Emily Shore

She was the eldest of 5 children: having two younger sisters, Arabella (b.1822); Louisa (b.1824), and brothers, Richard (b.1821), and Mackworth (b.1825).

[1] Margaret – who went by the name of Emily – was credited with educating her two younger sisters, Arabella and Louisa Catherine Shore.

[2] Emily Shore moved to Funchal, Madeira, with her family at the end of her life in search of a healthier climate.

These journals reveal that Emily's autobiography was, to a degree, converted into a biography by her then elderly sisters.

[3] Alternative country band The Handsome Family recorded a song based on the diaries, "Emily Shore 1819–1839", on their 1996 album Milk and Scissors.