Beatrix Marion Sturt Explained

Beatrix Marion Sturt (21 November 1849 – 28 April 1944) was a British writer who contributed articles to the Dictionary of National Biography.

Beatrix Marion Muirhead was born in Hastings, England, in 1849.^{[1] [2] [3]} Her father was the Scottish lawyer James Patrick Muirhead.^[4]

In 1876, she married Napier George Sturt, an Australian-born colonel, in Thame, England.^[5] The couple had three children.

After being widowed in 1901, she settled for a period in Llanfrynach, in Wales. There, she became active in home-front fundraising efforts during World War I. She was also a vocal advocate for women's suffrage.

Sturt's primary legacy is as a biographer, including of her father-in-law, the Australian explorer Charles Sturt.^[6] Her flattering 1899 biography of him is titled The Life of Charles Sturt.^[7] She also contributed several entries to the Dictionary of National Biography, under the initials B.M.S. and B.N.S.^[8]

She spent the majority of her later years in Bewdley, England, where she died in 1944 at age 95.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: April 2015 . Newsletter 42 . 22 July 2024 . Breconshire Local & Family History Society.
2. Web site: Beatrix Marion Sturt . 22 July 2024 . State Library of South Australia . en.
3. Web site: Beatrix Marion STURT, nee MUIRHEAD . 22 July 2024 . Author and Book Info.
4. Web site: Mrs Pointer and the Drummond Family . 22 July 2024 . Sussex PhotoHistory.
5. Book: Sturt, Charles . The Central Australian Expedition 1844–1846 / The Journals of Charles Sturt . 23 October 2017 . Taylor & Francis . 978-1-317-03928-0 . en.
6. Web site: The Grange home in Adelaide's west turned into museum devoted to the achievements of explorer Charles Sturt . 22 July 2024 . Adelaide AZ . English.
7. Book: Rudolph, Ivan . Sturt's Desert Drama . 27 June 2014 . Boolarong Press . 978-1-925046-56-4 . en.
8. Book: Stephen, Leslie . The Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900 . Lee . Sir Sidney . 1917 . Oxford University Press . en.
9. News: 16 May 1944 . Links with Old Soho . The Birmingham Post.