When she was ten Gertrude Elizabeth Blood
, later LCC
, returned with her family from Italy to Ireland so that her father
could take up the position of High Sheriff of County Clare.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Lady Colin Campbell
LLC's father, Edmond Maghlin Blood
, was born in 1815 to Neptune and Bridget Blood, at Brickhill in County Clare. He attended Trinity College
, and lived in Limerick, in Dublin and London in...
Education
Lady Colin Campbell
Back from continental Europe, Gertrude
and her sister Mary
were educated by governesses at home, while their brother
received his schooling in England, at Harrow
. Although the girls' lessons consisted of the usual singing...