b. 4 April 1837. d. 23 November 1910. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet. Mother of Rudyard Kipling. Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Married John
Lockwood Kipling on 18 March 1865. Lived in India from 1865-1893, returning to England
only rarely. Author of the poetry volumes *Quartette* (1885) and *Hand in Hand: Verses
by a Mother and a Daughter* (1901), the latter of which was a collaboration with her
daughter Alice. Biographical information: “Macdonald sisters,” *ODNB*; BL. (CC, JS)