John Humphreys

Standard Name: Humphreys, John

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Residence Cecil Frances Alexander
John Humphreys and his family lived at 25 Eccles Street, on the north-east boundary of Dublin, until Cecil Frances was seven.
Lovell, Ernest William O’Malley. A Green Hill Far Away: A Life of Mrs. C.F. Alexander. Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
16-17
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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Family and Intimate relationships Cecil Frances Alexander
CFA 's father, Major John Humphreys , was from Norfolk.
Alexander, Cecil Frances. “Preface”. Poems, edited by William Alexander, Macmillan, p. v - xxix.
v
He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines , and fought in the Battle of Copenhagen, though he retired in 1806 after...
Birth Cecil Frances Alexander
She was the third of seven children, and the second daughter. She had sisters named Catherine , Eliza and Anne , and brothers, John , Thomas William , and Carbery , who died in infancy.
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput.
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Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Lovell, Ernest William O’Malley. A Green Hill Far Away: A Life of Mrs. C.F. Alexander. Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
16-19

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