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Simpson also wrote and published plays, poetry and books, as well as as journalism and short stories published in newspapers.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Peep Into Flowerland or Terra Flora |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000242/19021201/072/0006 |access-date=20 September 2024 |work=Newcastle Journal |agency=Newcastle Journal |publisher=Newcastle Journal |date=1 December 1902}}</ref> This included her Christmas ghost story, 'The Demon Motor: Story of New Year's Eve', published in 1901.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lorence (Mrs G. Kennedy Chrystie) |first1=Elva |title=The Demon Motor: Story of New Year's Eve |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001082/19020104/074/0007 |access-date=27 September 2024 |agency=Buckingham Advertiser & Free Press |publisher=Buckingham Advertiser & Free Press |date=4 January 1902}}</ref> |
Simpson also wrote and published plays, poetry and books, as well as as journalism and short stories published in newspapers.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Peep Into Flowerland or Terra Flora |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000242/19021201/072/0006 |access-date=20 September 2024 |work=Newcastle Journal |agency=Newcastle Journal |publisher=Newcastle Journal |date=1 December 1902}}</ref> This included her Christmas ghost story, 'The Demon Motor: Story of New Year's Eve', published in 1901.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lorence (Mrs G. Kennedy Chrystie) |first1=Elva |title=The Demon Motor: Story of New Year's Eve |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001082/19020104/074/0007 |access-date=27 September 2024 |agency=Buckingham Advertiser & Free Press |publisher=Buckingham Advertiser & Free Press |date=4 January 1902}}</ref> |
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==Private Life== |
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One of 14 children, Florence Simpson were the Reverend Michael Henry Simpson (1816–1888) and his wife Elizabeth, née Hendrick (1806–1905).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Mark |title=Alice Simpson Pickering - An Early Lawn Tennis Player |url=https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/alice-simpson-pickering-an-early-english-lawn-tennis-player.1189610/ |website=Tennis Forum |publisher=Tennis Forum |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref> On her mother's side, she was part of an old north country family, being a great great granddaughter of [[Lord Lever]] of Alkrington Hall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Weddings: Pearce Ellis - Simpson |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000532/19060915/126/0005 |website=Britisth Press Archive |publisher=Gloucester Journal |access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref> |
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Her father went on to be Vicar of the [[Church of St Philip and St James, Tow Law]], [[County Durham]], between 1862 to 1888.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Mark |title=Alice Simpson Pickering - An Early Lawn Tennis Player |url=https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/alice-simpson-pickering-an-early-english-lawn-tennis-player.1189610/ |website=Tennis Forum |publisher=Tennis Forum |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref> |
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Simpson and her siblings grew up at the Vicarage in [[Tow Law]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Mark |title=Alice Simpson Pickering - An Early Lawn Tennis Player |url=https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/alice-simpson-pickering-an-early-english-lawn-tennis-player.1189610/ |website=Tennis Forum |publisher=Tennis Forum |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref> Her youngest sister [[Alice Pickering]] (1860–1939), became a tennis player who twice reached the final of the [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryan |first1=Mark |title=Alice Simpson Pickering - An Early Lawn Tennis Player |url=https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/alice-simpson-pickering-an-early-english-lawn-tennis-player.1189610/ |website=Tennis Forum |publisher=Tennis Forum |access-date=11 September 2024}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:08, 27 September 2024
Florence Eva Simpson (1865–1923), who wrote under the name of Elva Lorence, was a well known and widely performed composer, as well as a writer of books, plays and poetry. [1]
Work
Florence Simpson made a name for herself as a composer of songs. Many of these set words poems written and published by her sister, the writer and artist Katherine Ashton Simpson.[2] The sisters also collaborated on several operettas; the comic opera Nanette or The Mermaid's Bubble (1896)[3] and A Peep into Flowerland or Terra Flora.[4]
Simpson also wrote and published plays, poetry and books, as well as as journalism and short stories published in newspapers.[5] This included her Christmas ghost story, 'The Demon Motor: Story of New Year's Eve', published in 1901.[6]
Private Life
One of 14 children, Florence Simpson were the Reverend Michael Henry Simpson (1816–1888) and his wife Elizabeth, née Hendrick (1806–1905).[7] On her mother's side, she was part of an old north country family, being a great great granddaughter of Lord Lever of Alkrington Hall.[8]
Her father went on to be Vicar of the Church of St Philip and St James, Tow Law, County Durham, between 1862 to 1888.[9]
Simpson and her siblings grew up at the Vicarage in Tow Law.[10] Her youngest sister Alice Pickering (1860–1939), became a tennis player who twice reached the final of the Wimbledon Championship.[11]
- ^ "Katherine Ashton Simpson". Art UK. ArtUK. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Katherine Ashton Simpson". Art UK. ArtUK. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Nanetto or The Mermaid's Bubble". Shileds Daily News. 25 August 1896. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "A Peep Into Flowerland or Terra Flora". Newcastle Journal. Newcastle Journal. Newcastle Journal. 1 December 1902. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ "A Peep Into Flowerland or Terra Flora". Newcastle Journal. Newcastle Journal. Newcastle Journal. 1 December 1902. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
- ^ Lorence (Mrs G. Kennedy Chrystie), Elva (4 January 1902). "The Demon Motor: Story of New Year's Eve". Buckingham Advertiser & Free Press. Buckingham Advertiser & Free Press. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
- ^ Ryan, Mark. "Alice Simpson Pickering - An Early Lawn Tennis Player". Tennis Forum. Tennis Forum. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Local Weddings: Pearce Ellis - Simpson". Britisth Press Archive. Gloucester Journal. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ Ryan, Mark. "Alice Simpson Pickering - An Early Lawn Tennis Player". Tennis Forum. Tennis Forum. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Ryan, Mark. "Alice Simpson Pickering - An Early Lawn Tennis Player". Tennis Forum. Tennis Forum. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Ryan, Mark. "Alice Simpson Pickering - An Early Lawn Tennis Player". Tennis Forum. Tennis Forum. Retrieved 11 September 2024.