Pleasance Smith

Smith [née Reeve], Pleasance, Lady Smith , letter writer and literary editor
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IntroSmith [née Reeve], Pleasance, Lady Smith , letter writer and literary editor
wasWriter Editor Literary editor
Work fieldJournalism Literature
Gender
Female
Birth11 May 1773, Lowestoft
Death3 February 1877Lowestoft (aged 103 years)
Star signTaurus
Family
Spouse:James Edward Smith
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Biography

Pleasance Smith (11 May 1773 – 3 February 1877) (née Reeve) was an English letter writer and literary editor.

Life

Smith was born in Lowestoft in 1773. She married James Edward Smith. After she married in 1796 she was painted "as a gypsy" by John Opie.

After her husband died in 1828 she edited a biography of him which included some of his letters. This was published in 1832.

Smith died in Lowestoft having already achieved an age of 100 in 1873. She was said to have retained her faculties and most of her teeth. She received a personal letter from Queen Victoria to "her friend" on her 100th birthday.

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