As a baby she spent the whole of every day with the adults of the household, wherever they might happen to be, according to French custom and very much at odds with that of England...
Friends, Associates
Bessie Rayner Parkes
She formed a bond, too, with Madame Belloc's old friend Adelaide de Montgolfier
, daughter of the balloon inventor Etienne de Montgolfier
, who told her that her father's invention had been inspired by Joseph Priestley
