Louisa Anne Twamley
married her cousin Charles Meredith
(from a Welsh family that had settled in what is now Tasmania) at Edgbaston Old Church near Birmingham.
Brothers, Barbara, and Julia Gergits, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 166. Gale Research, 1996.
166: 260
Rae-Ellis, Vivienne. Louisa Anne Meredith: A Tigress in Exile. St David’s Park, 1990.
65
Family and Intimate relationships
Louisa Anne Meredith
With no income, and through the assistance of her friend lieutenant governor Sir John Eardley-Wilmot
, LAM
's husband
took a job as Port Sorell's Assistant Police Magistrate.
Rae-Ellis, Vivienne. Louisa Anne Meredith: A Tigress in Exile. St David’s Park, 1990.
125
Samuels, Selina, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 230. Gale Research, 2000.
230: 264
The Dictionary of Literary...
Family and Intimate relationships
Louisa Anne Meredith
Charles Meredith
was an active politician whose success from 1855 until his death can be largely attributed to his wife. While Charles was often described as personable, a genuine and honest man, his skills in...
politics
Louisa Anne Meredith
Charles Meredith
introduced at his wife
's instigation the bill to protect the black swan in Tasmania.
Rae-Ellis, Vivienne. Louisa Anne Meredith: A Tigress in Exile. St David’s Park, 1990.
183-4
Residence
Louisa Anne Meredith
A couple of months after their marriage in England, LAM
and her husband
set out for Australia, where they at first intended to live for only five years.
Brothers, Barbara, and Julia Gergits, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 166. Gale Research, 1996.
166: 260-1
Residence
Louisa Anne Meredith
LAM
and her husband
moved to his family's estates in Swansea, Van Dieman's Land (later Tasmania), after his financial failure in New South Wales.
Rae-Ellis, Vivienne. Louisa Anne Meredith: A Tigress in Exile. St David’s Park, 1990.
89-90
Wealth and Poverty
Louisa Anne Meredith
LAM
's family was close to bankruptcy; they were forced to move so that her husband
could take work.
Rae-Ellis, Vivienne. Louisa Anne Meredith: A Tigress in Exile. St David’s Park, 1990.