Mary Anne Duffus Hardy
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published, during the latter part of the nineteenth century, fourteen novels, a book of patriotic poetry, two travel books about the USA, and various works in periodicals. Among her novels, predictable romance is balanced with elements of the sensation novel, and some attention (not, however, particularly daring or original) to gender issues such as seduction.
- BirthName: Mary Anne MacDowellWhile the Feminist Companion spells her maiden name McDowell, other sources agree in spelling it MacDowell.
- Married: Hardy
- Pseudonym: Addlestone Hill
- Titled: Lady
- Indexed: Duffus HardyShe was Mrs Hardy for nearly twenty years before her husband got his title. The name of Duffus, birthname of her husband's mother, was borne by him and by their daughter. He signed himself, both before and after receiving his knighthood, T. Duffus Hardy.When her name appeared during her lifetime as Mrs Duffus Hardy, this would have reflected his given name in the usual manner (on the model of Mrs Humphry Ward), not a double-barrelled surname. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls her Mary Anne Hardy and the British Library CatalogueMary, Lady Hardy, both omitting the Duffus.Yet after her husband's death arrogated the name Duffus to herself, publishing regularly as Lady Duffus Hardy. It seems reasonable, therefore, to follow the practice of the Feminist Companion and give her name as Mary Anne Duffus Hardy.
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