Ellen Buckingham Mathews

Ellen Buckingham Mathews (26 August 1849 – 10 March 1920) was a popular English novelist during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

It was partly based on people in her life and on her own early romantic experiences.

Mr. Fussell in real life, who was the Lord of the manor and founder of the school.

[2] Due to a confusion of titles, some sources attribute a number of books by Scottish novelist Anne S. Swan to Mathers.

Mathers published a short novel entitled Land o' the Leal, by the Author of Comin' Thro' the Ry" in 1878.