Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Diplomat, poet, journalist, and novelist. Pseudonym: W. W. F. S.. Alternative signature: W. W. F. Synge. Educated largely abroad. Worked for the Foreign Office from June 1846. Began his career abroad as a diplomat in Washington, and worked also the Sandwich Islands and Central America (where he met Anthony Trollope). Married Henrietta Mary Dewar on 27 January 1853. Retired from diplomatic service on 31 October 1868 and moved to Guildford and then Eastbourne. Friend of Thackeray. Biographical information: ODNB. (AC)