Surname: Roxby (née Needham) Forename(s): Genevieve Mary d. 5 July 1934. Nationality: English.
Poet. Alternative signature: “G. Roxby.” Born c. 1849. Daughter of Sir Joseph Needham.
On 17 June 1879 married Rev. Wilfred Roxby (c.1839-1905), Rector of Thornfield, Dorset.
Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for Roxby’s “Song,” published on 13 January 1894, lists the poet as
Mrs G. Roxby, of Thornfield Rectory, Sherborne, Dorset (NLS Dep 341/371). Additional
biographical information: “Rev. Wilfred Roxby” <https://ghgraham.org/wilfredroxby1839.html>
(27 May 2020). (AC)