Craik, Mrs., née Mulock, born at Stoke-upon-Trent; authoress of “John Halifax, Gentleman,” her chief work, which has had, and maintains, a wide popularity; married in 1865 a nephew and namesake of the preceding, a partner of the publishing house of Macmillan & Co.; wrote for the magazines, besides some 14 more novels (1826‒1887).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Craik, George Little * Crail