sister Florence. Contributed to
The English Dialect History (1898-1905),
Old Early English Pronunciation (1869-1889), and
Journal of the Folk-Lore Society. Author identified from
Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for
My Lover,
published on 26 March 1898, which lists the poet as Miss M. G. W. Peacock, of Dunstan
House, Kirkton in Lindsey (NLS Dep 341/371). Biographical information:
Curran Index;
(Edward) Adrian Woodruffe Peacock,
ODNB ;
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Peacock (28 October 2021); Eileen Elder,
The Peacocks of North-West Lincolnshire: Collectors and Recorders of Lincolnshire
Dialect from c.1850 to 1920: Part II,
Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, vol. 28, 1993, pp. 44-57; Eileen Elder,
Edward Peacock and his Family: An Introduction to the Peacocks, Collectors of North
Lincolnshire Dialect from 1850 to 1920,
Occasional Papers in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology, vol. 9, 1992, pp. 70-81. (AC, CC)