JANE See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• JANE PORTER (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

PORTER (1776–1850)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British novelist, daughter of an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army surgeon, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham in 1776 . Her See also:

• LIFE

life and reputation are closely linked with those of her See also:

• SISTER

sister, See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

ANNA MARIA See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

PORTER (1780-1832), novelist, and her See also:

• BROTHER

brother, See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• KER, JOHN (1673-1726)

KER PORTER (1775–1842), painter and traveller . After their See also:

• FATHER

father's See also:

• DEATH

death, in 1779, the See also:

• MOTHER

mother removed from Durham, their See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, to See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where the See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children's love of See also:

• ROMANCE

romance was stimulated by their association with See also:

• FLORA

Flora See also:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

Macdonald and the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott . Mrs Porter moved to See also:

• LONDON

London, so that her son might study See also:

• ART

art, and the sisters subsequently resided at See also:

• THAMES

Thames See also:

• DITTON, HUMPHRY (1675-1715)

Ditton and at See also:

• ESHER
• ESHER, WILLIAM BALIOL BRETT, 1ST VISCOUNT (1817–1899)

Esher with their mother until her death in 1831 . Anna Maria Porter published Artless Tales in 1793 1795, the first of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• WORKS

works of which the more See also:

• NOTE
• NOTE (Lat. nota, mark, sign, from noscere, to know)

note-worthy are See also:

• WALSH, JOHN HENRY (1810-1888)
• WALSH, PETER [VALESIUS] (c. 1618-1688)
• WALSH, WILLIAM (1663—1708)

Walsh See also:

• COLVILLE, JOHN (c. 154o-16o5)

Colville (1797), See also:

• OCTAVIA

Octavia (1798), The See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake of See also:

• KILLARNEY

Killarney (1804), A Sailor's Friendship and a Soldier's Love (18o5), The Hungarian See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers (1807), See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don See also:

• SEBASTIAN
• SEBASTIAN, ST

Sebastian (18og), See also:

• BALLADS

Ballads, Romances and other Poems (1811), The Recluse of See also:

• NORWAY
• NORWAY (Norge)

Norway (1814), The See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

Knight of St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John (1817), The Fast of St Magdalen (1818), The See also:

• VILLAGE

Village of Mariendorpt (1821), See also:

• ROCHE, SIR BOYLE, BART

Roche See also:

• BLANCHE, JACQUES EMILE (1861– )

Blanche (1822), Honor O'Hara (1826) and See also:

• BARONY

Barony (183o) . Jane Porter—whose intellectual See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, though slower in development and in expression, was greater than her sister's—had in the meantime gained immediate popularity by her first See also:

• WORK

work, Thaddeus of See also:

• WARSAW
• WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

Warsaw (1803), 1 See See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

JONES, JOHN See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

PAUL, and an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Porter, " The Recovery of the See also:

• BODY

Body of John Paul Jones," in the See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

Century See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine, (1905), lxx . 927 sqq.which was translated into several See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages and procured her See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election as See also:

• CANONESS (Fr. chanoinesse, Ger. Kanonissin, Lat. canonica or canonica virgo)

canoness of the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of St See also:

• JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)

Joachim . In 181o, four years before the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of Waverley, she attempted See also:

• NATIONAL

national romance in her Scottish Chiefs . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of See also:

• WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL (1823— )
• WALLACE, LEWIS [LEW] (1827—1905)
• WALLACE, SIR RICHARD
• WALLACE, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1270-1305)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1768-1843)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM (1844-1897)
• WALLACE, WILLIAM VINCENT (1814-1865)

Wallace had been a favourite one in her childhood, and she was probably well acquainted with the poem of See also:

• BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

Blind Harry (See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry the See also:

• MINSTREL

Minstrel) . Although the See also:

• BOOK

book lacked See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical accuracy, and the figure of Wallace is a sentimental conception of the least convincing See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, the picturesque power of narration displayed by See also:

• MISS

Miss Porter has saved the story from the oblivion which has overtaken the works of most of Scott's predecessors in historical fiction . Her later works included The Pastor's Fireside (1815), See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian of See also:

• LUNEBURG

Luneburg (1824), Coming Out (1828) and The See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

Field of See also:

• FORTY

Forty Footsteps (1828) . In See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with her sister she published in 1826 the Tales See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round a See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

Winter See also:

• HEARTH (a word which appears in various forms in several Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch haard, German Herd, in the sense of " floor ")

Hearth .

She also wrote some plays, and frequent contributions to current periodical literature . Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward Seaward's See also:

• DIARY

Diary (1831) was asserted by Miss Porter to be founded on documents placed in her hands by the author's See also:

• FAMILY

family, but is generally regarded as pure fiction . The claim of her eldest brother, Dr See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• OGILVIE (or OGILBY), JOHN (c. 158o-1615)

Ogilvie Porter, to its authorship rests on a memorial inscription in See also:

• BRISTOL
• BRISTOL, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• BRISTOL, GEORGE DIGBY, 2ND EARL OF1 (1612-1677)
• BRISTOL, JOHN DIGBY, 1ST EARL OF 6 (1580-1653)

Bristol See also:

• CATHEDRAL

Cathedral, written by Jane . On the 21st of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1832 Anna Maria died, and for the next ten years Jane became " a wanderer " amongst her relations and See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends . Robert Ker Porter had in his own way been scarcely less successful than his sisters . After two years of study at the Royal See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy he had gained reputation as a painter of See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar-pieces and See also:

• BATTLE

battle-scenes of imposing magnitude . He went to See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia as historical painter to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor in 1804, travelled in See also:

• FINLAND (Finnish, Suomi or Suomenmaa)

Finland and See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, where he received See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

knighthood from Gustavus IV. in 18o6, and accompanied Sir John See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain in 18o8 . In 1811 he returned to Russia and married a See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian princess . He was knighted by the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

Regent in 1813 . In 1817 he travelled to See also:

• PERSIA

Persia by way of St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg and the See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus, returning through See also:

• BAGDAD, or BAGHDAD

Bagdad and western See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor . He examined the ruins of See also:

• PERSEPOLIS

Persepolis, making many valuable drawings and copying See also:

• CUNEIFORM (from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

cuneiform See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions . In 1826 he became British See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul in See also:

• VENEZUELA

Venezuela .

His services there were recognized by a knight commandership of the Order of See also:

• HANOVER
• HANOVER (Ger. Hannover)

Hanover . Accounts of his wanderings are to be found in his Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden (18o8), Letters from See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal and Spain (1809), Narrative of the See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• CAMPAIGN

Campaign in Russia (1813), and Travels in See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, Persia, See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia, See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient Babylonia &'c., during the years r817–18zo (1821–1822) . After leaving Venezuela (1841) he again visited St Petersburg, and died there suddenly on the 4th of May 1842 . Jane Porter, who had joined him in Russia, then returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and took up her See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence with her eldest brother at Bristol, where she died on the 24th of May r85o .