Her brothers were Charles Cobbe
, born 1811 (who succeeded his father as landowner), Thomas Cobbe
, born 1813 (who was called to the bar, wrote music, edited Shakespeare, and wrote novels and history, all...
Residence
Frances Power Cobbe
FPC
then went to live with her brother Tom
at a rented farm in Donegal for nine or ten months, either because of her religious differences with her father or to help her brother after...
Textual Production
Frances Power Cobbe
In November 1857, FPC
wrote an anonymous review of a pseudonymous novel by her brother Thomas
. She also reviewed the work of other intimates, including Isa Blagden
, whose The Cost of a Secret...
Travel
Frances Power Cobbe
FPC
was sent by her father to London in March 1847 because of her brother Tom
's domestic crisis. His wife and cousin Azélie
eloped with one of his college friends in mid-March, and a...
Wealth and Poverty
Frances Power Cobbe
He left her an annuity of £200 a year, the same as Tom
and more than Henry
. (William
was excluded entirely).
