Beatrice Jeanie Whitby[1] (1855, Ottery Saint Mary, Devon, UK – 20 January 1931) was an English author of novels and short stories.
The oldest son in the family was killed, after an illustrious military career, in the Second Anglo–Afghan War.
[1][4] They had a daughter, Beatrice Mary (born in 1899), and a son, Philip Hugh Whitby, nicknamed "Pip", who became a famous Brigadier in WW II.
[2] ... Beatrice also published short stories in weekly instalments in the Leamington Courier.
She was so well known locally that the newspaper advertised the sale of her portrait by Edwin Long R.A., exhibited at Notcutt’s Gallery in Bath Street in 1892.