Marianne Colston
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Marianne Colston | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Mrs Colston by James Godsell Middleton (c. 1830) | |
| Born | 1792 |
| Died | 3 October 1865 (aged 73) Roundway House, Wiltshire |
| Notable work | Journal of a Tour in France, Switzerland, and Italy (1822) |
| Spouse |
Edward Francis Colston
(m. 1819; died 1847) |
| Children | 4 |
Marianne Colston (née Jenkins; 1792–1865) was an English heiress, travel writer, and amateur draughtswoman.
Marianne Jenkins was born in 1792, the daughter and heiress of William Jenkins (c. 1751–1837), of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, by his wife Sarah Jenkins, née Watkin. On 1 November 1819, she married Edward Francis Colston (1795–1847), descendent and heir of the wealthy Bristol merchant and philanthropist, Edward Colston.[1]
Following their marriage, the couple immediately embarked on the continental tour which formed the basis of her only work, Journal of a Tour. In the course of the tour, Marianne gave birth to their first child, Arabella Sarah (1820–1891). The marriage produced three more children: Edward (1822–1864), William Jenkins Craig (1824–1867), and Samuel Hunt (1825–1854).[1]
After returning from France in 1822, the Colstons lived for a time in Somersetshire before moving into Filkins Hall, a Colston property in Oxfordshire. They subsequently dwelt for 'some years' at Weymouth, before purchasing Roundway House, Wiltshire in May 1840.[1]
After the death of her husband in 1847, Marianne remained at Roundway House, and was mistress of the property: the North Wiltshire census of 1861 describes her as a 'landed proprietor' and head of a household that then included two of her sons and a daughter-in-law, two granddaughters and a grandson, three visitors, and fourteen servants. She died on 3 October 1865, aged 73.[1]
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