Aylmer, Isabella Eleanor (pseudonym “I. D. Fenton”) (F)
b. 1840. d. 27 December 1908. Nationality: English. VIAF.
Poet and novelist. Née Darling. Pseudonym: “I. D. Fenton.” Alternative signature:
“J. E. Aylmer,” “Isabella D. Fenton.” Born in Bell’s Hill, Northumberland. Married
Capt. Fenton John Aylmer on 9 June 1857; widowed on 9 April 1862. Author of *Adventures
of Mrs. Colonel Somerset in Caffraria* (1858), *Memoirs of a Lady in Waiting* (1860),
*Distant Homes: Or the Graham Family in New Zealand*, and *Alec Tomlin: or, Choose
Wisely* (1873). Biographical information: *Curran Index*, *At the Circulating Library*.
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