Martha Walker Freer

Martha Walker Freer
Born1822 (1822)
Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Died28 June 1888(1888-06-28) (aged 65–66)
OccupationWriter

Martha Walker Freer (1822–1888) was an English writer on French history. She was the daughter of John Booth Freer, M.D. and Martha, daughter of Sir William Walker of Leicestershire,[1] and was born in Leicester. In 1861 she married the Rev. John Robinson, rector of Widmerpool, near Nottingham and became Martha Walker Robinson, but she continued to write under her maiden name. She died on 28 June 1888.[2]

  1. ^ John Burke (1847). Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. H. Colburn. p. 1492. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Rosemary (23 September 2004). "Freer [married name Robinson], Martha Walker (1822–1888), biographer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23856. Retrieved 31 July 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)