Author talk:Lydia Falconer Fraser Miller Middleton

Obituary
"Lady Middleton, who died on Sunday at Twickenham, was Lydia Falconer Fraser Miller, daughter of the late Professor Davidson, if Adelaide, and granddaughter of Hugh Miller. She was married, in 1890, to Professor (now Sir Thomas Middleton), vice -chairman of the Development Commission. They had a son and a daughter."
 * The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Nov 27, 1934; pg. 9; Issue 46922 — Obituary.

Author abbreviated L. M. M.

 * Discussion copied from Special:PermanentLink/4674921

How do we know that Miss Middleton abbreviated L. M. M. is Author:Lydia Miller Middleton? Particularly as she married Sir Middleton to get that surname. At Page:A Dictionary of Music and Musicians vol 3.djvu/10 I have a Miss Louisa M. Middleton who is referred to in this publication as the contributor to DNB. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 04:34, 23 May 2013 (UTC)


 * You appear to have a very good point. It is Lydia Miller Middleton in Gillian Fenwick's Contributor's Guide. But no supporting references there, I believe. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:37, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Married 1890, so that isn't a help. I'll see what else I can dig up. — billinghurst  sDrewth  14:46, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually, it does help us, when I fully reread the statements. The first LMM in the DNB is 1889, which is a year before the marriage.  So, I do find Louisa Middleton, b. c1855 Calcutta, who is listed in the 1891 census as having occupation of Literature/Author; and from 1861 census is the daughter of a Calcutta merchant.  In school in Scotland in 1871, still looking further. — billinghurst  sDrewth  15:24, 23 May 2013 (UTC)


 * It is worth noting that the ODNB website gives the name as "L. M. Middleton". Charles Matthews (talk) 06:06, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
 * I think that we should be moving these over to the alternate author as provided by BWC. Many of them are musicians, so the evidence tends to point to the alternate view. — billinghurst  sDrewth  12:02, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Agree, a good catch. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:46, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Just to add that a couple of articles on JSTOR confirm the identification of the DNB author. Charles Matthews (talk) 07:42, 21 February 2018 (UTC)