Catherine Sinclair

(1800-1864)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sinclair, Catherine, 1800-1864 NRA: Sinclair Catherine (1800-1864) novelist DNB: Sinclair, Catherine (1800-1864), novelist and children's writer LBT ID: CaSincl1864 VIAF ID: 37692813 LOC ID: n86018482	B/BAP: 1800-04-17 DIED: 1864-08-06
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish novelist, daughter of Sir John Sinclair, for whom she acted as secretary; her first novel was Charlie Seymour, or, the Good Aunt and the Bad Aunt (1832).
REFERENCES TO Catherine Sinclair: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 17: Literary Characters Found 1: ¶ 23