Marianne Gaskell

EG 's first surviving daughter, Marianne , was born.

While on holiday in Wales, EG 's children Marianne and Willie became ill with scarlet fever; Willie, her only surviving son, died on 10 August.

JW and her sister Euphemia were close to Meta and Marianne Gaskell . Another friend of JW was Florence Nightingale .

The Gaskells distanced themselves from political movements of the day such as Chartism and the Anti-Corn Law League . While many of her Unitarian friends were keen supporters of the latter, EG tried to remain...

EG began writing a journal, dedicated to her six-month-old daughter Marianne .

EG , along with her husband and their daughter Marianne , visited Paris; there she met Scottish hostess Mary Clarke Mohl , whose salons were at the hub of French political and literary life.