Chapter VII
.--'The Austens.']
1912 _Pride and Prejudice._ Edited with introduction, &c. by K. M. Metcalfe. Oxford University Press: Henry Frowde. pp. xxxii-403. 8vo.
[A scholarly edition: the text is that of the first edition, except in a few instances, where a note is given. The title-pages of the three volumes are reproduced in facsimile. Appendix on social customs in J. A.'s day; criticisms, notes, &c.]
1912 _Jane Austen._ By Lady Margaret Sackville. 'The Regent Library.' London: Herbert & Daniel. pp. xvi-471. 8vo.
[Long selections from the novels, with an introduction and some appreciations.]
1913 _Old Friends and New Fancies: an Imaginary Sequel to the Novels of Jane Austen._ By Sybil G. Brinton. London: Holden & Hardingham. pp. viii-384. 8vo.
1913 _Jane Austen: a Criticism and Appreciation._ By Percy Fitzgerald, M.A., F.S.A. London: Jarrold & Sons. pp. 129. 8vo.
[The frontispiece is a reproduction of a bust of Jane Austen executed by Mr. Fitzgerald.]
I. Austens
JOHN AUSTEN, of Horsmonden, _d._ 1620 | 5th son Francis, of Grovehurst, _d._ 1687 | John, of Grovehurst, _d._ 1705 | John, of Broadford = Elizabeth Weller _d._ 1704 | ______________________________________________________________|_______________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | John, of Broadford Francis Thomas, M.D. W. _Walter_, _M.D._ = (1)Rebecca Hampson = William = (2) = Susanna Holk 2 sons and a daughter _d._ 1728 | | | | Surgeon, | /|\ /|\ | | _d._ 1737 John, of Broadford (present owners (in female | | _d._ 1807, _s.p.s._ of Broadford) line) Susanna Weaver = W. H. _Walter_ | _____________________________| |_________________________________ | | | | Philadelphia (Rev.) James _Walter_ Rev. George = Cassandra Leigh Philadelphia = T. S. Hancock ('Phila') | R. of Steventon,| _d._ 1827 | (Rev.) Henry _Walter_ _d._ 1805 | (_see_ Leigh | | Pedigree) | | | | Eliza = Jean Capotte | | Comte de | | Feuillide | | | Hastings | _d._ 1801 | 1765 1766 1767 1771 | 1773 1774 1775 1779 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________|_____________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | (Rev.) James = (1)Anne Mathew; (2)Mary Lloyd George Edward = Elizabeth Bridges (Rev.) Henry = (1)Eliza de Feuillide; (2)Eleanor Jackson Cassandra | Jane | _d._1819 | | (Knight),| (d. 1850) _d._ 1813 _d._ _unm._ | _d._ _unm._ | | | | 1845 | 1817 | | | _d._ 1852 | ____________________________________________________________| Author | ________| _______|__________ ___________|______________________ | _______________________________| | | | | |||||||||| | | B. Lefroy = Anna (Rev.) James Edward Caroline 7. Fanny = Sir E. Knatchbull 1. Edward Francis = (1)Mary Gibson; (2)Martha Lloyd Charles = (1)Frances Palmer; (2)Harriet Palmer | _d._ 1872 (Austen Leigh), _d._ _unm._ 1880 | 2. George (Admiral), | (Admiral), | | | Author of the _Memoir_, Lord Brabourne 3. Henry _d._ 1852 | |________ Charles /|\ _d._ 1874 (Editor of the 4. William Mary Jane | /|\ _Letters_) 5. Charles Cassandra 1. Cassandra (Austen Leighs) 6. John etc. 2. Harriet 8. Elizabeth etc. and 3 others. (Knights of Chawton)
II. Leighs
Theophilus Leigh = Mary Brydges (of Adlestrop) | (daughter of Lord Chandos) _d._ 1724 | | (12 children--of whom) (Dr.) John Walker = Jane Perrot _____________________|______________________________________________ | | | | | (1) William (3) (Rev.) Theophilus (4) (Rev.) Thomas = Jane Walker (5 children--of whom) (Master of Balliol) (of Harpsden) | _____|__________ ____________|__________ _d._ 1763 | | | | | | James (Rev.) Thomas = Mary, _d._ Cassandra = (Rev.) S. Cooke | | (succeeded 1797 | (of Little | James Henry to Stoneleigh in | Bookham) | (succeeded to 1806) | | Stoneleigh 1813) _d._ 1813, _s.p._ __________|____________ | \|/ | | | | Theophilus (Rev.) George Mary | _______________________________________________________________________| | | | Jane Cholmeley = James (Leigh Perrot) Jane = (Rev.) Edward Cooper Cassandra = (Rev.) G. Austen _d._ 1836 (of Scarlets) _d._ | (R. of Whaddon and _d._ 1827 (_see_ Austen _d._ 1817, _s.p._ 1783 | Sonning), _d._ 1792 Pedigree) _____________________|_______________ | | (Rev.) Edward = Caroline Lybbe Powys Jane = (Sir) Thomas Williams, R.N. (of Hamstall _d._ Ridware) 1798
III. Craven, Fowle, and Lloyd Families.
Sir Wm. Craven, Kt. ________________________________|__________________________ | | | 2nd Lord Craven | Charles = Elizabeth Staples _d._ 1711 John ___|_____________________ ____________|__ ____|________ | | | | | | | (Rev.) Wm. Fowle = Jane (Rev.) John Martha = (Rev.) N. Lloyd 3rd Lord Craven Fulwar 5th Lord Craven son rector of | of Chilton _d._ 1805 | _d._ 1739 4th Lord Craven _d._ 1769 | Kintbury and of | House, | 6th Hampstead | Wilts. | Lord Craven Marshall, | | _d._ 1791 _d._ 1806 | | | | | 7th Lord Craven | | _d._ 1825 | | __________________________________________________________________|_________________________________|______ | | | | | | (Rev.) Thomas, Charles (Rev.) Fulwar Craven = Eliza Martha = (Sir) Francis Austen Mary = (Rev.) James rector of Allington _d._ 1806 rector of Kintbury | _d._ 1843 | Austen _d._ 1797 \|/ __________|_____ | | James Edward Caroline
INDEX
ACADEMY (Royal Naval): Francis Austen there, 49; Charles, 77
Ashe Rectory: home of Lefroys, 71
Austen, Anna (_see also_ Lefroy, Ben): elder daughter of James Austen, her birth and loss of mother, 72, 73; spent much time with Jane and Cassandra, 73; comparison with Fanny Knight, 241; writes novel and receives advice from Aunt Jane, 353-62; married to Ben Lefroy, November 1814, 353
Austen, Caroline: younger daughter of James Austen, 206, 363; writes stories and receives advice from Aunt Jane, 57, 363-8; sees her for the last time, 386; her contributions to _Memoir_ and subsequent history, 368
Austen, Cassandra (_see also_ Austen, Jane): elder daughter of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1773, 20; she and Jane devoted to each other, 50; difference of character, 51; preferred to Jane by Phila Walter, 59; both admired by Eliza, 61; engaged to T. Fowle, who goes as chaplain to West Indies, 79; and dies of yellow fever, 105; C.'s letters from Jane, constantly, from p. 109 onward; after death of her father, C. present at that of Mrs. Lloyd, 183; nurses Jane through illness and on death-bed, 383, 390; writes account of Jane's death to Fanny, 394; her own death in 1845, 402
Austen, Charles: sixth son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1779, 23; at R.N. Academy, 77; character, 77; under Captain Williams helps to capture _La Tribune_, 78; on _Endymion_ helps to capture _Scipio_, 150; Duke of Sussex a passenger, 163; presents to sisters, 171; kindness to Lord Balgonie, and Lord Leven's gratitude, 187; marries Fanny Palmer, 204; on the _Namur_, and visits Godmersham, 284, 285; commands the _Phoenix_ against Murat, 369; letter to Jane, 370; letter from Jane, 385; subsequent career (Admiral), 403;
Austen, Edward (i): third son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1767, 18; adopted by Knights of Godmersham, 47; makes the 'grand tour,' 48; his character, 47; marries Elizabeth Bridges and settles at Rowling, 74; at Godmersham, 75, 76; goes to Bath, 127; his wife dies, leaving eleven children, 209, &c.; at Chawton House, with Fanny, in 1812, 256; takes the name of Knight, 256; with his family at Chawton, 1813 and 1814, 269, 302; claim made to his Hants property and settled by compromise, 299; loses money by Henry's bankruptcy, 332
Austen, Edward (ii): _see_ Knight, Edward
Austen, Edward (iii): _see_ Austen Leigh, (Rev.) J. E.
Austen, Fanny (afterwards Fanny Knight; then Lady Knatchbull): description of, 211, 227; in London during her uncle Henry's illness, 213; friendship with Mr. Haden, 311, &c.; letters from Aunt Jane on love affair, 342, &c.; letters to Aunt Jane at Winchester mentioned, 395
Austen, Francis (i): of Grovehurst, fifth son of John Austen (i), _d._ 1687, 2
Austen, Francis (ii): second son of John Austen (iii) and Elizabeth Weller; solicitor at Sevenoaks; befriended his nephews; descendants own Broadford, 3, 4
Austen, (Sir) Francis (_see also_ Ships): fifth son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1774, 21; youthful horse-dealing, 23; character, 49; at the R.N. Academy, 49; his father's letter, 50; rapid promotion to Lieutenant, 76; returns home in 1793, 76; letter from him at Cadiz, 115; made Commander, 121; at Cyprus, 143; takes news to Nelson and captures _Ligurienne_, 160; made post-Captain, 160, 161; letters from Jane on father's death, 180-2; raising 'sea fencibles' at Ramsgate, 174; engagement to Mary Gibson, 192; appointed to _Leopard_ (under Admiral Louis), 192; move to Canopus, 192; misses Trafalgar, 193; takes part in victory at St. Domingo, 193; marriage, 194; at Southampton with mother and sisters, 197; commands the _Elephant_ in the Baltic, 270; letters from Jane, 270, 278; living at Alton, 369; subsequent career, K.C.B., Admiral of the Fleet, 403
Austen, Francis Motley: son of Francis Austen (ii); acquires Kippington property, 3-4; believed to have had Jane Austen painted by Zoffany, 63
Austen, (Rev.) George (i): son of William A.; helped by Uncle Francis, 4; at Tonbridge and Oxford, 4, 5; Rector of Steventon, 5; marries Cassandra Leigh, 5; his character, 16; Rector also of Deane, 17; letters to Walters, 19-22; letter announcing birth of Jane, 22; takes pupils, 24, 25; his letter to son Francis, 50; offers Jane's first novel to Cadell, 97; leaves Steventon and settles in Bath, 172; visits Teignmouth, Dawlish, and Lyme, 173, 176; dies at Bath, January 1805, 180-2
Austen, George (ii): second son of above, born 1766; subject to fits, 20
Austen, George (iii): second son of Edward Austen (i); a favourite of his aunt Jane, 111, 112, 122; at Southampton after his mother's death, 216, &c.; afterwards (as G. Knight) a celebrated cricketer, 111, _note_
Austen, (Rev.) Henry (i): son of Thomas Austen; held living of West Wickham, 4
Austen, (Rev.) Henry (ii): fourth son of (Rev.) George Austen, born 1771, 20; Jane's favourite brother, 48; contributor to _The Loiterer_, at Oxford, 48; his character, 49; officer in Militia, 107; marries Eliza de Feuillide, 106; in France with her during Peace of Amiens, 173; frequent visits from Jane, 244, 265, 272, 302, 308, 309; death of Eliza, 265; letter to John Murray about _Emma_, 310; severe illness, 309-11; bankruptcy, 325, 332; takes Orders, 332, 333; marries again, 333; his death, 402
Austen, Mrs. Henry: _see_ de Feuillide, Comtesse
Austen, (Rev.) James: eldest son of George Austen, born in 1765, 18; Scholar and Fellow of St. John's, Oxford, 46; visits the de Feuillides in France, 39; returns to Oxford and edits _The Loiterer_, 47; his share in forming mind of Jane, 46; writes prologues, &c., for plays, 64, 65; marries (i) Anne Mathew, 72; curate at Overton, then at Deane, 72; birth of daughter Anna, 72, 73; death of wife, 73; marries (ii) Mary Lloyd, 73, 104; Mrs. Austen's letter to her, 73; birth of son, 113; visits Godmersham, 204, &c.; declines a living on grounds of conscience, 223; hopeless letter to his son on Aunt Jane's illness, 392; dies two years after his sister, 402
Austen, Jane (the novelist), (_see also_ under names of books): younger daughter of (Rev.) George Austen, born December 16, 1775, 22; lessons at Oxford and Southampton, 25; dangerous illness, 25; school at Reading, 26; education at home, 29; politics and patriotism, 29, 30; first writings, _Mystery_, 53-5; _Evelyn_ and _Kitty_, 55, opinion on early writing, 57, 58; visit to Uncle Francis at Sevenoaks, 58; Phila Walter's impression, 58, 59; Sir E. Brydges and (later) Eliza admire Jane, 60, 61; probable date of Zoffany portrait, 62-3; theatricals at Steventon, 63-6; verses to Mary and Martha Lloyd, 70; writes _Elinor and Marianne_ and _Lady Susan_, 80, 81; her own letters begin in 1796; their nature and limitations, 81-3; frequent to Cassandra, from p. 109; friendship with S. Blackall (?), Fellow of Emmanuel College, 85, 86; with T. Lefroy (afterwards Chief Justice), 87-9; romance in the west, and sad end, 89, 90; Sir F. H. Doyle's impossible story, 91; embarrassing incident at Steventon, 92-4; visit to Rowling, 99-104; death of Cassandra's lover, 104-5; mother and sisters at Bath, 105; death of Jane Williams, 108; first visit to Godmersham, 109; caps, 116; balls at Basingstoke, 119, 143; at Kempshot, 123; Jane at Bath with Edward, &c., 127; Mrs. Leigh Perrot's trouble, 131-140; great storm at Steventon, 147; letter to Martha, 148; ball at Hurstbourne, 150; Jane at Ibthorp, 153; grief at leaving Steventon, 155; begins life at Bath (Paragon), 165-72; ball, 167; summer (prob.) at Sidmouth, 172; they settle in Bath (Sydney Terrace), 172; prob. at Dawlish in 1802, 173; prob. at Ramsgate in 1803, 174; sells _Northanger Abbey_ and writes _Watsons_, 174, 175; visits Lyme, 176; death of Mrs. Lefroy, 180; death of Jane's father, 180-2; letters to Frank, 180, 181; generosity of brothers, 182; Austens leave Bath for Clifton, 194; visit to Stoneleigh, 194-7; settle at Southampton (Castle Square), 197, 202; visit to Chawton, 203; to Godmersham, 204; death of Mrs. E. Austen, 209; her two eldest boys with Jane, 209-19; offer of a home at Chawton, 216; balls at Southampton, 222, &c.; move to Chawton, 235, 242; her character, appearance, tastes, &c., 237-42; visits to H. Austen and Catherine Hill, 244-51; publication of _Sense and Sensibility_, 255; visit at Steventon, 256; publication of _Pride and Prejudice_, 257; death of Eliza, and visit to Henry, 265; Knights at Chawton House again, 269; last visit to Godmersham, 276, &c.; taking London on the way, 272, &c.; literary work, 290; three times in London in 1814, 302, 304, 308; publication of _Mansfield Park_, 302; visit at Bookham, 304; Knights at Chawton, 302; in London for publication of _Emma_, 309; Henry's illness, 309-11; her own health suffers, 311; correspondence with Mr. Clarke, and visit to Carlton House, 312, 313, 319-324; correspondence with Mr. J. Murray, 310, 314, 318, 319; with Lady Morley, 326; Walter Scott's article in _Quarterly_, 326-328; Henry's bankruptcy, 332; writes out opinions on _Emma_, 328, &c.; composition of _Persuasion_, 333; imaginary novel, 337-40; advises Fanny Knight on love affair, 342, &c.; advises Anna on a novel, 353, &c.; letters to Caroline, 363, &c.; visit to Cheltenham, 373; failing health, 371, &c.; cheerful tone in autumn and winter, 375, &c.; begins new novel, January 1817, and writes for seven weeks, 381; letters to Fanny, 382, &c.; makes her will, &c., 384; death of Mr. Leigh Perrot and his will, 384; letter to Charles, 384-6; Caroline's last visit, 386; move to College Street, Winchester, 388, 389; a slight amendment, 389; writes to Edward Austen, 390; hopeless letter of James, 392; his wife goes to Winchester, 392, 393; Jane's patience and resignation, 393, 394; death (on July 18, 1817), and funeral in Cathedral (July 24), described in letter from Cassandra to Fanny, 394, &c.; charm of character and slow growth of fame, 401, 404
Austen, John (i): _d._ 1620, 1
Austen, John (ii): _d._ 1705, 2
Austen, John (iii): _d._ 1704; his wife (Elizabeth Weller) pays debts and brings up large family, 2, 3
Austen, John (iv) and (v): squires of Broadford; about 1807 property comes to another John (vi), descended from Francis Austen (ii), 3, 4
Austen, (Rev.) John Thomas: Senior Wrangler in 1817, 4
Austen, Philadelphia (_see also_ Hancock, T. S.): goes to India, 32; married to T. S. Hancock, 34
Austen, Colonel Thomas: M.P. for Kent, 4; gives away Zoffany portrait, 63
Austen, Thomas: third son of John Austen (iii); his son Henry holds living of West Wickham; descendants, 4
Austen, William (_see also_ Hampson, Rebecca): fourth son of John Austen (iii); marries Rebecca Walter (_nee_ Hampson); their children George and Philadelphia; his second wife Susanna Holk, 4
Austens: family characteristics, 51, 52, 67
Austen Leigh, (Rev.) J. E.: author of _Memoir_; known as Edward Austen, 113, _note_, 256, _note_; his birth in 1798, 113, &c.; visit to Godmersham, 206; characteristics, 364, 368; visit to Chawton, 374; leaves Winchester for Oxford, 377; writes stories, 374, 378; last letter from Aunt Jane, 390; at funeral, for his father, 397; took the name of Leigh on succeeding to Scarlets; wrote _Memoir_, 404
BIGG, Alethea: one of the three sisters (the others, Elizabeth--Mrs. Heathcote, Catherine--Mrs. Hill), great friends of Jane and Cassandra, 68; their father B. Wither of Manydown, 68; Jane stays with Catherine at Streatham, 251; letter to Alethea, 379
Blackall, (Rev.) Samuel: Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel College, 86, 87, _note_; Rector of North Cadbury, 86; friendship with Jane, 85, 86; perhaps identical with Mrs. Lefroy's 'friend,' 85
Brabourne, Lord: edits Jane's letters, 81
Bridges, Elizabeth: _see_ Austen, Edward (i)
Broadford: Austen property at Horsmonden, 2, 3; Francis Austen's descendants succeed, 4
Brydges, Sir Egerton (_see also_ Lefroy, Mrs.): notice of Jane as a girl, 60; his book, _Fitz-Albini_, 114; meets Jane at Ramsgate, 174
_Camilla_: Jane subscribes to, 95; alludes to, 100; Warren Hastings's enthusiasm, 275
Campion, Mrs. (Jane Austen), 62
Castle Square: Austens' home in Southampton, 202, 203
_Catherine_: see _Northanger Abbey_
Cawley, Mrs.: takes charge of Jane, &c.; Jane's severe illness and Mrs. Cooper's death, 25
Chandos, Duke of: brother-in-law of Theophilus Leigh, 7
Chawton: Austens' visit to Edward at Chawton House, 203; offer of cottage there, 216; first sight of it, 220; they settle there, Chap. XIV; description of village, 236; of cottage, 237; Jane leaves it for Winchester, 388
Cheltenham: family visits to, 373
Cholmeley, Jane: _see_ Leigh Perrot, James
Chute, W. J. C.: of The Vyne, M.P. and M.F.H., neighbour at Steventon, 68
Clarke, (Rev.) J. S.: Librarian at Carlton House; Jane's correspondence with, 312, 313, 319-24
Cooke, (Rev.) Samuel, D.D.: Rector of Little Bookham, 19; marries daughter of Theophilus Leigh, Master of Balliol, 19; Jane's godfather, 22; George C. a well-known Oxford tutor, 186-8; George and his sister Mary at the H. Austens', 247; Jane's visit to Bookham, 304; Mary Cooke on heroines, 338
Cooper, Dr. E.: Rector of Whaddon and Sonning; marries Jane Leigh (sister of Mrs. G. Austen), 18; their children, 19; death of Mrs. Cooper, at Bath, 25, 39; death of Dr. C. at Sonning, 77
Cooper, E.: son of Dr. E. Cooper, 19; marries Caroline Lybbe Powys, 77; takes living of Hamstall-Ridware, 124
Cooper, Jane (Lady Williams): daughter of Dr. E. Cooper, 19; with Jane and Cassandra under Mrs. Cawley, 25; at school at Reading, 27; married to Captain T. Williams, 77; killed in a carriage accident, 108
Cravens: Mrs. Craven the harsh mother of Mrs. Fowle, Mrs. Lloyd, &c., 69; Lord Craven takes his cousin, T. Fowle, as Chaplain to West Indies; T. F. dies there, 79, 104-5
Crosby, Messrs.: purchasers of _Northanger Abbey_, 174-5; Jane's unsuccessful attempt to secure publication, 230-4; buys MS. back, 333
D'ANTRAIGUES: French _emigre_ family whom Jane visits with the H. Austens, 250
Dawlish: Austens' visit to, in 1802, 173, 354
Day, Thomas: author of _Sandford and Merton_, friend of the Leigh Perrots, 126
De Feuillide, Comtesse (Eliza Hancock), (_see also_ Austen, (Rev.) Henry (ii)): daughter of T. S. Hancock and Philadelphia (Austen), 34; godchild of Warren Hastings, 34; his generosity, 35; Eliza with her mother in England; then Paris, 36; letters to and from Phila Walter, 37-44; married to Comte de Feuillide, 37; in England, 1786; her son (Hastings) born, 39, 40; gaieties, 40; visit to Austens at Oxford, 41; illness and death of Mrs. Hancock, 42, 43; the Comte in difficulties in France, 44; guillotined, 45; Eliza married to Henry Austen, 106; death of Hastings de F., 108; death of Eliza, 265
Deane Rectory: G. Austen, Rector of, from 1773, 17
Digweeds: principal tenants at Steventon, 13; share with Austens deputation of the Manor, 52
Dorchester, Lady: gave a ball at Kempshot, 123
Doyle, Sir F. H.: story in his reminiscences about Jane, 91
Dunford, Ben (postilion): letter to Mr. Leigh Perrot on Mrs. L. P.'s trouble, 135
EDGEWORTH, R. L.: neighbour at Scarlets; experiments, 126; letter on Mrs. L. P.'s acquittal, 139
_Elinor and Marianne_: sketch for _Sense and Sensibility_, in letters, 80
Elliott, Mary: probably a friend of Philadelphia Austen, 33; perhaps Mrs. Buchanan, first wife of Warren Hastings, and link between Hastings and the Hancocks, 34; died 1759, 33
_Emma_: Jane Austen's fourth published novel, December 1815, 318-24; begun Jan. 1814, 306; localities discussed, 302; finished March 1815, 306; description, 306-7; preparing for press, 309; Walter Scott's article on, in the _Quarterly_, 326; private opinions of friends, 328-31
_Evelyn_: early work of Jane, 55
_First Impressions_: original of _Pride and Prejudice_, 96; G. Austen's unsuccessful attempt to sell it, 97, 98
Fowles (_for_ T. Fowle _see_ Austen, Cassandra): Fowles at Kintbury, 69, 373
GAMBIER, Admiral: at the Admiralty, 117; writes to G. Austen, 118; F. Austen, his flag-captain, 174
Gibson, Mary: _see_ Austen, (Sir) Francis
Godmersham: given up to Edward Austen by Mrs. Knight, 75, 76
Goodnestone: the Bridges' place; Jane dancing there, 101; Jane and Cassandra there, one after the other, 189-91
Gregory, Mrs.: shopwoman at Bath, 131
HADEN, Mr.: doctor attending Henry Austen; his friendship with Fanny, 309, &c.
Hampson, Rebecca: daughter of Sir G. H.; married (i) to James Walter, (ii) to William Austen, her children, 4; her niece, Miss Payne, 251 _note_
Hamstall-Ridware: living given by Mrs. Leigh to E. Cooper, 124
Hancock, Eliza: _see_ de Feuillide, Comtesse
Hancock, Tysoe Saul: surgeon in India; marries Philadelphia Austen there, 34; their daughter Betsy (Eliza), 34; Hancocks' return home, 35; H. returns to India; assisted by Hastings; dies in 1775, 35; Philadelphia and Betsy then in England, 36
Harpsden: _see_ Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i)
Harwoods: neighbours at Steventon, 68; Earle Harwood's accident, 146
Hastings, George: son of Warren H., under charge of G. Austen; with him on wedding tour, 10; dies young, 10
Hastings, Warren: marries Mrs. Buchanan, 33; his son George, under charge of Austens, dies early, 10, 33, 34; generosity to Hancocks, 35; Hancocks, &c. at his trial, 41; Eliza visits him near Windsor, 41; his acquittal, 79; letter from Eliza announcing her marriage to Henry Austen, 107; admiration of _Pride and Prejudice_, 274; of _Camilla_, 275
Heathcote, Mrs. (_see also_ Bigg, Alethea), (Elizabeth Bigg): married to Mr. Heathcote, and mother of Sir W. H., 68; kindness to Jane in illness, 389, 393
Heathcote, Rt. Hon. Sir William, Bart.: of Hursley Park, M.P. for Oxford, 68, 69
Holders: of Ashe, neighbours at Steventon, 68; Jane dines there, 147, 162
IBTHORP: home of Lloyds, 69; Jane there, 153
JEFFREY, Mr.: kept awake by _Emma_, 331
KIPPINGTON: property near Sevenoaks bought by Motley Austen; Colonel Austen, M.P., lived there, 4, 63
_Kitty, or the Bower_: early work of Jane, 55, 56
Knatchbull, Lady: _see_ Austen, Fanny
Knight, Edward: son of Edward Austen (i); took the name of Knight, 256; with Jane at Southampton after his mother's death, 216, &c.; in Scotland with his uncle Henry, 279
Knight, Thomas (i): of Godmersham; distant cousin of G. Austen, gives him living of Steventon, 5
Knight, Thomas (ii), (_see also_ Knight, Mrs. T.): adopts Edward Austen, 47
Knight, Mrs. T. (Catherine Knatchbull, widow of above): surrenders property to Edward Austen in 1797, 74-6; her kindness to Austen family, 48, 207; on her death Edward takes the name of Knight, 256
_Lady Susan_: early work of Jane, in letters, published in _Memoir_, 80, 81; she never wrote in letters again, but used them freely, 81
Lances: exchange of visits with, at Southampton, 199; together at a ball, 228
Lansdowne, Marquis of (i): second Marquis; Austens rent a house in Castle Square, Southampton, close to him, 203; his death, 211
Lansdowne, Marquis of (ii): half-brother of (i); the Statesman, and an admirer of Jane's writings, 203
Latournelle, Mrs.: her school at Reading, 26, 27, Cassandra and Jane there, 26-8; easy discipline, 27. _See also_ St. Quentins; Sherwood, Mrs.
Lefroy, Ben: marries Anna Austen, November 1814, 353; they live at Hendon, 361; at Wyards, 362
Lefroy, Mrs.: wife of Rector of Ashe, sister of Sir Egerton Brydges; did much for Jane, 71; died by fall from horse, 71, 180; Jane's verses in her memory, 72
Lefroy, Tom (afterwards Chief Justice): his friendship with Jane in 1796, &c., 87, 88; his remembrance of her, 89
Leigh, Cassandra (_see also_ Austen, (Rev.) George); daughter of Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i), 7; marriage, 10; character, 16; story of journey on a waggon, 17; illness at Bath and verses to Bowen, 172-3; generosity of sons on death of husband, 182; letter from Stoneleigh, 196; last visit to Steventon, 256, 257; hopeful letters during Jane's illness, 391, 392; letter to Anna after Jane's death, 398; lives on till 1827, 257, 402
_Leigh Chronicle_, quoted, 6-9, 25
Leigh, Hon. Mary: life-tenant of Stoneleigh, dies 1806, 194; her brother's curious will, 195
Leigh, Theophilus: squire of Adlestrop, husband of Mary Brydges, 7; his government of his sons, 7, 8. _See also_ Chandos, Duke of
Leigh, (Rev.) Theophilus: Master of Balliol, 7; his witty speeches and long life, 7, 8
Leigh, (Sir) Thomas: Lord Mayor when Queen Elizabeth was proclaimed, 6; Leighs of Adlestrop and of Stoneleigh descended from him, 6
Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i): Rector of Harpsden, father of Cassandra Austen, 7; his gentle character, 8; his wife, Jane Walker, descended from the Perrots, 9
Leigh, Thomas (ii): nephew of (i); succeeded to Stoneleigh, 195; the Austens stay with him there, 195-7
Leigh Perrot, James (_see also_ Perrots): son of Rev. Thomas Leigh (of Harpsden), 9; succeeded to Perrot property, and sold it, 9, 10; bought Scarlets, 10, 18, 126; often at Bath (Paragon), 127; marries Jane Cholmeley, 10; Mrs. L. P. accused of stealing lace at Bath, 132; committed and imprisoned, 132; Mrs. Austen offered to send one or both daughters to be with her, 134; trial at Taunton, 135, 138; acquittal, 138; Mrs. Austen and Jane stay at Paragon in 1801, 165; claim to succeed to Stoneleigh compromised, 195, 196; Mr. L. P. loses money by Henry Austen's bankruptcy, 332; his death and will, 384, &c.
Lloyds (_see also_ Austen, (Rev.) James): Mrs. Lloyd (Martha Craven) lived at Deane, then at Ibthorp, 69; her daughters, Eliza (Fowle), Martha, and Mary, 69; Jane's gift to Mary with verses, 69, 70; verses to Martha, 70; Mary's marriage to James Austen, 73; Jane's visit to Ibthorp, 153; Cassandra there at death of Mrs. Lloyd, 183, &c.; Martha to live with the Austens, 188; Martha married to Francis Austen, 74, 402
_Loiterer, The_: periodical conducted by James Austen at Oxford, 47; Henry writes in it, 48
Lybbe Powys, Caroline: _see_ Cooper, Edward
Lyfords: Hants doctors, 115, 355; one attends Jane in her last illness, 388, &c.
Lyme: Jane there with parents in 1804, 176; identification of places in _Persuasion_, 177
_Mansfield Park_: Jane Austen's third published novel, May 1814; mentioned during composition, 258, 259, 261; Frank's ships mentioned in it, 272, 280; finished, 290; Henry reading it on the way to London, 291-6; published in May 1814, 296; description, 296-8; first edition sold out, 296; second edition (Murray), 308; opinions of two friends upon, 332
Mapletons: friends at Bath, 129; death of Marianne M., 169, 170
Marboeuf, Marquise de: accused by Revolutionists; Comte de Feuillide befriends her and shares her fate, 44, 45
Mathew, Anne: _see_ Austen, (Rev.) James
Mathew, General: father of first Mrs. James Austen, 72; his generosity, 73
Mitford, Mary Russell: at the St. Quentins' school in London, 27; unflattering views of Jane, 84, 300; gradually modified, 301, _note_
Moore, Sir John: allusions to him and Battle of Corunna, 224, 228, 229
Morley, Countess of: corresponds with Jane, 326
Murray, John: publishes _Emma_, 309; letter from Henry Austen, 310; letters from Jane, 314, 318, 319; publishes second edition of _Mansfield Park_, 308, 318
Musgrave, Mrs.: godmother of Jane, 22
_Mystery, The_: very early work of Jane, 53
NELSON, Lord: Francis Austen conveys a message to, 160; his admiration for him, 193
_Northanger Abbey_: earlier of Jane Austen's two posthumous novels, published in 1818, 403; first version of, 96; description, 96-7; sold (after revision) in 1803, 96; to Messrs. Crosby of London, 174-5; attempt to secure publication (under name _Susan_), 230-4; MS. recovered, 333; doubt about publishing (under name _Catherine_), 336, 337
PALMER, Fanny: _see_ Austen, Charles
Perrots: well-known in Oxon and Wales, 9; property of one branch (Northleigh) comes to James Leigh (Perrot), 9; through this descent Austens are 'founder's kin' at St. John's, Oxford, 9; James L. P. sells Northleigh and buys Scarlets, 10
_Persuasion_: later of Jane Austen's two posthumous novels, published, 1818, 403; begun 1815, 333; finished, and end re-written, 1816, 334, 335; probably intended to be published with _Northanger Abbey_ (as it eventually was), 336; author's opinion on it, 336
Portrait of Jane as a girl: _see_ Zoffany
Portsmouth, Earl of: as Lord Lymington, a pupil at Steventon, 21; a neighbour, 68; courteous message to Cassandra, 144; ball at Hurstbourne, 150
_Pride and Prejudice_ (see also _First Impressions_): Jane's second published novel, January 1813, 257; read aloud at Chawton, 260; &c.; author's own comments, 260-3; description of, 263-5; Jane looks out for pictures of Mrs. Bingley and Mrs. Darcy, 267-9; Warren Hastings's admiration, 275; Henry divulges secret of authorship, 281; second edition, 289, 290; young Fox's admiration, 370
RAMSGATE: Francis Austen there, raising a corps, 174; Jane perhaps there in 1803, 174
Rice, (Rev.) Morland: owner of Zoffany portrait, 63
Rowden, Miss: _see_ St. Quentins, the
Russell, Miss (Mrs. Mitford): mother of Mary Russell Mitford, 84, 300; her father Rector of Ashe, 1729-83, 17
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford: George Austen, Scholar and Fellow there, 4, 5; his sons James and Henry there, 39, 41, 46
St. Quentins, the: chiefly manage Mrs. Latournelle's school at Reading, 26; move to London, then to Paris; assisted by Miss Rowden, 27; M. R. Mitford and Fanny Kemble educated by them, 27; also Miss Landon, and Lady Caroline Lamb, 305
'Sanditon': name given to Jane's first chapters of a new work, 381, _note_; description, 381, 382
Scarlets: home of the Leigh Perrots, 10, 18, 126, 384
Scott, Sir Walter: writes article in _Quarterly_ on _Emma_, 326
_Sense and Sensibility_: Jane Austen's first published novel; sketch for, in letters called _Elinor and Marianne_, 79, 80; early version of, 96; resumed on settling at Chawton, 242; in hands of printer, April 1811, 244; comes out at end of October, 254; description of, 243, 244; its publication a secret, 254; its success, 255, 256; second edition, 290
Sherwood, Mrs.: as Miss Butt, at Mrs. Latournelle's school at Reading; her description of it, 26, 27
Ships (in which Frank or Charles served): the _Unicorn_, 78; the _Triton_, 103; the _Tamar_, 121; the _Peterel_, 121, &c.; the _Endymion_, 125; the _Neptune_, 174; the _Leopard_, 192; the _Canopus_, 192; the _St. Albans_, 203; the _Elephant_, 270; the _Namur_, 284, _note_; the _Phoenix_, 369
Southampton: Austens settle there, 197; house in Castle Square, 198; description of surroundings, 202, 203; they leave Southampton, 229
Steventon Rectory: given to G. Austen, 5; description of, 11-15; G. Austen and family live there (or occasionally at Deane) till 1801, 17, 155, &c.; leave it for Bath, 164; Cassandra and Jane visit the James Austens there, 92, 93; Mrs. G. Austen visits it for the last time, 256
Stoneleigh: visit to, 194; Mr. Leigh Perrot's claim to property compromised, 195
Stringer, Jane, sister of John Austen (iii): one of her descendants married to Thomas Knight (i) of Godmersham, 2
_Susan_: see _Northanger Abbey_
TAUNTON: Mrs. Leigh Perrot tried and acquitted there, 135, &c.
Theatricals at Steventon: names of pieces, prologues &c., 63-6; Jane's share unknown, 66
Trafalgar: Frank Austen just misses battle, 192, 193
WALKER, Jane: _see_ Leigh, (Rev.) Thomas (i)
Walter, (Rev.) Henry: son of (Rev.) James W., 6; mathematician and scholar, 6, 259; known at Court, 6
Walter, (Rev.) James: son of W. H. Walter, met his death in the hunting-field, aged eighty-four, 5
Walter, Philadelphia: cousin and correspondent of Eliza de Feuillide, 5; letters to and from, 38-44, 58, 59, 61, 65, 104, 105
Walter, William Hampson: elder half-brother of (Rev.) George Austen, 4; correspondence between his wife and himself and the Austens, 19-22
_Watsons, The_: commencement of story, written by Jane about 1804, 175; why discontinued, 175, 176
Weller, Elizabeth: _see_ Austen, John (iii)
Williams, Captain T.: captured _La Tribune_; knighted, 78; marries (i) Jane Cooper, who was killed in a carriage accident, 77, 108; (ii) Miss Whapshare, 152, 154
Winchester: Jane moves there for advice, 388; lodges in College Street, 389; dies there, and is buried in the Cathedral, 396, 397, 399
ZOFFANY: painter of (believed) portrait of Jane as a girl, _frontispiece_, 62; its history, 63
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Transcriber's Notes:
Page 29, "tell" changed to "tells" (author tells us)
Page 159, repeated text was deleted. The original reads:
likely spot the very few which conducted him to the door of the assembly room in the Inn, where there happened to be a Ball on the night of their arrival; a likely spot enough for the discovery of a Charles: but I am glad to say that he was not of
Pages 211-212, a section of repeated text was deleted. The original reads:
She was sensible, even-tempered, affectionate, and conscientious. She did indeed prove 'almost another sister' to Jane, even-tempered, affectionate, and conscientious. She did indeed prove 'almost another sister' to Jane, who, as Cassandra
Page 389, "fron" changed to "front" (the front wall)
Page 425, "Feneon" changed to "Fenelon" (Par. F. Fenelon)
Page 445, "de Feuillide, Comtesse de" changed to "de Feuillide, Comtesse"
Some references in the index were lacking page numbers. These have been provided as follows:
Under Austen, Fanny in London during her uncle Henry's illness, 213;
Austen, (Sir) Francis (_see also_ Ships): takes news to Nelson and captures _Ligurienne_, 160; appointed to _Leopard_ (under Admiral Louis), 192;
Austen, (Rev.) George (i): Rector of Steventon, 5;
Austen, Jane (the novelist) death of Mr. Leigh Perrot and his will, 384;
The following words were inconsistently hyphenated. This was retained to mimic the spelling in the original letters.
apiece/a-piece bedroom/bed-room
## bookcase/book-case
commonplace/common-place deathbed/death-bed disinclination/dis-inclination everyday/every-day handwriting/hand-writing playfellows/play-fellows postchaise/post-chaise surname/sur-name twelvemonth/twelve-month
Punctuation in the letter on page 135 was retained as printed. (me. the)