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A popular English novelist, daughter of Capt. Frederick Marryat; born at Brighton, July 9, 1838; died in London, Oct. 27, 1899. She married first Col. Ross Church, and then Col. Francis Lean. She was a dramatic reader and singer; was editor of London Society (1872-76); and acted in London in her own play "Her World" (1881). She wrote: "Too Good for Him" (new ed. 1868); "Woman Against Woman" (1865); "Confessions of Gerald Estcourt" (1865); "Veronique" (1869); "Fighting he Air" (new ed. 1878); "A Daughter of the Tropics" (1887). She published "Life and Letters of Captain Marryat", 2 vols. (1872).