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Gordon, Lucie (1821 - 1869)

Last edited by Floor_Toebes on July 1, 2025, 3:03 p.m.
Short name Gordon, Lucie
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/66577149
First name Lucie
Birth name Austin
Married name Duff-Gordon
Alternative name Lady Duff-Gordon — Lucie Austin
Date of birth 1821
Date of death 1869
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Westminster (London)
Place of death Cairo
Lived in South Africa , Egypt , England
Place of residence notes
Mother Austin, Sarah
Father
Children Ross, Janet Ann
Religion / ideology
Education
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Duff-Gordon, Alexander 1840-1869 Married
Gordon, Lucie was ...
correspondent Austin, Sarah
correspondent Duff-Gordon, Alexander
acquaintance Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah
acquaintance Dickens, Charles
acquaintance Thackeray, William Makepeace
acquaintance Heine, Heinrich
Profession(s)
Memberships
Place(s) of Residence South Africa , Egypt , England
Author of
receptions circulations
The french in algiers: the soldier of the foreign legion and the prisoners of abd-el-kader (1855) 0 0
Letters from Egypt (1865) 3 0

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Circulations of Gordon, Lucie, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
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Receptions of Gordon, Lucie, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Henry Wyndham Phillips, portrait of Lucie, Lady Duff Gordon, 1851. 1851 is portrait of
*Mention in Athenaeum Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1872 -
*Mention in De Gids Pieter Nicolaas Muller 1873 -

Edits (especially personal situation): MCL Jan2014 HERA.
Daughter of the editor and translator from German Sarah Austin (1793–1867).
3 children.
Her daughter Janet Ann Ross was a writer, historian and biographer.