Susannah Gunning
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Susannah Gunning was a British novelist.
She was daughter of Reverend Dr. James Minifie. Her sister was Margaret Minifie.
On 8 August 1768, she married Captain John Gunning
of the 65th Regiment of Foot, who distinguished himself at the Battle of Bunker Hill
; they had a daughter Elizabeth Gunning
, who was a novelist.
She wrote epistolary novels.
She was daughter of Reverend Dr. James Minifie. Her sister was Margaret Minifie.
On 8 August 1768, she married Captain John Gunning
John Gunning
John Gunning , was an English surgeon.Gunning was assistant surgeon to St. George's Hospital, London, from 21 January 1760 to 4 January 1765, and full surgeon from that date till his death. In 1773 he was elected steward of anatomy by the Surgeons' Company, but paid the fine rather than serve...
of the 65th Regiment of Foot, who distinguished himself at the Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War...
; they had a daughter Elizabeth Gunning
Elizabeth Gunning (translator)
Elizabeth Gunning , was an English translator from French into English.Gunning was the daughter of the John Gunning and writer Susannah Minifie Gunning and later married a Mr. Plunkett....
, who was a novelist.
She wrote epistolary novels.
Works
- Barford Abbey (a Novel), 1767; Garland Pub., 1975, ISBN 9780824011826; Lightning Source Inc, 2006, ISBN 9781428016729
- The cottage: a novel , H. Saunders, J. Potts, W. Sleater, 1775
- Susannah Gunning, M. Minifie (Miss.) The Count of Poland, J. and R. Byrn for Messieurs Price, Whitestone, 1780
- Anecdotes of the Delborough Family: a Novel, 2nd ed; London: Lane, 1792
- Memoirs of Mary: a Novel, 3rd ed; London: Bell, 1794
- Lord Fitzhenry, 1794
- Fashionable Involvements: a Novel, 3rd ed; London: Longman and Rees, 1800
- The Heir Apparent: a Novel , London: Ridgeway & Symonds, 1794;
- Love at First Sight: a Novel, London: Lowndes, 1797
External links
- "Essay on the work of Susannah Gunning" Nasreen Hussain, May 2001
- "Susannah Gunning", Oxford Biography