Frances Wilbraham

Frances Maria Wilbraham was a British novelist.

Biography

Frances Maria Wilbraham was born on 30 June 1815 at Rode Hall, Cheshire, the fifth daughter of Randle Wilbraham of Rode Hall, son of Richard Wilbraham-Bootle, and Sibylla Egerton. Her brother was General Sir Richard Wilbraham.
During the 1866 cholera epidemic in Chester, Frances and Emily Ayckbowm volunteered to run a hospital for cholera victims. Her work caused her to be dubbed the "Florence Nightingale of Chester" by Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster.
Wilbraham wrote a number of works of historical fiction. She also wrote numerous stories for The Monthly Packet, edited by her friend Charlotte Yonge. Her recollections of the cholera epidemic were published as Streets and Lanes of a City, initially under the name Amy Dutton.
Frances Maria Wilbraham died on 26 June 1905 in Chester.