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Mrs Griffith dies at nearly 100 years
MRS Hannah Rose Griffith, who passed away after a brief illness on the 10th inst at “Danby Lodge,” Somerville, was born nearly a century ago at Bangor, Wales.
She was one of six daughters of the late James Courtney Cottingham. She had two brothers, one being Judge James Cottingham, of Manchester, and the other, Christopher Cottingham, the Editor of the “Mercantile & Shipping Gazette,” London, whilst her cousins were Sir Hercules Robinson (later Earl Rosemead) and Sir William Robinson, Governor of NSW and later of Victoria.
Her early life was spent in Dublin. She was tutored with her friend, Lady Ann Fitzgerald, at the Duchess of Leinster’s home. She was both accomplished and fascinating, and for some time was considered to be one of the belles of Dublin.
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John Mitchell
3 January, 2021, 10:44 pm
Government House at Nasova, Levuka, where
Gordon-Cumming was hosted by the Gordon’s
while in Fiji. Picture: Fiji Museum
In the second half of the 19th century, a few women – independent and adventure-driven, made a name for themselves in the world.
Among them was Scotland-born Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming, a wandering female travel writer and artist who ‘broke the mould’ at a time when women rarely travelled solo and were expected to always be by their husband’s side.
As a writer, her first published work was an article titled ‘Camp Life in the Himalayas’, which appeared in 1869 in Good Words, a popular periodical at the time. After her first work, she wrote extensively for a wide range of journals.