Selina Bunbury (1802-1882) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and traveller. Born at Kilsaran, County Louth, Bunbury was a prolific author, writing nearly 100 volumes between 1821 and 1869. She lived for a while at Beaulieu. She died at Cheltenham. Her works include: Early Recollections (1825), The Pastor's Tales (1826), Cabin Conversations and Castle Scenes (1827), Annot and Her Pupil (1827), Retrospections: A Soldier's Story (1829), The Abbey of Innismoyle (1829), Eleanor (1830), Gertrude and Her Family (1830), Tales of my Country (1833), My Early Adventure During the Peninsular Campaigns of Napoleon (1834), Rides in the Pyrenees (2 volumes) (1844), The Indian Babes in the Wood (1845), The Triumph of Truth; or, Henry and His Sister (1847), Evelyn; or, A Journey From Stockholm to Rome in 1847-48 (1849), Fanny, the Flower-Girl; or, Honesty Rewarded (1851), Our Own Story; or, The History of Magdalene and Basil St. Pierre (1856), The Lost One Found (1856), Little Mary; or, The Captain's Gold Ring (1857), Sir Guy D'Esterre (1858), Tales (1862), Sampson the Fisherman and His Son (1862), The Blind Curate's Child (1863), Lady Flora; or, The Events of a Winter in Sweden (1870) and The Smuggler's Cave (1897).