Author: Darling, Patricia Rolland
Biography:
DARLING, Patricia Rolland (d 1814: Poetical Pieces)
Her father, William Rolland, was a shipmaster. She was the wife of William Darling, a printer, whom she married at Edinburgh in 1782. The couple had at least two children: Peter Middleton and Janet or Jessy (q.v). Peter is identified by SBTI as an advocate; he published two novels (The Romance of the Highlands, 1810, and The Forest of Valancourt, 1813) in addition to at several poems in Poetical Pieces. Her date of death is known from a memorial poem in Poetical Pieces. (ancestry.co.uk 22 Oct 2018; Scottish Book Trade Index)
Books written (1):
Edinburgh: printed for the author's family by Oliver and Boyd, 1817