John Cleland [SEP] occupation
John Cleland
John Cleland (; "baptised" 24 September 1709 – 23 January 1789) was an English novelist best known for "Fanny Hill: or, the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure". James Boswell called him "a sly, old malcontent".
Earlier life.
John Cleland was the eldest son of the Scot William Cleland (1673/4 – 1741) and Lucy Cleland (née DuPass). He was born in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey but grew up in London, where his father was first
6 December 1834 – 18 June 1905) on 28 May 1855
- Maria Haines (c. 1834 – 31 May 1862) married William Harmer (9 February 1834 – 9 February 1901)
- Mary Ann Haines (28 Sep 1843 – 15 Jul 1931) married John Harmer (c. 1840 – 12 August 1914) on 13 October 1859
He married three times: (1) Mary Tozer (c. 1823 – 27 April 1876) on 11 December 1852 (2) Margaret Roger McKinley née Cleland (c. 1807 –