Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Poet. Pseudonym: “J. M.” Née Scott; married John Moresby (who had a position in the navy) in 1859. Author of Poems (1877), which contains a memoir by her husband stating that she had “a large young family,” which prevented her from writing poetry in later life, and that she was buried in Queenstown churchyard (v-vi). The Chambers’s Journal ledger entry for her poem published on 10 January 1863 gives her address as Hill House, Queenstown [County Cork] (NLS Dep 341/310). For her poem published on 18 July 1868, the ledger lists her address as The Glen, Queenstown, Ireland (NLS Dep 341/310). Biographical information: Reilly, Mid-Victorian Poetry, p. 322; VIAF. (AC)