Theresa Cornwallis West


Theresa Cornwallis West was a British writer. She is most noted for her A Summer Visit to Ireland in 1846 and wrote stories for children, young adults and even a novel for adults. Her travelogue, written as a member of the English upper class visiting Ireland as a tourist, in the early stages of the Famine has proven a valuable source of both information and views.
She was born at Newlands Manor, Hampshire to the Royal Navy Captain John Whitby and Mary Anne Theresa Whitby . Theresa married, in 1827, Frederick Richard West of Ruthin Castle and unlike his first wife bore children and went on to outlive him.

Selected works

  • West, Theresa Cornwallis Whitby., 1847. A summer visit to Ireland in 1846. London: R. Bentley.
  • West, Theresa Cornwallis, 1884. The Doom of Doolandour. A Chronicle of Two Races. London: Wyman & Sons
  • West, Theresa Cornwallis J., 1876. All for an Ideal: a Girl's dream of a past period.
  • West, Theresa Cornwallis J., 1883. God's Arithmetic: with other stories for the young. London: Partridge & Co.
  • West, Theresa Cornwallis J., 1855. Frescoes and Sketches from Memory. J. Mitchell, London
  • West, Theresa Cornwallis J., 1903. For the Sake of a Crown: a tale of the Netherlands. Religious Tract Society: London.