Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite (1871) is a novel by Anthony Trollope. In this work Trollope offers psychological dissection of the issues of inheritance, filial duty, noblesse oblige, gentlemanly behavior, repentance and love, all hung upon the story of the wooing and losing of Sir Harry Hotspur's daughter (and heir to his property), Emily, by their 'scamp' of a cousin (and heir to Sir Harry's baronetcy), Captain George Hotspur. Artist Bio Author: Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. He wrote the novel series Chronicles of Barsetshire, and novels on political, social, and gender issues.