CAMPBELL (MORRIESON), ELIZA CONSTANTIA (1796-1864), author;
b. 8 Jan. 1796, she was the daughter of Richard Pryce of Gunley near Forden (one of whose ancestors, Capt. Richard Pryce, was a prominent Montgomeryshire Roundhead). She was twice m.: first (1826) to Commander Robert Campbell, R.N. (d. 1832), a cousin of Thomas Campbell the poet — one of their sons was Lewis Campbell the Greek scholar (see D.N.B., 2nd suppl.); and secondly (1844) to Capt. Hugh Morrieson, E.I.C. (d. 1859). She published Stories from the History of Wales, 1833, reissued in 1837 as Tales about Wales. She d. in 1864.
Bibliography:
- R. Williams, Mont. Worthies;
- Cardiff Catalogue.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.
