Frances Cashel Hoey
| Frances Cashel Hoey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Frances Sarah Johnston 14 February 1830 Bushy Park, Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | 8 July 1908 (aged 78) Beccles, Suffolk, England, UK |
| Resting place | Little Malvern, England, UK |
| Pen name | Cashel Hoey |
| Occupation | Novelist Journalist Translator |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Ethnicity | Irish |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Period | 1865-1886 |
| Spouse | Adam Murray Stewart (1846-1856; his death) John Cashel Hoey (1858-1893; his death) |
| Children | 2 |
Frances Cashel Hoey (née Johnston; 14 February 1830 – 8 July 1908), pseudonyms Cashel Hoey and Frances Cashel Hoey, was an Irish novelist, journalist and translator.
Frances Sarah Johnston was born in Bushy Park, Dublin on 14 February 1830. She was one of eight children. Her parents were Charlotte Jane Shaw and Charles Bolton Johnston. He was secretary and registrar at Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium.
In 1853 she began to contribute reviews and articles on fine art to Freeman's Journal, The Nation, and other Dublin papers and periodicals.
On her sixteenth birthday, 14 February 1846, she married Adam Murray "A.M." Stewart, by whom she had two daughters. A.M. Stewart died on 6 November 1856. As a widow, she moved to London and met William Makepeace Thackeray. She soon wrote reviews for the Morning Post, to whose editor William Carleton introduced her, and for The Spectator. A frequent visitor to Paris, on Easter Day 1871 she was the only passenger from London to Paris, and returned next day with the news of the Paris Commune.
On 6 February 1858 she married John Cashel Hoey (1828–1893). Hoey was a devout Roman Catholic, and she converted to his religion. She was granted a civil list pension in 1892, and was widowed the following year. She died on 8 July 1908 at Beccles, Suffolk at the age of 78. She was buried in the churchyard of the Benedictine church at Little Malvern, Worcestershire.
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