Augusta Theodosia Drane

Augusta Theodosia Drane (28 December 1823 – 29 April 1894) was an English writer and Roman Catholic nun. Born at Bromley, near Bow, she was the youngest daughter of Thomas Drane, and East Indian mercantile executive, and brought up in the Anglian faith. She was taught initially at home and then for two years at a Kensington school. Her father's extensive library encouraged her reading and studying habits. The family moved to Babbacombe, Devon when she was 14. Drane was influenced by Tractarian teachings and joined the Roman Catholic Church in Tiverton around 1850. In 1852, after a six-month stay in Rome, she joined the third order of St Dominic, to which she belonged for over forty years. She was prioress of the convent in Stone, Staffordshire, where she died aged 70.