Augusta Bethell (3 August 1838 – 20 December 1931) was a British 19th century writer and translator.
In the 1860s Edward Lear attempted to marry Bethell (he proposed twice), whom he had known as an old friend.
The biographer of Edward Lear, Peter Levi wrote "I am not really sure why Gussie Bethell refused to marry him.
[4] Bethell made friends with John Gibson and regularly wrote to him.
She firstly married, Henry Charles Adamson Parker (1843–1882) in 1874, secondly Thomas Arthur Nash, barrister (1850–1921) in 1890.