Jane West (1758-1852) is most known as a conservative British novelist whose didactic works promoted a message of anti-Jacobinism during the post-French Revolutionary period. What she is not known for, however, is her direct intervention in the French Revolution Debate by anonymously publishing two loyalist pamphlets: A Friendly Address to the Labouring part of the Community (1803), and A Few Words to the Friends of the Poor (1803). Exploring the supportive role of Bishop Thomas Percy (1729-1811), this article firstly argues that her sex did not prevent her from entering the male-dominated world of political controversy because such a transgression of gender norms was fairly tolerated among conservatives. Secondly, this article evaluates West's unique contribution to the conservative tradition by examining her views on religion and history as expressed in her Letters addressed to a Young Man on his First Entering Society (1801). Particular focuses are on (1) her religious self-identification as ‘truly Orthodox', which suggests that her argument is against Evangelicalism as well as radicalism, and (2) her implicit rejection of the Burkean idealisation of chivalry by highlighting the mother's active role in transmitting the ‘rich inheritance' of the past across generations within family lines.