Beatrix Potter II

Beatrix gradually recovered from Norman's death and bought a farm in the north as a holiday home... she was interested in breeding sheep and in preserving the countryside. She grew fond of William Heelis, the local solicitor who gave legal advice to her about the farm. Her parents were not too happy about this love affair either as he was just a country solicitor. But Beatrix was independent financially and in 1913, she married William. Her father died and she persuaded her mother to come up to the Lake District. She became a founding member of the National Trust which existed to preserve buildings and areas of natural beauty. Beatrix was keen to improve the breed of sheep on her farm and she devoted herself to this and wrote rather less. She was admired as a successful farmer and a talented scientist, as well as for her writing. Her marriage was childless but they were a devoted and happy couple. Beatrix died in 1943, and William died a few years later.