Women / Persons ~ P14116

Fanny Kemble

Alternate Names:

Frances Kemble Butler
Mrs. Butler
Mrs. Frances Anne Butler
Fanny Butler
Fanny Kemble
Frances Anne Kemble

Gender: Female

Life Dates: 27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893

Types:

Abolitionist
Daughter of notable man
divorced or separated
English
Financial crisis or bankruptcy
Performer, actress
Speaker, Lecturer, Public Reader
Traveler, travel writer
Writer, Nonfiction
Writer, Poetry

Note: Plantation mistress in U.S. South; published an anti-slavery journal of her observations

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Biographies (8 Total)

Fanny Kemble Author: Dame Una Birch Pope-Hennessy . Collection Title: Three English Women in America. 1929
Fanny Kemble Author: Frederick John Snell . Collection Title: The Girlhood of Famous Women. 1915
Fanny Kemble Author: Mrs. Amy Cruse . Collection Title: Boys and Girls Who Became Famous. 1929
Frances Ann Kemble Author: Edward Robins . Collection Title: Twelve Great Actresses. 1900
Frances Kemble Butler Author: George Washington Bethune . Collection Title: The British Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices. 1848
Mrs. Frances Anne Butler Author: Frederic Rowton . Collection Title: The Female Poets of Great Britain, Chronologically Arranged: With Copious Selections and Critical Remarks. 1848
Mrs. Frances Anne Kemble Author: James Parton . Collection Title: Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the Most [/More] Prominent Women of the Present Generation. 1868
The Kembles Author: Mrs. Charles Braun , Harold Simpson . Collection Title: A Century of Famous Actresses, 1750-1850. 1913

Events

Birth of Fanny Kemble
Father threatened with bankruptcy
Début as Actress
Broke off Engagement to Augustus Craven
Family finances overstretched; father replaced as manager of Covent Garden
Marriage to Pierce Butler
Childbearing
Divorce from Pierce Butler
Ex-husband (Pierce Butler) saved from bankruptcy by slave auction
Death of Fanny Kemble
Tour of US
Move to Georgia Plantation
Travels in England
Return to US
Return to England
Tour of Italy
Tour of US
Buys House, "The Perch"
Return to England
Tour of US
Publication of: Francis the First
Publication of: Francis the First
Publication of: Journal
Publication of: Journal
Publication of: The Star of Seville
Publication of: The Star of Seville
Publication of: Poems
Publication of: Poems
Publication of: A Year of Consolation
Publication of: A Year of Consolation
Publication of: Plays
Publication of: Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839
Publication of: Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839
Publication of: Record of a Girlhood
Publication of: Records of Later Life
Publication of: Records of Later Life
Publication of: Notes on Some of Shakespeare's Plays
Publication of: Far Away and Long Ago
Publication of: Further Records, 1848-1883