Author talk:William Henry Wilkins

Cambridge alumni
Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900

about William Henry Wilkins

Name: 	William Henry Wilkins

College: 	CLARE

Entered: 	Michs. 1884

Born: 	23 Dec 1860

Died: 	22 Dec 1905

More Information: 	Adm. at CLARE, Oct. 4, 1884. [S. of Charles, farmer, of Gurney Court, Somerset, and Mortimer, Berks. (and Mary Ann Keel). B. Dec. 23, 1860. Educated privately, and then employed in a bank at Brighton before admission.] Matric. Michs. 1884; B.A. 1887; M.A. 1899. Private Secretary to the Earl of Dunraven, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, 1885. Author (under the pseudonym of De Winton) of St Michael's Eve; The Forbidden Sacrifice; and (with Julia Chetwynd), John Ellicombe's Temptation; The Holy Estate, a study in morals. Joint author, The Green Bay Tree, a satire on Cambridge life. Edited The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton, a memoir founded on her letters and autobiography. Author of the following biographical works: The Love of an Uncrowned Queen, Queen Sophie Dorothea Consort of George I; A Queen of Tears, Mrs Fitzherbert and George IV, etc. Died, unmarried, Dec. 22, 1905, in London. (Who was Who; D.N.B.)