Ada Maria Jenyns Explained
| Ada Maria Jenyns |
| Birth Date: | 7 December 1860 |
| Death Date: | 18 February 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Aldershot, England |
| Spouse: | Robert Jocelyn, 7th Earl of Roden |
| Years Active: | 1888 to c.1901 |
| Language: | English |
| Relatives: | Soame Gambier Jenyns (father) Rita Thompson (mother) |
| Children: | Captain Robert Soame Jocelyn, 8th Earl of RodenLady Julian Mary JocelynLady Marcia Valda Jocelyn |
Ada Maria Jenyns, also known as Mrs. Robert Jocelyn or Ada Maria Jocelyn (7 December 1860 – 18 February 1931),[1] was a British Victorian novelist.
Biography
Ada Maria Jenyns was born 7 December 1860 in Aldershot, Hampshire, in north-east England to father Soame Gambier Jenyns (1826–873) and mother Rita Thompson. Her paternal grandfather was George Jenyns (1795–1876), Esquire of Bottisham Hall. Her father was an army colonel,[2] and her parents were married in 1859. She had a sister named Florence.[3] In 1882, she married Robert Jocelyn, a soldier and later the 7th Earl of Roden.
The Jocelyns had three children. Their only boy was Captain Robert Soame Jocelyn, 8th Earl of Roden (September 1883 – October 1956).[4] The couple's two daughters were Julian Mary (December 1885 – 1973) and Marcia Valda (January 1891 – 1972)[5] Marcia married first Robert Barclay Black and then in 1924 Eric Miles, who had a long military career, retiring as a major general.[6]
Career
Writers Ouida and George Whyte-Melville are said to have been her literary inspirations. Jenyns compiled 19 works over her 23-year career.[7]
- £100,000 versus Ghosts: A Novel (1888)
- A Distracting Guest: A Novel (1889)
- The M.F.H.'s Daughter (1890)
- The Criton Hunt Mystery (1890)
- A Big Stake: A Novel (1892)
- Drawn Blank: A Novel (1892)
- Only a Horse Dealer: A Novel (1893)
- For One Season Only: A Sporting Novel (1893)
- Run to Ground: A Sporting Novel (1894)
- Pamela's Honeymoon: A Novel (1894)
- A Dangerous Brute: A Sporting Sketch (1895)
- Juanita Carrington: A Sporting Sketch (1896)
- A Regular Fraud: A Novel (1896)
- Only a Flirt: A Novel (1897)
- Only a Love Story (1897)
- Lady Mary's Experiences: A Novel (1897)
- Miss Rayburn's Diamonds (1898)
- Henry Massinger: A Novel (1899)
- The Sea of Fortune (1901)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Coe. Douglas. August 2019. The later Earls of Roden.
- Book: Sutherland, John. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press. 1990. 0804718423. 336.
- Book: Burke, Bernard. Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1. Harrison. 1882. 869.
- Web site: North Irish Horse – Gallery – North Irish Horsemen – Jocelyn. 28 June 2020. www.northirishhorse.com.au.
- Book: Lodge, Edmund . The peerage, baronetage, knightage & companionage of the British Empire for 1907.. Kelly's Directories. 1907. London. 1519.
- https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp100570/lady-marcia-valda-miles-nee-jocelyn National Portrait Gallery, photo of Lady Marcia Valda Miles
- Web site: At the Circulating Library Author Information: Ada Maria Jocelyn. 26 June 2020. www.victorianresearch.org.
