Mary Louisa Molesworth
Mary Louisa Molesworth, ne Stewart was an English writer of childrens stories who wrote for children under the name of Mrs Molesworth. Her first novels, for adult readers, Lover and Husband to Cicely , appeared under the pseudonym of Ennis Graham. Her name occasionally appears in print as M. L. S. Molesworth.
She was born in Rotterdam, a daughter of Charles Augustus Stewart who later became a rich merchant in Manchester and his wife Agnes Janet Wilson . Mary had three brothers and two sisters. She was educated in Great Britain and Switzerland much of her girlhood was spent in Manchester. In 1861 she married Major R. Molesworth, nephew of Viscount Molesworth they legally separated in 1879.
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