Mary Anne Holford
# Mary Anne Holford

Mary Anne "Maysie" Lindsay Holford (1829 – 13 February 1901) was a British novelist and playwright

Mary Anne Holford was born in 1829, the daughter of Lieutenant General Sir James Lindsay, MP for Wigan, and Anne Trotter. She married Robert Stayner Holford, MP for East Gloucestershire, in 1854.

Her play, a comedic drama called The Republican Marriage, premiered at the Olympic Theatre in November 1878, starring Marion Terry and Herbert Beerbohm Tree. She also published a novel, Strathrowan, in 1879.

Mary Anne Holford died on 13 February 1901.

