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An English poet and prose-writer, sister of Geraldine; born in Measham, Derbyshire, Oct. 25, 1800; died of cholera at Poonah, India, Oct. 4, 1833. She wrote "Phantasmagoria, or Sketches of Life and Character", (1824?) and the fascinating "Letters to the Young" (1828) during a severe illness. Her "Lays of Leisure Hours" (1829) attracted general admiration, and her "Three Histories: the History of an Enthusiast, the History of a Nonchalant, the History of a Realist" (1830) ran through four editions. She married Rev. W. K. Fletcher, an Indian missionary.