Ianthe Elizabeth Esdaile

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Ianthe Elizabeth Esdaile (Shelley) (1813 - 1876)

Also Known As: "Eliza"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: London, Middlesex, England
Death: June 16, 1876 (62)
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Place of Burial: St. Thomas of Canterbury Churchyard Cothelstone, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Harriet Shelley
Wife of Edward Jefferies Esdaile, Sir
Mother of Ianthe Harriett Shelley Esdaile; Eliza Margaret Esdaile; Charles Edward Jefferies Esdaile; William Esdaile; Mary Emily Sydney Esdaile and 1 other
Sister of Charles Bysshe Shelley
Half sister of Clara Shelley; William Eveline Shelley; Clara Everina Shelley; Sir Percy Florence Shelley, 3rd Baronet and Elena Adelaide Shelley

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About Ianthe Elizabeth Esdaile

Ianthe's father, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, eloped with very young Harriet and then left her when she was pregnant with Ianthe, for sixteen year old Mary. Mary Shelley was the author of "Frankenstein".

See "The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume 2" By Percy Bysshe Shelley - there is a notation on Google Books which refers to the "Esdaile Notebook", a collection of poems by Shelley which passed down from Harriet to her daughter Ianthe....it continued to be passed on through the Esdaile until 1962 when it was sold by auction. This collection was purportedly meant to be a copy of his poems, in case the originals went astray, and were written casuallyt without punctuation. However, he did write in the Notebook two sonnets - one to Harriet, and one to Ianthe - both finished with punctuation.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205200114/eliza_ianthe_esdaile

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Ianthe Elizabeth Esdaile's Timeline

1813
June 28, 1813
London, Middlesex, England
1839
1839
Taunton
1841
May 13, 1841
Taunton
1845
May 18, 1845
1846
1846
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
1848
1848
Cheltenham
1876
June 16, 1876
Age 62
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
1880
1880
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St. Thomas of Canterbury Churchyard Cothelstone, Taunton Deane Borough, Somerset, England