Thomas Forbes Kelsall (1799 – September 1872), was an English lawyer and literary figure. He was born in Barbados son of plantation owner. Beddoes was sent to lodge with him in at 3 Houndwell Lane, Southampton before he went up to Oxford, presumably as a safe pair of hands. Thomas F Kelsall became very fond of Beddoes, corresponded with him all his life, and became his champion. Their letters are full of wonder kindness and humour. Beddoes left all is literary remains with Kelsall 'to do as he saw fit' Kelsalls memoir of Beddoes which he published in 1851 with the posthumous works remains the most insightful we have. He married Frances Anne Harrison on 21 April 1829.
T. F. Kelsall was the literary executor and friend of Thomas Lovell Beddoes. He edited some of his published work, including the notable Death's Jest Book: or, The Fool's Tragedy, in 1850. He wrote the obituary of Beddoes that appeared in the Fortnightly Review, vol. 18, p. 75.
Books published
- Beddoes, T. L. Death's Jest Book: or, The Fool's Tragedy, 1850
- Beddoes, T. L. Poems of the late Thomas Lovell Beddoes, 1851
- Beddoes, T. L. Poems, Posthumous and Collected, 1851
See also
References
- "The Anatomy of Revolution: Beddoes and Buchner" by Frederick Burwick Pacific Coast Philology, Vol. 6, Apr., 1971 (Apr., 1971), pp. 5–12
- Lytton Strachey, Books and Characters art. on Beddoes.
- Dictionary of National Biography, (article on Beddoes) 1911. v. 4, p. 91
- birth and death dates of T F Kelsall