Background
She was born in Kilkenny, where her father, the Venerable John Alcock, became Archdeacon of Waterford. She lived with her father, writing a memoir of him on his death, and stayed umarried herself.
She was born in Kilkenny, where her father, the Venerable John Alcock, became Archdeacon of Waterford. She lived with her father, writing a memoir of him on his death, and stayed umarried herself.
Other work includes The Czar (1882), set during the French invasion of Russia. Archie’s Chances (1886), and Prisoners of hope (1894). A biography of her, The Author of Spanish Brothers, was written by Elisabeth Boyd Bayley.