Anne Ireland


Anne "Annie" Elizabeth Nicholson Ireland pseud. Mrs Alexander Ireland was an English writer and biographer.

Life

She was born in Penrith, Cumberland, to John Nicolson and his wife, Annie Elizabeth Nicholson, née Waring. Her elder brother, Henry Alleyne Nicholson became the Regius Professor of Natural History at Aberdeen University.
Her most renowned work is her biography Life of Jane Welsh Carlyle. She is also known for publishing Jane Carlyle's correspondence with her intimate friend Geraldine Jewsbury. These were published under the name Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle by the London publisher Longmans and Co., edited by Ireland herself and prefaced by Jewsbury. Furthermore, Ireland published her recollections of J. A. Froude.
Ireland was a member of the Browning Society, in which she gave a number of lectures, such as "A Toccata of Galuppi's" at the 66th meeting and "Some Remarks on Browning's Treatment of Parenthood" at the 73rd meeting.
Ireland died on 4 October 1893 at Fallowfield, Manchester.

Family

Ireland was the second wife of Alexander Ireland. They had two notable sons. John Ireland was a composer who taught at the Royal College of Music. Her other son, Alleyne Ireland, wrote Tropical Colonization, The Province of Burma, Democracy and the Human Equation, and The New Korea.

Works include