Elizabeth Strutt also or previously known as Elizabeth Byron, was an English writer and traveller. She was the wife of Jacob George Strutt

Jacob George Strutt

Jacob George Strutt was an English landscape painter and engraver in the manner of Constable. He was the husband of the writer Elizabeth Strutt, and father of the painter, traveller and archeologist Arthur John Strutt.-Life:...

 and mother of Arthur John Strutt

Arthur John Strutt

Arthur John Strutt , was an English painter, engraver, writer, traveller and archeologist. He was the son of the landscape painter Jacob George Strutt and the writer and traveller Elizabeth Strutt....

, and an acquaintance and critic of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime. A collection of her last poems was published by her husband, Robert Browning, shortly after her death.-Early life:Members...

, whom she describes as having written "two of the most absurd and the most unpleasing sonnets in the English language". In the 1820s and 1830s she travelled in France and Switzerland, living for a time at Lausanne

Lausanne

Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...

, and later with her husband and son moved to Rome.

Life

The dates of birth and death of Elizabeth Strutt are uncertain. It is likely that she was the Elizabeth Frost christened at Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

, now in the East Riding of Yorkshire

East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a local government district with unitary authority status, and a ceremonial county of England. For ceremonial purposes the county also includes the city of Kingston upon Hull, which is a separate unitary authority...

, on 20 February 1783. She was the sister of Charles Frost

Charles Frost (antiquary)

-Life:Born at Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, in 1781 or 1782, he was the son of Thomas Frost, a Hull solicitor He followed the same profession, and, as his father had been before him, was solicitor to the Hull Dock Company...

, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries

Society of Antiquaries of London

The Society of Antiquaries of London is a learned society "charged by its Royal Charter of 1751 with 'the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of the antiquities and history of this and other countries'." It is based at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London , and is...

, of Hull, and daughter of Thomas Frost, solicitor, of Hull. She was awarded a Civil List

Civil list

-United Kingdom:In the United Kingdom, the Civil List is the name given to the annual grant that covers some expenses associated with the Sovereign performing their official duties, including those for staff salaries, State Visits, public engagements, ceremonial functions and the upkeep of the...

 pension on 18 June 1863, and so can not have died before that date. Lewis gives 1782 for her birth and 1867 for her death.

Her first three novels, Anti-Delphine (1806), Drelincourt and Rodalvi (1807) and The Borderers (1812) were published under the name "Mrs. Byron". At the time of publication of Genevieve, or the Orphan's Visit in 1818 she was "Mrs. Strutt". Until 1832 she and her husband Jacob George Strutt lived at Butterwick House in Hammersmith

Hammersmith

Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...

, where she "continued" the ladies' school of the Misses Attwood.

As Mrs. Byron

• Anti-Delphine; a novel, founded on facts London: J. Mawman 1806
• Drelincourt and Rodalvi; or, Memoirs of two noble families London: J. Mawman 1807 Full text of volume 3
• The Borderers. An historical romance, illustrative of the manners of the fourteenth century London: A.K. Newman & Co. 1812

As Elizabeth Strutt

• Genevieve, or the Orphan’s Visit. A novel London 1818
• The Hermit of Dumpton Cave; or, Devotedness to God, and usefulness to man, exemplified in the old age of J. C. Petit, of Dumpton, near Ramsgate London: Rivingtons 1823 Full text
• Practical Wisdom; or, the Manual of life. The counsels of eminent men to their children. Comprising those of Sir Walter Raleigh, Lord Burleigh, Sir Henry Sidney, Earl of Stratford, Francis Osborn, Sir Matthew Hale, Earl of Bedford, William Penn, and Benjamin Franklin. With the lives of the authors. London: Henry Colburn & Co. 1824
• Triumphs of Genius and Perseverance; exemplified, etc. London 1827
• A Spinster’s Tour in France, the States of Genoa, &c. during the year 1827 London: Longmans & Co. 1828
• The Young Christian’s Companion; or, Manual of Devotion for the use of schools and young persons ... Selected from the Liturgy of the Church of England and the Holy Scriptures London: J. Souter 1830 Full text
• Six Weeks on the Loire. With a peep into La Vendée London: Simpkin and Marshall 1833
• Chances and Changes; a domestic story. By the Author of “Six weeks on the Loire” London: Saunders & Otley 1835 Full text of volume 1
• The Book of the Fathers; containing the lives of celebrated Fathers of the Christian Church, and the spirit of their writings London: J. W. Parker 1837 (signed in preface)
• Domestic Residence in Switzerland London: T.C. Newby 1842 Volume 1, Volume 2
• A Wreath for the Altar of the New Church (in verse) Bury St. Edmund’s: privately printed [1842]
• The story of Psyche: with a classical enquiry into the significance and origin of the fable; by Elizabeth Strutt With Designs In Outline By John Gibson Esq. R.A.
  John Gibson (sculptor)
  John Gibson, was a Welsh sculptor.-Early life:He was born near Conwy, Wales, his father being a market gardener. To his mother, whom he described as ruling his father and all the family, he owed the energy and determination which carried him over every obstacle.When he was nine years old the...
  
   [London: s.n. 1852]
• The feminine soul: its nature and attributes. With thoughts upon marriage, and friendly hints upon feminine duties London: J.S. Hodson 1857 Full text
• The Curate and the Rector; a domestic story London: Routledge, Warne & Routledge 1859 Full text

External links

The story of Psyche: detailed description of the copy in the collection of the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...