Jane Austen To Be On £10 Notes From 2017

The novelist Jane Austen will be the new face of £10 notes from 2017, the Bank of England has said as the design was revealed.

Campaigners hailed the move as "a brilliant day for women".

Austen, who wrote the aptly titled Persuasion, often poked gentle fun at the establishment in her books and highlighted the frustrations of women faced by barriers in society.

A 35,000-name petition had been presented to the Bank amid criticisms that, with Sir Winston Churchill likely to take the place of social reformer Elizabeth Fry on the £5 note as early as 2016, there would be no female figures on UK currency apart from the Queen.

Austen, who is also famous for penning the likes of Pride and Prejudice and Emma, was described last month as a "candidate" to replace Charles Darwin on the £10 note. At the time she was only referred to by the Bank as "waiting in the wings".

Following a campaign backed by dozens of MPs, the Bank has also announced that it is reviewing the way people are chosen to feature on banknotes given that its choices must "command respect and legitimacy".

The public is being invited to email suggestions of how it could improve the way it selects historical figures.

The current design for the Churchill £5 note, due to be introduced in 2016

Asked by Sky's Rhiannon Mills about the influence of the campaign on the decision, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said: "We listened to those concerns and I'll be candid, that affected the timing of the decision, but the substance of the decision? Absolutely not.

"Jane Austen is a great choice ... she's one of the greatest figures in English literature.

"The timing was affected because there was a misimpression of the possibility of there being no women on our banknotes.

"We understood those concerns and it was important to act on it."

Freelance journalist Caroline Criado-Perez, who set up the petition on campaign site Change.org, said: "Without this campaign, without the 35,000 people who signed our Change.org petition, the Bank of England would have unthinkingly airbrushed women out of history.

"To hear Jane Austen confirmed is fantastic, but to hear the process will be comprehensively reviewed is even better."

Current criteria used for selecting banknotes include looking at whether the person has made a lasting contribution which is universally recognised and making sure that the choice is not controversial.

The Governor takes the final decision on the advice of Bank officials, although members of the public have a say in the early stages of the process and are invited to submit suggestions.

The new Austen note design features the quote: "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!" from snobbish Pride And Prejudice character Caroline Bingley.

The banknote also shows a portrait of the author which was adapted from a sketch drawn by her sister Cassandra, as well as an image of Godmersham Park, the home of Austen's brother which was said to have inspired much of her work.

Austen was born in 1775 in Steventon, Hampshire, but, despite her novels never going out of print, she achieved relatively little recognition during her lifetime.

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