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Frances Parthenope Verney, Lady Verney (née Nightingale; 19 April 1819 – 12 May 1890), [1] was an English writer and journalist. Life. Parthenope was born in Naples, Italy, and was named after its Greek predecessor, Parthenope. She was the oldest daughter and child of William Nightingale and his wife, Frances Smith.
Oct 23, 2022 · She was the elder sister of Florence Nightingale and the second wife of Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet (m.1858), to whom she was introduced by her sister. (Harry Verney had previously been wooing Florence.) Parthenope was an active supporter of her sister's work during the Crimean War.
- Campania
- April 19, 1819
- Sir Harry Verney, 2nd Baronet
- May 12, 1890
Lady Verney is best remembered for her edition of the Memoirs of the Verney Family during the Civil War (2 vols., 1892). In this work she was encouraged by the historian S. R. Gardiner, who praised her for the ex-treme care with which she tackled the work of sorting and classifying the voluminous Verney correspondence, only a selection of
Jan 11, 2007 · Memoirs of the Verney family : Compiled from the letters and illustrated by the portraits at Claydon House by Verney, Frances Parthenope, Lady, 1819-1890; Verney, Margaret Maria (Williams-Hay) Lady, 1844-1930
Memoirs of the Verney family by Verney, Frances Parthenope Nightingale, Lady, 1819-1890, comp; Verney, Margaret Maria Williams-Hay, Lady, 1844-1930
Verney, Frances Parthenope, Lady, 1819-1890. Publication date. 1970. Topics. Verney family. Publisher. London : Tabard Press. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; trent_university; internetarchivebooks. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. 4 v. : 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references. v. 1-2.
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Frances Parthenope, Lady Verney. (1819-1890), Writer and journalist; sister of Florence Nightingale; second wife of Sir Harry Verney, Bt. Sitter in 1 portrait. Artist associated with 1 portrait.
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