When his wife
died, the father
of Chavelita Dunne (later GE
) sold the family's first Dublin home and found lodgings in Leeson Street.
Egerton, George. A Leaf from the Yellow Book. Editor White, Terence de Vere, Richards Press.
13-14
Occupation
George Egerton
In London she became the travelling-companion of Charlotte Whyte-Melville
, a widow now living as the wife of the Rev. Henry Peter Higginson
, who was a friend of John Joseph Dunne
, father of the future GE
.
Family and Intimate relationships
George Egerton
John Joseph Dunne
, GE
's father, was an army captain, a skilful fisherman, and later a memoirist, but he had difficulty holding down jobs.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Egerton, George. A Leaf from the Yellow Book. Editor White, Terence de Vere, Richards Press.
