Resultado de búsqueda
The memoir consists of 78 pages of handwritten text. It is believed to be the hand of Francis Austen himself, although it is written in the third person. The descriptive narrative moves swiftly, however there are also moments of deeper reflection and detail, indicating that it was a personal memoir. The text as a whole remains unpublished ...
14 de dic. de 2023 · On 23 November 2023 the Jane Austen Society UK sadly lost one of its most senior members when Francis Henry Inskip Austen died, age 99 and 7 months. A direct descendant of Jane Austen’s naval brother, Admiral Sir Francis William Austen (1774-1865), the contemporary Francis was an admirer and supporter of the writing of his famous great-great aunt, Jane Austen.
Francis Austen served throughout the Napoleonic Wars and, writes David Hopkinson, lived until the age of ninety-one; an Admiral of the Fleet. Students of Jane Austen’s life and work have frequently noted her family loyalty and the close-knit pattern of Austen family life. Brother and sister relationships are explored in several of the novels.
26 de abr. de 2024 · Succeeded by. Sir Thomas Cochrane. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Francis William Austen, GCB (23 April 1774 – 10 August 1865) was a Royal Navy officer and an elder brother of the novelist Jane Austen. As commanding officer of the sloop HMS Peterel, he captured some 40 ships, was present at the capture of a French squadron, and led an oper.
Francis (Frank) Austen, 1774 – 1865 Frank Austen went to Naval College in Portsmouth at the age of 12. Considered by Admiral Nelson to be ‘an excellent young man’, he rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and was knighted in 1837. A skilled wood turner, he believed that Jane had based some aspects of Captain Harville in Persuasion on him.
17 de mar. de 2019 · Anna Chancellor, who played Caroline Bingley in 1995’s Pride and Prejudice, is an Austen descendant who can trace her lineage maternally to Edward Austen Knight of Chawton, the very same Edward who offered Chawton Cottage rent free to his mother and two sisters. Jane is Anna’s eight-times great aunt. Francis Austen, brother.
Francis Austen had always supported his nephew George Austen, Jane Austen’s father, paying for his schooling and providing him with church livings. We believe that in 1788 he commissioned the portraits of his great-nieces, Jane and Cassandra Austen (see HERE for more on Cassandra’s missing portrait) from Ozias Humphry, who had recently returned from an unsuccessful spell in India.
