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)