Margracia Loudon

Margracia Loudon
Margracia Loudon
Born	Margracia Ryves; c.1788; Castle Ryves, Knocklong, County Limerick, Ireland
Died	1860 (aged 71–72); Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Occupation	Novelist
Notable work	Philanthropic Economy (1835) ; The Light of Mental Science (1845); The Voices of Bulgaria (1846)

Margracia Loudon (c. 1788 – 1860) was an Irish novelist and political author. She is known for her political works Philanthropic Economy (1835), The Light of Mental Science (1845), The Voices of Bulgaria (1846).

Biography[edit]

Margracia Ryves was born around 1788 at Castle Ryves, near Knocklong, County Limerick, Ireland. She was the daughter of William Ryves, a landowner, and his wife, Frances Catherine Ryves, author of Cumbrian Legends; or, Tales of Other Times (1812). In 1830, she married Charles Loudon, a physician, and they settled in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England.^[1]^[2]

Loudon was a popular novelist before turning to political writing. Her Philanthropic Economy (1835) became famous for its opposition to the Corn Laws, and actually predated the founding of the Anti-Corn Law League (1838). Her next work, The Light of Mental Science (1845), was influenced by phrenology. Her final non-fiction work, The Voices of Bulgaria (1846), focused on the plight of Christians in Ottoman-occupied Bulgaria and featured her own translations from Bulgarian.^[1]

She died in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England in 1860.^[1]

Bibliography[edit]

Novels[edit]

First Love: A Novel (1830)^[3]^[2]
Fortune-Hunting: A Novel (1832)^[2]
Dilemmas of Pride (1833)^[2]
The Fortunes of Woman (1849)^[2]
Maternal Love: A Novel. 3 vol. London: T. C. Newby, 1849.^[3]^[2]

Other works[edit]

Philanthropic Economy, or the Philosophy of Happiness, Practically Applied to the Social, Political, and Commercial Relations of Great Britain (1835)^[4]
Corn Laws: Selections from Mrs Loudon's Philanthropic Economy (1842)^[4]
The Light of Mental Science (1845)^[2]^[4]
The Voices of Bulgaria (1846)^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Richardson, Sarah (2013). The Political Worlds of Women. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-96486-3. OCLC 830161188.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Loeber, Rolf (2006). A guide to Irish fiction, 1650-1900. Dublin ; Portland, Or.: Four Courts. ISBN 978-1-85182-940-8.
^ ^a ^b "Author: Margracia Loudon". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dictionary of Munster women writers, 1800 to 2000=Scríbhneoirí ban na Mumhan, 1800-2000. Cork: Cork University Press. 2005. ISBN 978-1-85918-388-5.

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[:3-1] Richardson, Sarah (2013). The Political Worlds of Women. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-1-135-96486-3. OCLC 830161188.

[:1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Loeber, Rolf (2006). A guide to Irish fiction, 1650-1900. Dublin ; Portland, Or.: Four Courts. ISBN 978-1-85182-940-8.

[:0-3] "Author: Margracia Loudon". At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901. Retrieved 2022-12-18.

[:2-4] Dictionary of Munster women writers, 1800 to 2000=Scríbhneoirí ban na Mumhan, 1800-2000. Cork: Cork University Press. 2005. ISBN 978-1-85918-388-5.

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