Wilson, Margaret (née Harries) (Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson) (F)

Surname: Wilson (née Harries)
Forename(s): Margaret
b. 17 March 1796. d. 12 January 1846. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet, playwright, lyricist, biographer, and editor. Alternative signature: “Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson.” Married the solicitor Cornwell Baron Wilson on 15 April 1819. Mother of Florence Margaret Wilson. Author of several poetry volumes including Melancholy Hours (1816), Astarte, a Sicilian Tale, with other Poems (1818), Hours at Home (1826), and The Cypress Wreath (1828). Founded and edited the Weekly Belle Assemblée in 1833, which became in 1834 the New Monthly Belle Assemblée. Considered by the ODNB to be one of the first female biographers. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 13
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
The Village Matron’s Evening Song 1826 Forget-Me-Not Poet 13926
The Debutante 1826 Forget-Me-Not Poet 13917
Love and Duty, a Rural Sketch 1827 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15662
The Gamester 1827 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15616
The Lover to His Faithless Mistress 1827 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15649
The Village Maid 1827 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15643
The Sabbath Bell 1828 Forget-Me-Not Poet 13989
The Proposal 1829 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15572
The Betrothed 1830 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15050
The Trysting Hour 1835 Forget-Me-Not Poet 15223
Stanzas 1842 The Keepsake Poet 4896
The Last Lay of the Minstrel 1844 The Keepsake Poet 5008
The Early Dead 1846 The Keepsake Poet 5190