Surname: Spence Forename(s): Florence Edith b. 4 July 1860. d. 9 October 1943. Nationality: English.
Poet. Pseudonym: “F. E. S.” Sister of Kate E. Spence. Married Charles Edward Stuart
Shaw in 1896. Author information from Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for the poem “The Stray Blossom,” published on 6 September 1884, which
lists the poet as Miss F. E. Spence, of Forest Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne (NLS Dep
341/369). Biographical information: Find a Grave <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215658177/florence-edith-shaw> (20 February
2022). (AC, CC)