Adeline Georgiana Isabel Kingscote (

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s, Lucas Cleeve and Mrs Howard Kingscote; 1862–1908) was an English novelist, the author of over sixty works including ''The Woman Who Wouldn't'' in 1895. After her marriage to Colonel Howard Kingscote, most of her novels were published under the name Mrs Howard Kingscote.

Life

Adeline Georgiana Isabel Wolff was born in 1862. She was the only daughter of

Henry Drummond Wolff Sir Henry Drummond Charles Wolff (12 October 1830 – 11 October 1908), known as Henry Drummond Wolff, was an English diplomat and Conservative Party politician, who started as a clerk in the Foreign Office. Background Wolff was born in Malt ...

, a diplomat and Conservative MP. Recorded in ''

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'' as a traveller and linguist, she compiled a book of Indian folklore, ''Tales of the Sun, or, Folklore of Southern India'', and a work entitled ''The English Baby in India and How to Rear it''. However she was best known as a novelist. Her most famous novel was a response to Grant Allen's '' The Woman Who Did''. The first edition of Cleeve's ''The Woman Who Wouldn't'' (1895) sold well but received hostile reviews. She said of this: One of her sons,

Algernon Kingscote Algernon Robert Fitzhardinge "Algy" Kingscote (3 December 1888 – 21 December 1964) was a British tennis player, who won the Men's Singles event at the Australian Open, Australasian Championships in 1919 Australasian Championships – Singles, ...

, became a notable tennis player. She died in

Château-d'Œx Château-d'Œx () is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is in the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District, Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut. History Château-d'Œx is first men ...

, Switzerland, 1908.'Memorial Notices', ''

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'', 17 September 1908.

References

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* 1862 births 1908 deaths 19th-century English novelists 19th-century English women writers English people of German-Jewish descent English women novelists British folklorists British women folklorists Pseudonymous women writers 19th-century pseudonymous writers {{England-writer-stub