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Jane Francesca Agnes, Lady Wilde (27 December 1821 – 3 February 1896)
(born Jane Francesca Elgee in Dublin) was an Irish poet and supporter of
the nationalist movement; she married Sir William Wilde on 12 November,
1851, and they'd three children: William 'Willie' Charles Kingsbury Wilde (b.
1852), Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), and Isola Francesca Emily Wilde (1857 –
1867).
Jane was the last of the four children of Charles Elgee (1783 – 1824), an
attorney, and his wife, Sarah (d. 1851). Lady Wilde, who was the niece of
Charles Maturin, wrote for the Young Ireland movement of the 1840s,
publishing poems in The Nation under the pseudonym of Speranza. Her
works included pro-Irish independence and anti-British writing; she was
sometimes known as “Speranza of the Nation”. Charles Gavan Duffy was
the editor when "Speranza" wrote commentary calling for armed
revolution in Ireland. The British authorities at Dublin Castle shut down the
paper and brought the editor to court. Duffy refused to name who had
written the offending article. "Speranza" reputedly stood up in court and
claimed responsibility for the article. The confession was ignored by the
State authorities. But in any event the newspaper was permanently shut
down by the British authorities.
She was an early advocate of women's rights, and campaigned for
better education for women. She invited the suffragist Millicent Fawcett
to her home to speak on female liberty. She praised the passing of the
Married Women's Property Act of 1883, preventing women from having to
enter marriage 'as a bond slave, disenfranchised of all rights over her
fortune’.
William Wilde was knighted in January 1864, but the family celebrations
were short-lived, for in the same year Sir William and Lady Wilde were at
the centre of a sensational Dublin court case regarding a young woman
called Mary Travers, the daughter of a colleague of Sir William's, who
claimed that he'd seduced her and who then brought an action against
Lady Wilde for libel. Mary Travers won the case and costs of £2,000 were
awarded against Lady Wilde. Then, in 1867, their daughter, Isola, died of
fever at the age of nine. In 1871 the two illegitimate daughters of Sir
William were burnt to death and in 1876 Sir William himself died. The family
discovered that he was virtually bankrupt.
Lady Jane left Dublin for London in 1879, where she joined her two sons,
'Willie', a journalist, and Oscar, who was making a name for himself in
literary circles. She lived with her elder son in poverty, supplementing their
meagre income by writing for fashionable magazines and books based on
the researches of her late husband into Irish folklore. Lady Wilde
contracted bronchitis in January 1896 and, dying, asked for permission to
see Oscar, who was in prison. Her request was refused. She died at her
home, 146 Oakley Street, Chelsea, on 3 February, 1896.
'Willie' Wilde, her eldest son, was penniless, and Oscar paid for her funeral,
which was held on 5 February at Kensal Green Cemetery in London. A
headstone proved too expensive and she was buried anonymously in
common ground.
Lady Jane Wilde was the grandmother of Cyril and Vyvyan Holland, the
sons of Oscar Wilde, and of Dorothy Wilde, the daughter of 'Willie.
(born Jane Francesca Elgee in Dublin) was an Irish poet and supporter of
the nationalist movement; she married Sir William Wilde on 12 November,
1851, and they'd three children: William 'Willie' Charles Kingsbury Wilde (b.
1852), Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900), and Isola Francesca Emily Wilde (1857 –
1867).
Jane was the last of the four children of Charles Elgee (1783 – 1824), an
attorney, and his wife, Sarah (d. 1851). Lady Wilde, who was the niece of
Charles Maturin, wrote for the Young Ireland movement of the 1840s,
publishing poems in The Nation under the pseudonym of Speranza. Her
works included pro-Irish independence and anti-British writing; she was
sometimes known as “Speranza of the Nation”. Charles Gavan Duffy was
the editor when "Speranza" wrote commentary calling for armed
revolution in Ireland. The British authorities at Dublin Castle shut down the
paper and brought the editor to court. Duffy refused to name who had
written the offending article. "Speranza" reputedly stood up in court and
claimed responsibility for the article. The confession was ignored by the
State authorities. But in any event the newspaper was permanently shut
down by the British authorities.
She was an early advocate of women's rights, and campaigned for
better education for women. She invited the suffragist Millicent Fawcett
to her home to speak on female liberty. She praised the passing of the
Married Women's Property Act of 1883, preventing women from having to
enter marriage 'as a bond slave, disenfranchised of all rights over her
fortune’.
William Wilde was knighted in January 1864, but the family celebrations
were short-lived, for in the same year Sir William and Lady Wilde were at
the centre of a sensational Dublin court case regarding a young woman
called Mary Travers, the daughter of a colleague of Sir William's, who
claimed that he'd seduced her and who then brought an action against
Lady Wilde for libel. Mary Travers won the case and costs of £2,000 were
awarded against Lady Wilde. Then, in 1867, their daughter, Isola, died of
fever at the age of nine. In 1871 the two illegitimate daughters of Sir
William were burnt to death and in 1876 Sir William himself died. The family
discovered that he was virtually bankrupt.
Lady Jane left Dublin for London in 1879, where she joined her two sons,
'Willie', a journalist, and Oscar, who was making a name for himself in
literary circles. She lived with her elder son in poverty, supplementing their
meagre income by writing for fashionable magazines and books based on
the researches of her late husband into Irish folklore. Lady Wilde
contracted bronchitis in January 1896 and, dying, asked for permission to
see Oscar, who was in prison. Her request was refused. She died at her
home, 146 Oakley Street, Chelsea, on 3 February, 1896.
'Willie' Wilde, her eldest son, was penniless, and Oscar paid for her funeral,
which was held on 5 February at Kensal Green Cemetery in London. A
headstone proved too expensive and she was buried anonymously in
common ground.
Lady Jane Wilde was the grandmother of Cyril and Vyvyan Holland, the
sons of Oscar Wilde, and of Dorothy Wilde, the daughter of 'Willie.
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