CHARLOTTE LENNOX BIOGRAPHY
CHARLOTTE LENNOX BIOGRAPHY from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John Cousin.
LENNOX, CHARLOTTE (RAMSAY) (1720-1804). —Was born in New York, of which her f. , Colonel Ramsay, was Governor. She wrote a novel, The Female Quixote (1752), which had considerable vogue in its day. Her other writings—novels, translations, and a play—are now forgotten. She was befriended by Dr. Johnson. Mrs. Thrale ( q.v. ) said that "everybody admired Mrs. L., but nobody liked her."