WMT
married Isabella Gethin Shawe
at the British Embassy in Paris.
Monsarrat, Ann. An Uneasy Victorian. Cassell, 1980.
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Family and Intimate relationships
William Makepeace Thackeray
On a voyage from England to Ireland, WMT
's wife Isabella
, suffering a postnatal depression that escalated into insanity, attempted suicide by drowning herself. Soon afterwards she was institutionalised.
Roberts, Andrew. “Mental Health History Timeline”. Middlesex University: Andrew Roberts Homepage: Mental Health and Learning Disability.
Family and Intimate relationships
Anne Thackeray Ritchie
ATR
's mother, Isabella (Shawe) Thackeray
, was the daughter of an Indian Army officer. After the birth of ATR
's sister Harriet Marian
(nicknamed Minny) on 27 May 1840, Anne's mother suffered from postnatal...