A Chapter of Life
Mrs. Heelis
In 1913 she married a Lake District solicitor and became Mrs. William Heelis.
For the thirty years that followed she was a farmer first and an author barely at all — and she preferred it that way.
Shedding the Author: Why She Stopped Being Beatrix PotterAt the height of her fame, Beatrix Potter quietly stopped being 'Beatrix Potter' — and chose to become Mrs. Heelis, a Lake District farmer.Beatrix Potter's Later Years and Declining Health — the Last WintersBeatrix Potter's later years: failing sight, bronchitis, a weak heart — and the farm she ran anyway, with William Heelis quietly looking after her.