Violet Jacob
Scottish writer
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Violet Jacob was a Scottish writer known especially for her historical novel Flemington and for her poetry, mainly in Scots. She was described by a fellow Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid as "the most considerable of contemporary vernacular poets". Wikipedia
Born: September 1, 1863, Dun, United Kingdom
Died: September 9, 1946 (age 83 years), Kirriemuir, United Kingdom
Partner: Arthur Otway Jacob (1894–)
Grandparents: Lady Augusta Gordon, John Kennedy-Erskine, and William Jones
Parents: Catherine Jones and William Henry Kennedy-Erskine
Great-grandparents: William IV, Dorothea Jordan, Margaret Erskine of Dun, and more
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