Ellen Nussey

Nussey met Mary Taylor[2] and Charlotte Brontë in January 1831, when they were pupils at Roe Head School, near Mirfield in Yorkshire.

In May 1849, Anne decided to visit Scarborough in the hope that the change of location and fresh sea air might be good for her failing health, and give her a chance to live.

Before the trip, Anne expressed her frustration over unfulfilled ambitions in a letter to Ellen: I have no horror of death: if I thought it inevitable I think I could quietly resign myself to the prospect ...

When Charlotte Brontë married her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls in June 1854, Nussey was one of two witnesses present.

[3] Their engagement had caused a cooling in the friendship on Nussey's part, who was probably jealous of Brontë's attachment to Nicholls, having thought they would remain spinsters.

[9] After Charlotte's death in 1855 Nussey devoted the rest of her life to maintaining the memory of her friend, and was often sought out by Brontë enthusiasts and biographers.