Both of EAP
's elderly parents died: first her mother
, then her father
, leaving Eleanor Anne, still in her twenties, to live her life independently.
Porden, Eleanor Anne, and Edith M. Gell. “Letters: 1821-1824”. John Franklin’s Bride, John Murray, 1930, p. various pages.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Eleanor Anne Porden
EAP
's father, William Porden
, was a well-known architect and a self-made man. His work survives at, for instance, Eaton Hall in Cheshire and in subsidiary buildings at the Royal Pavilion at Brighton...