Anne Matthew
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Anne Matthew was a sister-in-law of Jane Austen, becoming the first wife of her eldest brother James Austen, in 1792. [1][2] She bore one child, prior to her death, in 1794.
Her grandfather was the 2nd Duke of Ancaster.[3] Her mother, Lady Jane Bertie, married Edward Mathew, an Army officer, who rose to the rank of General, and who finished his career as Commander in Chief of the Windward and Leeward Islands, and Goveror General of Grenada.
References
- ↑ Felicity Day (2020-01-20). "Why did Jane Austen’s talented brother end up forgotten by history?". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/did-jane-austens-talented-brother-end-forgotten-history/. "I've always felt sympathy for one of Jane Austen’s brothers. James, the so-called writer of the family, was not the author's confidant like Cassandra, not her favourite brother, not even the most professionally distinguished. He was, like Mary, outdone by his siblings on almost every count."
- ↑ Zöe Wheddon (2021). "Jane Austen's Best Friend: The Life and Influence of Martha Lloyd". Pen and Sword History. ISBN 9781526763822. https://books.google.ca/books?id=LP0hEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=zoe+wheddon&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRobHv2dL1AhWRmGoFHV8wAiAQ6AF6BAgZEAI#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ↑ Rory Muir (2019). Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune. Yale University Press. pp. 4-5. ISBN 9780300244311. https://books.google.ca/books?id=gmawDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=gentlemen+of+uncertain+fortune&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=gentlemen%20of%20uncertain%20fortune&f=false. Retrieved 2022-12-02. "James Austen had the prospect of inheriting a fortune from his maternal uncle, and would certainly inherit his father's living at Steventon in a few years time. But when he married he had only a meagre income, which General Mathew supplemented with an allowance of 100 pounds a year."
