John Humphreys

Standard Name: Humphreys, John

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Birth Cecil Frances Alexander
She was the third of seven children, and the second daughter. She had sisters named Catherine , Eliza and Anne , and brothers, John , Thomas William , and Carbery , who died in infancy.
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput, 1995.
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Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990.
Lovell, Ernest William O’Malley. A Green Hill Far Away: A Life of Mrs. C.F. Alexander. Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1970.
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Family and Intimate relationships Cecil Frances Alexander
Major John Humphreys , father of CFA , was employed by Lord Wicklow as a land agent in County Wicklow.
Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput, 1995.
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Family and Intimate relationships Cecil Frances Alexander
CFA 's father, Major John Humphreys , was from Norfolk.
Alexander, Cecil Frances. “Preface”. Poems, edited by William, 1824 - 1911 Alexander, Macmillan, 1896, p. v - xxix.
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He was a Lieutenant in the Royal Marines , and fought in the Battle of Copenhagen, though he retired in 1806 after...
Residence Cecil Frances Alexander
John Humphreys and his family lived at 25 Eccles Street, on the north-east boundary of Dublin, until Cecil Frances was seven.
Lovell, Ernest William O’Malley. A Green Hill Far Away: A Life of Mrs. C.F. Alexander. Association for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1970.
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