Arabella Sullivan
Arabella Jane Sullivan was a British writer.
Biography
Arabella Jane Wilmot was born on the 1 May 1796 in the Kingdom of Great Britain to Valentine Henry Wilmot, an officer in the guards, and Barbarina Wilmot, a poet, playwright and translator. On 20 June 1796 Sullivan was baptised at St Marylebone Parish Church.She wrote Recollections of a Chaperon and Tales of the Peerage and Peasantry, both collections of stories credited to her mother, but were written by her and only edited by her mother.
Personal life
On 3 January 1821, Sullivan married The Rev Frederick Sullivan, a cricketer and vicar of Kimpton, Hertfordshire.Sullivan had three children, including the writer Barbarina Charlotte, Lady Grey and Sir Francis Sullivan, 6th Baronet, a Royal Navy officer. Sullivan was the daughter-in-law of Sir Richard Sullivan, 1st Baronet, and the mother-in-law of Sir Frederick Grey.
On 1 March 1839, Sullivan died in Hertfordshire.