Florence Bell (writer)

Dame Florence Eveleen Eleanore Bell, DBE, JP (née Olliffe; 9 September 1851 - 16 May 1930)[1] was a British writer and playwright.

For the alpine skier from Ireland, see Florence Bell (skier). For the British suffragist and socialist, see Florence Harrison Bell.
Florence Bell
by "J. Weston & Son" 1910s
BornFlorence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe
(1851-09-09)9 September 1851
Paris, France
Died16 May 1930(1930-05-16) (aged 78)
Chelsea, London
OccupationWriter, playwright
NationalityBritish
Period20th century
GenrePlays, fiction
SpouseSir Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet Bell of Rounton Grange (1871-1930; her death)

Biography

Bell was born in Paris, France in 1851, the youngest of four children of Irish-born Joseph Francis Olliffe (later Sir Joseph Olliffe) and Laura Cubitt.[2] She was the second wife of Sir Hugh Bell, 2nd Baronet Bell of Rounton Grange, and was styled Lady Florence Bell. The couple had three children:

Bell was the stepmother to her husband's children from his first marriage: British explorer and key political figure in the Middle East, Gertrude Bell (1868–1926) and Maurice, 3rd Baronet (1871–1944).

In 1918 she was appointed as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). She died on 16 May 1930 at her home, 95 Sloane Street, Chelsea.

Works
  • Alan's Wife (with Elizabeth Robins, 1893)
  • A Collection of Plays and Monologues for the Drawing Room
  • At the Works: Study of a Manufacturing Town, Middlesbrough (1907)
  • The Letters of Gertrude Bell, Volume 1 (1927)
  • The Letters of Gertrude Bell, Volume II (1927)
  • French Without Tears: Book I
  • French Without Tears: Book II
  • French Without Tears: Book III
  • Petit theâtre des enfants: twelve tiny french plays for children

References
  1. "Lady Bell". The Times. London, England. 17 May 1930. p. 14.
  2. John, Angela V. (2004). "Bell, Florence Eveleen Eleanore, Lady Bell (1851–1930)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press.
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