NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Riddell, Maria, 1772-1808 NRA: Riddell, Maria Banks (1772-1808) nee Woodley, Poet, Editor and Travel Writer DNB: Riddell [née Woodley], Maria (1772–1808), poet LBT ID: MaRidde1808 VIAF ID: 29399142 LOC ID: nr92029459 | B/BAP: 1772-11-04 DIED: 1808-12-15 |
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The daughter of a West-Indian plantation owner, in 1790 she married Walter Riddell
(1764-1802); she was a poet, editor, and literary hostess in Scotland and London. Shortly
before her death she was remarried to Phillips Lloyd Fletcher. | |
REFERENCES TO Maria Riddell [née Woodley]: Henry Roscoe, The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833) Chapter III. 1787-1792 Found 1:
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¶ n2 Chapter VI. 1796-1799 Found 1:
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