John Austin

Lucie Austin (later LDG ), only child of Sarah and John Austin , was born at the then 1 Queen Square in London.

Presumably white, LDG grew up in a radical liberal, professional family of English descent. Both her parents were highly intellectual and prominent in political circles, and both were published authors. Her mother brought her up...

John Austin , Lucie's father, legal philosopher, was the son of a successful miller and corn merchant. A pupil of Jeremy Bentham , he held a number of positions relating to jurisprudence throughout his...

Sarah Taylor married John Austin at St George's, Colegate, Norfolk.

Their marriage was delayed for a while because the Dowager Lady Duff Gordon was opposed to Lucie as a match for her son since she lacked a dowry. Lucie's father , who was by that...

In 1814, the engagement between Sarah Taylor and John Austin was sanctioned by her parents after considerable opposition.John Austin might have seemed unsuitable because of his service in the army and the...

John Austin was called to the bar in 1818, following which he began to practice.

On 24 June 1821, Lucie Austin (the future writer Lady Duff Gordon) was born to SA and John Austin . She was their only child. Financial uncertainty prevented them from increasing their family. As her...

John Austin experienced various humiliations and disappointments in his career, because he was ineffective as a lecturer and in his political roles. In addition, he suffered from several illnesses, including manic depressive disorder, that...

Her husband, John Austin , died on 17 December 1859. He had been hardly known during his lifetime, outside the couple's small gathering of acquaintances. SA 's success was the foundation of his posthumous reputation.

He was introduced to Jeremy Bentham through his father. He also associated with John Austin and George Grote .

John Austin was a pupil of Bentham , and intimate with all the friends of his master. They had met well before his marriage. At first he completely embraced Bentham's philosophies and political...

After her father 's death in this year, LDG suffered a violent lung haemorrhage, an event she rightly believed to be a symptom of tuberculosis.

Facing financial retrenchment after John Austin resigned from his teaching job, the parents of Lucie Austin (later LDG ) moved with her from their house in Queen Square to 26 Park Road in Regent's Park.

In Bonn, LDG 's father studied Roman Law under Niebuhr and Schlegel in preparation for his upcoming appointment as Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of London .