Author: Potts, Ethelinda Margaretta
Biography:
POTTS, Ethelinda Margaretta, formerly THORPE (1757-1836: ancestry.co.uk)
She was born on 15 Feb. 1757, the second daughter of John Thorpe, a well-known Kent antiquary (1715-92), and his wife Catharina Holker (1728-89). She married Cuthbert Potts (1744-1825), a surgeon and widower, on 27 Jan.1784 at North Cray, Kent. They had a son, Laurence Holker Potts (1789-1850), who became a surgeon and inventor, and a daughter, Cuthberta Ethelinda (1790-1865), who left £6000 when she died which presumably had been passed down through the family. Ethelinda Margaretta published anonymously Moonshine (1814), a mixture of light verse and gossip which enjoyed greater success in expanded editions (1832-1833). She also published anonymously A Visit to Bonaparte (1815). She died on 7 Mar. 1836 and was buried at St. Luke, Chelsea, three days later. (ancestry.co.uk 10 Sept. 2020; "Thorpe, John," ODNB 10 Sept. 2020; Newcastle Courant 7 Feb. 1784; GM Dec. 1825, 569-570) AA