Sydney Morgan, Lady Morgan, nee Owenson (born December 25, 1776, Dublin, Ireland—died April 16, 1859, London, England), Anglo-Irish author most known for her personality rather than her numerous popular works. Morgan was the daughter of actor Robert Owenson. She married John Morgan, an Irish politician, in 1798. The couple had three children, two daughters and a son. After her husband's death in 1816, she moved to London with her children. There she became involved with the artist Sir Henry Raeburn and began writing novels under the pseudonym "Edgar Huntly." Her first novel, Manners Makyth Man, was published in 1820. It was followed by another nine volumes over the next seven years. In addition to writing novels, she also wrote poems and plays that were performed by her father. Morgan's work was extremely popular in its time and is still read today. Manners Makyth Man has been called "the first English detective story" because it features a character who solves crimes while developing relationships with women. The book was also an influence on Arthur Conan Doyle when he created his own version of the detective in A Study in Scarlet (1860). Lady Morgan is considered one of the founders of crime fiction with her novel series featuring Edgar Huntly as well as other characters such as Simon Girty, Harry Gordon, and others.