One of VC
's most important family connections was with her mother's younger brother, Heneage Mackenzie Griffin
. Griffin had made a fortune in silver mines and real estate in the United States, and...
Family and Intimate relationships
Victoria Cross
The details of the relationship are irrecoverable, but Gail Cunningham
notes that VC
's use of Heneage Mackenzie Griffin
's surname cause at least some of her contemporaries to assume that they were married.
Cunningham, Gail, and Victoria Cross. “Introduction”. Anna Lombard, edited by Gail Cunningham and Gail Cunningham, Continuum, 2006, p. vii - xxv.
viii- ix
Travel
Victoria Cross
VC
grew up in India before coming to England (although possibly not for the first time) for her study at London University
. After her father's death in 1903, she lived with her mother
and...