​FRANCIS, M. E., dramatic author. Educ.: privately, at home, and at Brussels; has written the following plays: "The Widow Woos" (with Sydney Valentine), "Olf and the Little Maid," "The Third Time of Asking," "Fiander's Widow" (with Sydney Valentine), "Tom's Second Missus," etc.; dau. of Michael James Sweetman, of Killiney, Co. Dublin: m. Francis Nicholl Blundell (dec). Res.: The Manor House, Blandford, Dorset.