Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet. Born in Mannheim, Germany, c.1838. Née Rocheid. Married Major-General David Briggs on 3 July 1860, living with him in Largo, Fife. Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for Briggs’ “The Lighthouse of the Minot’s Edge,” published on 15 April 1899, lists the author as Mrs Briggs, of Strathairly Cottage, Largo, Fife (NLS Dep 341/371). Biographical information: Debrett’s Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: Comprising Information Concerning All Persons Bearing Hereditary Or Courtesy Titles, Knights, and Companions of All the Various Orders, and the Collateral Branches of All Peers and Baronets, vol. 189, Dean and Son, Limited, 1902, p. 340; Ancestry. (AC, CC)