Mimi Brackenbury

The gaieties of FS 's first Londonseason were tempered by the increase of her domestic responsibilities which fell to her following her elder sister Mimi 's marriage and her mother 's worsening illness.

FS 's time for studying during her adolescence was restricted by family duties. By the time she was thirteen, her mother's incapacity had made her responsible for the education of her younger brothers and sisters...

After moving to France on her father's second marriage and living there for a few years, FS moved back to England to live primarily at Waltham Abbey in Essex (just outside London), with the...