Green, MARY ANNE EVERETT

Green, MARY ANNE EVERETT, née Wood, was born in 1818 at Sheffield. She received an excellent education, and her culture was promoted by James Montgomery, the 'Bard of Sheffield.' In 1841 she removed with her parents to London, where in 1845 she married Mr G. P. Green, artist. Having free access to libraries and MS. collections, she edited Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies (1846); The Diary of John Rous (Camden Soc. 1856); Letters of Queen Henrietta Maria (1857). By appointment of the Master of the Rolls she calendared the papers of the reign of James I. (1857-59), and those of Charles II. (1860-68). She next completed the calendar of the state papers of Queen Elizabeth, with addenda from Edward VI. to James I. (6 vols. 1869-74), and edited the papers of the Commonwealth (12 vols. 1875-88), besides contributing to periodical literature. She died 1st November 1895.