Lucy Elizabeth Blomfield

Writer for children, known as 'Aunt Lucy'

Bather was the fourth daughter, by his second marriage, of Charles Blomfield, Bishop of London. She was born at Fulham, London, on 31 March 1830. Her education, like that of her brothers and sisters, was watched, and to some extent conducted, by their father, and she learned something of the classical languages.

On 29 August 1861, Lucy Blomfield became the wife of Mr. Arthur Henry Bather, of Meole Brace, Shropshire, fourth son of John Bather, Esq., recorder of Shrewsbury. She died at The Hall, Meole Brace, near Shrewsbury, after a very short illness, on 5 September 1864. She possessed the happy faculty of interesting the young by apt and attractive instruction, and wrote a number of stories for juvenile readers, and a volume entitled Footprints on the Sands of Time. Biographies for Young People. Dedicated to her Nephews and Nieces, by L. E. B.. The Introduction, addressed to 'My dear Young Friends', is subscribed 'Aunt Lucy', the pseudonym by which the author was best known.

Note: 1830 birth year is implied by her age as recorded at the censuses of 1841, 1851 and 1861. DNB has 31 March 1836

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Lucy Elizabeth Blomfield

• 1851 England & Wales Census
• Birth: Circa 1831 - Fulham, Middlesex, England
• Residence: 1851 - 22 St James Sq, Westminster, Middlesex, England
• Parents: Chas James Blomfield, Dorothy Blomfield
• Siblings: Francis Blomfield, Arthur Wm Blomfield, Charles P Blomfield, Dorothy Esther Blomfield

Lucy Elizabeth Blomfield

• England Marriages, 1538-1973
• Birth: 1830
• Marriage: Aug 29 1861 - Richmond, Surrey, England
• Husband: Arthur Henry Bather
• Father: Charles James Blomfield

Lucy Elizabeth Bather

• Biographical Summaries of Notable People
• Birth: 1836
• Death: 1864