JHC
's father, Alexander Clapperton
, died when she was still in her teens.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Family and Intimate relationships
Jane Hume Clapperton
Her father, Alexander Clapperton
, was a successful merchant who owned businesses in Edinburgh and Glasgow. He was also active and influential in local politics, and was known to have Liberal
sympathies.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray, Brian Harrison, and Lawrence Goldman, editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Temple, H. B., editor. “Miss Jane Hume Clapperton, Authoress”. The Women’s Penny Paper, Vol. 1, No. 35, pp. 1 - 2.
