Mrs Humphry Ward

Mary Augusta Ward CBE (nee Arnold; 11 June 1851 - 24 March 1920) was a British novelist who wrote under her married name as Mrs Humphry Ward. Mary Augusta Arnold was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, into a prominent intellectual family of writers and educationalists.Mary was the daughter of Tom Arnold, a professor of literature, and Julia Sorrell. Her uncle was the poet Matthew Arnold and her grandfather Thomas Arnold, the famous headmaster of Rugby School.Her sister Julia married Leonard Huxley, the son of Thomas Huxley, and their sons were Julian and Aldous Huxley.The Arnolds and the Huxleys were an important influence on British intellectual life.Mary's father Tom Arnold was appointed inspector of schools in Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) and commenced his role on 15 January 1850. 8] Tom Arnold was received into the Roman Catholic Church on 12 January 1856, which made him so unpopular in his job (and with his wife) that he resigned and left for England with his family in July 1856.Mary Arnold had her fifth birthday the month before they left, and had no further connection with Tasmania. Tom Arnold was ratified as chair of English literature at the contemplated Catholic university, Dublin, after some delay.Mary Augusta Ward died in London, England, and was interred at Aldbury in Hertfordshire, near her beloved country home Stocks...... Thomas Hill Green (7 April 1836 - 15 March 1882) was an English philosopher, political radical and temperance reformer, and a member of the British idealism movement. Like all the British idealists, Green was influenced by the metaphysical historicism of G.W.F. Hegel. He was one of the thinkers behind the philosophy of social liberalism............... Octavia Laura Mary (Laura) Lyttelton formerly Tennant Born 28 Oct 1862 in Traquair, Peebles-Shire, Scotland, Daughter of Charles Clow Tennant 1st Bt. and Emma (Winsloe) Tennant Sister of Janet Tennant, Charles Tennant, John Aubrey Tennant, Pauline Emma Tennant, Charles Clow Tennant, Charlotte Monkton (Tennant) Lister, Edward Priaulx Tennant, Catherine Lucy Tennant, Francis John Tennant, Emma Alice Margaret (Tennant) Asquith, Harold John Tennant, Margaret (Tennant) Loder, private sister (1900s - unknown)] andNancy (Tennant) Dugdale.Died 24 Apr 1886 in Upper Brook Street, Mayfair, London, England..