Editing William Makepeace Thackeray (section)

===Marriage and children===
Thackeray's years of semi-idleness ended on 20&nbsp;August 1836, when he married Isabella Gethin Shawe (1816–1894), second daughter of Isabella Creagh Shawe and Matthew Shawe, a colonel who had died after distinguished service, primarily in India. The Thackerays had three children, all daughters: [[Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie|Anne Isabella]] (1837–1919), Jane (who died at eight months old), and [[Harriet Stephen|Harriet Marian]] (1840–1875), who married Sir&nbsp;[[Leslie Stephen]], editor, biographer and philosopher.{{cn|date=January 2023}}