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3. **Louisa Elizabeth Catherine** (26 December 1816–24 July 1899). She was born at Boulogne, France and died at 23 Fernlea Road, Balham, Surrey, a suburb of London. Rosa Praed was the executor of her estate valued at £4, | 3. **Louisa Elizabeth Catherine** (26 December 1816–24 July 1899). She was born at Boulogne, France and died at 23 Fernlea Road, Balham, Surrey, a suburb of London. Rosa Praed was the executor of her estate valued at £4, | ||
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- | Given the resemblance to the portraits thought to be Eliza Prior, and to the ones below, this miniature and its copy is likely to show the young Jemima or Louisa.((Professor Colin Roderick obtained numerous material from the Murray-Prior family when he was writing the biography of Rosa Praed. He donated these miniatures to the Mitchell Library (MIN 335), with a note that he thought they were two of the Darvell sisters, one of whom was the grandmother of TLM-P' | + | Given the resemblance to the portraits thought to be Eliza Prior, and to the ones below, this miniature and its copy is likely to show the young Jemima or Louisa.((Professor Colin Roderick obtained numerous material from the Murray-Prior family when he was writing the biography of Rosa Praed. He donated these miniatures to the Mitchell Library (MIN 335), with a note that he thought they were two of the Darvell sisters, one of whom was the grandmother of TLM-P' |
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Jemima, like her sister Louisa, remained single. She was pious and both wealthy and generous enough to leave £200 to set up a charity, ‘The Prior Gift’. This Gift contributed to the salary of the verger at the Holy Trinity Church, Shirley, Southampton, | Jemima, like her sister Louisa, remained single. She was pious and both wealthy and generous enough to leave £200 to set up a charity, ‘The Prior Gift’. This Gift contributed to the salary of the verger at the Holy Trinity Church, Shirley, Southampton, | ||
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In 1863, Louisa lived at 18 Oxford Terrace, St Peters, Islington, London; by 1882 (when her brother visited her) she lived in the suburb of Balham in south London.((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry.)) She apparently later lived with her sister Jemima at Howden Lodge, 14 Clarendon Road, Southsea.((Andrew Darbyshire, //A Fair Slice of St Lucia//, St Lucia History Group Research Paper No.8.))\\ | In 1863, Louisa lived at 18 Oxford Terrace, St Peters, Islington, London; by 1882 (when her brother visited her) she lived in the suburb of Balham in south London.((‘Questions to be answered by T.L.M-P’, 6pp Memoranda by the Herald Office, Somerset House, London re Burke’s Colonial Gentry.)) She apparently later lived with her sister Jemima at Howden Lodge, 14 Clarendon Road, Southsea.((Andrew Darbyshire, //A Fair Slice of St Lucia//, St Lucia History Group Research Paper No.8.))\\ | ||
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- | Middle-class women were expected to play the piano and Louisa was no exception. Some of her sheet music has survived, so we can imagine her at her piano playing these Verdi variations. {{: | + | Middle-class women were expected to play the piano and Louisa was no exception. Some of her sheet music has survived, so we can imagine her at her piano playing these Verdi variations. {{: |