Elizabeth Ogborne
| Elizabeth Ogborne | |
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 The History of Essex title page | |
| Born | 1763 or 4 |
| Died |
22 December 1853 London |
| Nationality | British |
Elizabeth Ogborne (1763 / 4 – 22 December 1853) was a British Antiquary for Essex.
Life
Ogborne said that her father was Sir John Eliot, 1st Baronet, but her mother was a dealer in tea and the relationship to Eliot is unproven. Ogborne married John Ogbourne on 20 March 1790 in St Pancras. Her new husband and father in law were both artists. They had one son and they were landlords to Euphemia Boswell. They all lived at 58 Great Portland Street in London.[1]
Their only son died in his late teens in 1813 and the couple then took up local history. Elizabeth wrote the first part of a History of Essex and her husband supplied engravings. They were assisted by Thomas Leman and possibly Joseph Strutt. The first and as it turned out the last volume of her "History of Essex was published in 1817.[2] Ogborne's book received a very good review by the The Gentleman's Magazine and Elizabeth was noted for her learning and precise nature. However sales were poor and the couple ended their days living on charity. Ogborne died in London in 1853.[1]
References
- 1 2 Rosemary Mitchell, ‘Ogborne , Elizabeth (1763/4–1853)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2014 accessed 14 March 2015
- ↑ The History of Essex: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Elizabeth Ogborne, Printed for the Proprietors and sold by R.H. Kelham, London, 1814, retrieved 14 March 2015
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