Her father, Henry Seymour Conway
, was an army officer who rose to be Field-Marshal. His distinguished military career was matched by his services to Whig politics. His literary interests made him a friend of...
Friends, Associates
Isabella Kelly
Her friends or perhaps patrons included General Henry Seymour Conway
(father of the writer-sculptor Anne Damer
) and his whole family.
Kelly, Isabella. A Collection of Poems and Fables. Richardson, 1794.
39-40
Matthew Lewis
(though given his general view of fiction by women he may...