Helen Douglas Irvine (born Helen Florence Douglas-Irvine on February 29, 1880; died 1947) was a Scottish novelist, historian and translator and was one of the Douglases of Grangemuir. She was one of the first female graduates of St Andrews University having read History, near her family home Grangemuir, near Pittenweem in Fife. She was the daughter of Walter Douglas-Irvine and Anne Frances Lloyd, granddaughter of Lord William Robert Keith Douglas (the younger brother of both Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry and John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry).
She died from pneumonia in Chile whilst researching a book on early Spanish colonial life. She was also a contributing author to the Victoria County History. Her works include:
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