Edith Liddell was the younger sister of Alice Liddell. She, along with her sisters Alice and Lorina Liddell were told the original story by Lewis Carroll, when he took the sisters on a boat trip on July 4, 1862.
She became engaged to Aubrey Harcourt sometime around early 1876; a marriage never took place as she died on 26 June that year. Aubrey never married.
She died at Christ College, Oxford of typhlitis (an inflammation of the large intestine), perforation and peritonitis of 19 days duration.
She is immortalized in a stained-glass window as Saint Catherine of Alexandria at The Christ Church in Oxford, England.
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Edith Liddell was the younger sister of Alice Liddell. She, along with her sisters Alice and Lorina Liddell were told the original story by Lewis Carroll, when he took the sisters on a boat trip on July 4, 1862.
She became engaged to Aubrey Harcourt sometime around early 1876; a marriage never took place as she died on 26 June that year. Aubrey never married.
She died at Christ College, Oxford of typhlitis (an inflammation of the large intestine), perforation and peritonitis of 19 days duration.
She is immortalized in a stained-glass window as Saint Catherine of Alexandria at The Christ Church in Oxford, England.
Research by LB
Family Members
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Edward Henry Liddell
1847–1911
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Lorina Charlotte Liddell
1849–1930
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James Arthur Charles Liddell
1850–1853
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Alice Liddell
1852–1934
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Rhoda Caroline Anne Liddell
1859–1949
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Albert Edward Arthur Liddell
1863–1863
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Violet Constance Liddell
1864–1927
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Sr Frederick Francis Liddell
1865–1950
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Lionel Charles Liddell
1868–1942
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