Ada Maria Jenyns
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Ada Maria Jenyns | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 December 1860 |
| Died | 18 February 1931 (aged 70) |
| Language | English |
| Years active | 1888 to c.1901 |
| Spouse | Robert Jocelyn, 7th Earl of Roden |
| Children | Captain Robert Soame Jocelyn, 8th Earl of Roden
Lady Julian Mary Jocelyn Lady Marcia Valda Jocelyn |
| Relatives | Soame Gambier Jenyns (father) Rita Thompson (mother) |
Ada Maria Jenyns, also known as Mrs. Robert Jocelyn or Ada Maria Jocelyn (7 December 1860 – 18 February 1931),[1] was a British Victorian novelist.[2]
Ada Maria Jenyns was born 7 December 1860 in Aldershot, Hampshire, in north-east England to father Soame Gambier Jenyns (1826–873) and mother Rita Thompson. Her paternal grandfather was George Jenyns (1795–1876), Esquire of Bottisham Hall. Her father was an army colonel,[3] and her parents were married in 1859. She had a sister named Florence.[4] In 1882, she married Robert Jocelyn, a soldier and later the 7th Earl of Roden.[3]
The Jocelyns had three children. Their only boy was Captain Robert Soame Jocelyn, 8th Earl of Roden (September 1883 – October 1956).[5] The couple's two daughters were Julian Mary (December 1885 – 1973) and Marcia Valda (January 1891 – 1972)[6] Marcia married first Robert Barclay Black and then in 1924 Eric Miles, who had a long military career, retiring as a major general.[7]
