Portrait of Arabella Sullivan (1810), aged 13–14

Arabella Jane Sullivan (née Wilmot; 1 May 1796 – 27 January 1839) was a British writer.

Biography

Arabella Jane Wilmot was born on the 1 May 1796 in Great Britain to Valentine Henry Wilmot (c.1764–1819), an officer in the Foot Guards, and Barbarina Wilmot (née Ogle; later Barbarina Brand, Lady Dacre), a poet, playwright and translator. On 20 June 1796 Sullivan was baptised at St Marylebone Parish Church.

She wrote Recollections of a Chaperon (1831) and Tales of the Peerage and Peasantry (1835), both collections of stories credited to her mother, but were written by her and only edited by her mother.

Personal life

On 3 January 1821, Sullivan married The Rev Frederick Sullivan, a cricketer and vicar of Kimpton, Hertfordshire.

Sullivan had three children, including the writer Barbarina Charlotte, Lady Grey and Sir Francis Sullivan, 6th Baronet, a Royal Navy officer. Sullivan was the daughter-in-law of Sir Richard Sullivan, 1st Baronet, and the mother-in-law of Sir Frederick Grey.

On 1 March 1839, Sullivan died in Hertfordshire.

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