Laura Ormiston Dibbin (later the social purity reformer LOC
) was born at Woolaston (sometimes known as Woollaston) in Gloucestershire (near Chepstow, where her father
was then employed).
Donohue, Joseph. Fantasies of Empire: The Empire Theatre of Varieties and the Licensing Controversy of 1894. University of Iowa Press, 2005.
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Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Cultural formation
Laura Ormiston Chant
She was born to a professional, presumably white, English family. They seem to have been initially Anglican, but after they moved to London when Laura was young, her father's
disapproval of the high-church services at...
Family and Intimate relationships
Laura Ormiston Chant
Her father, Francis William Dibbin
, was a well-known civil engineer: at the time of her birth he was involved in the construction of the railway bridge over the Wye River at Chepstow in Monmouthshire.
Donohue, Joseph. Fantasies of Empire: The Empire Theatre of Varieties and the Licensing Controversy of 1894. University of Iowa Press, 2005.