Anne Lefroy- Friend & Mentor to Jane Austen

Hi Super Sleuths,

 

 Here is a FIND!  

 

Regency and Georgian Literature with a Kent Connection which  Rob Illingworth has dug up.  They tie in nicely with our Jane Austen heritage link.

 

 Anne Lefroy nee Brydges- friend & mentor to Jane Austen.

Anne Lefroy (sister of S.E. Brydges) was born Anne Brydges at Wootton in Kent in 1748. She has found posthumous fame as Jane Austen's friend and neighbour. She might have been the inspiration for the character of Lady Russell in Persuasion. Jane Austen wrote a poem to commemorate her death.

 

Email from: Rob Illingworth

The Centre for Kentish Studies

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Tel: 01622 694460

 

 

 

22 September 2009 from Michelle

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