Harriet was the daughter of Lord Wicklow
. The young girls visited nearby schools, teaching Church catechism, and reading and praying with the less fortunate. Both women were greatly influenced in their youth by the...
Family and Intimate relationships
Cecil Frances Alexander
Major John Humphreys
, father of CFA
, was employed by Lord Wicklow
as a land agent in County Wicklow.
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
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Dedications
Cecil Frances Alexander
It was inscribed to the Earl of Wicklow
, in tender Remembrance and grateful Affection;
Alexander, Cecil Frances. The Legend of the Golden Prayers, and Other Poems. Bell and Daldy.
prelims
he had been CFA
's father's employer, and was himself the father of her dear childhood friend, Lady Harriet Howard
.