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Author: Darling, Patricia Rolland

Biography:

DARLING, Patricia Rolland (d 1814: Poetical Pieces)

Her father, William Rolland, was a shipmaster; her mother's name is not known and no birth record has been found. She married William Darling, a printer, in Edinburgh on 7 Dec. 1782; she was his third wife.  The couple had at least two children: Peter Middleton and Janet or Jessy (qq.v).  Her date of death, 14 Feb. 1814, is known from a memorial poem in Poetical Pieces but no public record has been found. (ancestry.co.uk 22 Oct 2018; SBTI) SR

 

Books written (1):

Edinburgh: printed for the author's family by Oliver and Boyd, 1817