Bernard Hale

Standard Name: Hale, Bernard

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Family and Intimate relationships Martha Hale
Martha Rigby married an army officer named Bernard Hale , the son of a judge; he was later Colonel of the 20th Regiment, then Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Hospital , Chelsea.
Burney, Frances. The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame D’Arblay). Editors Hemlow, Joyce and Althea Douglas, Clarendon Press, 1972–1984, 12 vols.
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Family and Intimate relationships Martha Hale
Bernard Hale , husband of MH , died after nearly fifty years of marriage.
Most sources, like the Feminist Companion, give 1797 as his death date, but the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry...
Residence Martha Hale
MH and her husband moved into Chelsea Hospital when, on this date, he became its Lieutenant-Governor.
Burney, Frances. The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame D’Arblay). Editors Hemlow, Joyce and Althea Douglas, Clarendon Press, 1972–1984, 12 vols.
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Textual Features Martha Hale
The poems, though not mostly ambitious in mode, display remarkable skill and versatility for an amateur. MH addresses domestic themes (in love-poetry and family verse) with wit, ingenuity, and an unusual focus on the female...
Textual Production Martha Hale
MH wrote the earliest-dated poem in her collection, an ode addressed to Sir Charles Hanbury Williams , apparently seeking military preferment for the man she married the following year.
Hale, Martha. Poetical Attempts. T. Davison, 1800.
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