It is dedicated to the Duchess of Gloucester
, a daughter of George III
who had acquired that title by marriage in 1816.
Confusingly, the mother of LMH
's previous dedicee Lady Waldegrave had been...
Occupation
Ellis Cornelia Knight
At the request of the Prince Regent (later George IV
), and the urgings of the princesses Mary
, Elizabeth
, and Sophia
, ECK
agreed to serve as one of the lady companions to...
Occupation
Ellis Cornelia Knight
The Queen
would call on her each morning on her way to Frogmore, her house in Windsor's Home Park.
Knight, Ellis Cornelia. The Autobiography of Miss Knight. Editor Fulford, Roger, William Kimber & Co., 1960.
83 n1
The Queen was fond of being read aloud to in either French, English...