Cassandra Leigh Austen

Standard Name: Austen, Cassandra Leigh

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Birth Jane Austen
JA was born at Steventon in Hampshire, a month after her mother had calculated that the birth was due.
This, coincidentally, was the birthday of Elizabeth Carter . Austen's birthplace no longer survives, though...
Family and Intimate relationships Jane Austen
JA 's mother, born Cassandra Leigh , was well-connected; she was also witty, and wrote delightful verse. Her name came from her great-aunt Cassandra, Duchess of Chandos .
Honan, Park. Jane Austen: Her Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987.
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Family and Intimate relationships Cassandra Cooke
CC was a first cousin of her namesake Cassandra Leigh Austen , and first cousin once removed, as well as godmother, of the latter's daughter Jane Austen . The older and younger novelist were not...
Family and Intimate relationships Cassandra Lady Hawke
Her mother, born Cassandra Leigh , was one of three first cousins bearing this name: the others became Cassandra Austen (mother of the novelist) and Cassandra Cooke (author of a single published novel).
Residence Jane Austen
Following her father 's retirement on health grounds, JA moved with her parents and sister from Steventon in Hampshire to 4 Sydney Place, Bath.
Le Faye, Deirdre. “Chronology of Jane Austen’s Life”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, 1997, pp. 1-11.
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Residence Jane Austen
JA , with her mother , her sister , and their friend Martha Lloyd , moved from Southampton to the security of Chawton Cottage in Hampshire.
Le Faye, Deirdre. “Chronology of Jane Austen’s Life”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, 1997, pp. 1-11.
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Travel Jane Austen
JA , Cassandra , and their mother moved to furnished lodgings at 25 Gay Street, Bath.
Le Faye, Deirdre. “Chronology of Jane Austen’s Life”. The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen, edited by Edward Copeland and Juliet McMaster, Cambridge University Press, 1997, pp. 1-11.
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Honan, Park. Jane Austen: Her Life. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987.
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