Margaret Agnes Paul
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Margaret Agnes Paul | |
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| Born | 18 July 1829  |
| Died | 30 March 1905 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Spouse(s) | Charles Kegan Paul |
| Children | Eden Paul, Nancy Margaret Paul |
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| Relatives | James William Colvile, Eden Colvile |
Margaret Agnes Paul (18 July 1829 – 30 March 1905)[1] was a Scottish novelist.
Margaret Agnes Colvile was born on 18 July 1829, one of sixteen children of Andrew Colvile, a governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, and Mary Louisa Eden, daughter of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland. Her siblings included James William Colvile, a judge in colonial India; Eden Colvile, Governor of Rupert's Land and the Hudson's Bay Company; Isabella Colville, mother of football pioneer Francis Marindin; and Georgiana Mary, Baroness Blatchford.[2]
In 1856, she married clergyman and religious author Charles Kegan Paul. They had five children, including authors and translators Eden Paul and Nancy Margaret Paul.[1][2]
Her writing career began before her marriage. She was the author of a dozen anonymously published romances. When her husband worked for and later purchased the publishing firm Henry S. King & Co., renamed C. Kegan Paul & Co, she published her novels through them.[3]