Jean Victor Bates

Of the sisters of Sir Richard Dawson Bates, and also a fourth cousin of Hetty Jane Owen, mention should also be made of Jane Bates. Jane shared her brothers’ passion for unionist politics, and became an author, writing under the nom de plume of Jean Victor Bates. Her books included:



Our Allies and Enemies in the Near East (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., ca. 1918), contributions by Edward Carson

Sir Edward Carson, Ulster Leader (London: J. Murray, 1921), contributions by Arthur James Balfour and James Craig Craigavon

Jean also drove an ambulance in Serbia in the First World War, as well as consorting with these notables of the day. 

(Thanks are due to Ms. Helen Johnston for alerting me to Jean Victor Bates, and the daughters of Richard Dawson Bates and Mary Dill).