Abstract
It is not conclusively known what or who inspired the Brontë sisters to choose the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. Over the years, a number of Brontë scholars have speculated about the source of the pseudonyms and those speculations are reviewed here in order to provide the context for a new speculation. During the military campaign that won Lord Nelson his Dukedom of Bronte, two of the most prominent British players in the action were Ellis Cornelia Knight and Sir John Acton and this paper speculates that the intimacy of an Ellis and an Acton with the creation of the Brontë surname, might have inspired those two pseudonyms. The paper also considers the source of Charlotte’s pseudonym and argues against the automatic association with Frances Mary Richardson-Currer.
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