Frances Eleanor Trollope is sometimes confused with her mother-in-law, the novelist Frances Trollope.
Background
Ternan was born aboard a paddle steamer in Delaware Bay, the eldest of three surviving daughters of the actors Thomas Lawless Ternan and Frances Eleanor Ternan (née Jarman). Her mother and father were on a three-year tour of North America after their marriage in Edinburgh in 1835.
Career
Frances Eleanor Trollope (née Ternan) (August 1835 – 14 August 1913) was an English novelist. Her father became the manager of the Theatre Royal in Newcastle upon Tyne where her mother was a leading actress. The three daughters including Frances were put on stage to show off their skills.
Ternan soon married Tom Trollope despite an age difference of 25 years.
The marriage took place within five months of her becoming a governess in Florence. She also became the sister-in-law of Anthony Trollope and daughter-in-law of Frances Milton Trollope, whose biography Frances Trollope: Her and Literary Work from George III to Victoria she authored.
Thomas died in 1892.