She was six years younger than him and her half-brother, Charles and her family, did not approve of this unconventional Oxford undergraduate.
Although she encouraged Charles to enter the church it is clear from their letters that celibacy was not a high priority.
[3] In 1850 her husband published Alton Locke and she is thought to be the basis for the character of Eleanor in the book.
[1] In 1869 she listened at a meeting on women's suffrage with her husband, but she was usually based at home because of ill-health and their family.
[3] She worked on his biography which was published as Charles Kingsley: His Letters and Memories of His Life in London and in New York in 1877.