Cecilia Tilley

FT 's only remaining daughter, Cecilia , died of tuberculosis, the third member of her immediate family to die of this disease.

One of FT 's daughters, Cecilia (Trollope) Tilley also wrote and published before dying of consumption at the age of thirty-one. Her High Church novel,Chollerton, A Tale of our Own Times was published...

FT travelled across revolution-torn Europe to nurse her dying daughter , and to care for the latter's five children. A few days after her daughter's death, she wrote to her son Tom ...

FT spent Christmas 1837 with her two remaining sons and one daughter in Hadley. She was visited by, amongst others, her Viennese friend Baron Charles Hügel . The holidays were greatly enjoyed...

Back in England, in the winter of 1833-1834 most of the Trollope family suffered from influenza, and FT grew greatly concerned for the health of her children, particularly Henry , Cecilia , and Emily, who...

FT had planned to live at Carlton Hill in the Lake District near her daughter Cecilia . However, after less than a year, she had already begun to make plans to leave the house she...

FT was close to her two sons: she had nursed Anthony through a year-long illness, and she and Thomas Adolphus were close friends and companions, so her decision to live with the latter made sense...

Facing destitution, and perhaps feeling unsure of her husband's ability to support the family, FT decided to take her two daughters, Cecilia and Emily , sixteen-year-old Henry , Auguste Hervieu , two servants, and most...