J.R.R. Tolkien’s daughter who helped manage his literary legacy was named Priscilla.
Priscilla Tolkien was born in 1929, the youngest child of J.R.R. and Edith Tolkien. She was involved in preserving and presenting aspects of her father’s work and remained an important source of information about the Tolkien family. She also worked as a social worker and was active in Oxford civic life.
Tolkien and Edith had four children: John, Michael, Christopher, and Priscilla. Christopher Tolkien became the best-known editor of his father’s posthumously published writings, but Priscilla also played a significant role in protecting the family archive and public memory. Mabel was Tolkien’s mother, while Edith was his wife.