This research presents a literary and political biography for Penelope Aubin. Aubin, the natural daughter of Sir Richard Temple and Anne Charleton (who was the daughter of Walter Charleton, Royal physician and natural philosopher), was a poet, novelist, translator, Orator and playwright. Penelope Charleton married clandestinely and young, like the heroines of her novels. On her marriage Penelope Aubin joined a family of merchants trading from Jersey and the City of London, and with family members in Barbados and Jamaica. Within five years of entering the mercantile world Aubin's expertise of trading ventures was being sought by investors, and she was called to give evidence to the Board of Trade. Aubin's early poetry is a statement of her Royalist and Anglican heritage, but her novels of the early 1720s are a reflection of her knowledge of trade, the threat of piracy and of the natural disasters that occur at sea. However, by the later 1720s Aubin's works were more obviously politically engaged, reflecting the changing hopes of the Tory party and its supporters under a Hanoverian monarchy. Then, in 1729, when she opened her Lady's Oratory, intending from the outset to discuss ':Ministers of State' and how they behave in office, Aubin very publicly added her voice to the wave of political opposition to Robert Walpole.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:515813 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Welham, Deborah |
| Contributors | Mounsey, Chris ; Goodman, Joyce |
| Publisher | University of Winchester |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
Page generated in 0.0025 seconds