Background
Her mother, also Margaret Holford (1757–1834) was likewise an author, and their works have sometimes been confused in bibliographies.
Her mother, also Margaret Holford (1757–1834) was likewise an author, and their works have sometimes been confused in bibliographies.
Robert Southey stayed for a week with the Hodsons in 1829. Among her close associates was Joanna Baillie. Her husband died in 1833 and she died in Dawlish, Devon, on 11 September 1852.