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dc.contributor.authorRyan, John Sen
local.source.editorEditor(s): Bede Nairn, Geoffrey Serle, Russel Warden
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-04T14:12:00Z-
dc.date.issued1972-
dc.identifier.citationAustralian Dictionary of Biography, v.4, 1851-1890: D-J, p. 86-86en
dc.identifier.isbn0522840345en
dc.identifier.issn1833-7538en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12212-
dc.description.abstractDonnithorne, Eliza Emily (1826 ? - 1886), recluse and eccentric, was born at Cape of Good Hope, youngest daughter of James Donnithorne and his wife Sarah Elizabeth, née Bampton. Her father, descendant of an old Cornish family, joined the East India Co. as a writer in 1792 and became master of the Mint and then judge and senior merchant in Mysore. About 1836 he retired to Sydney where he joined many public movements and won renown for his 'unbounded hospitality'. He invested in real estate and twice visited Melbourne to buy land. He settled at Cambridge Hall, 36 King Street, Newtown, where he died on 25 May 1852. Predeceased by his wife, whom he had married in 1807, and by two daughters in 1832, he was survived by two sons who had joined the British army and later settled in England, and by Eliza who inherited most of his estate. Eliza was to have married in 1856. On the morning of the wedding 'the bride and her maid were already dressed for the ceremony; the wedding-breakfast was laid in the long dining-room, a very fine apartment. The wedding guests assembled - the stage was set, but the chief actor did not turn up to keep his appointment'. From that time her 'habits became eccentric'. She never again left the house, finding solace in books and opening the door only to the clergyman, physician and solicitor. The wedding breakfast remained undisturbed on the dining table and 'gradually mouldered away until nothing was left but dust and decay'.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherMelbourne University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofAustralian Dictionary of Biographyen
dc.relation.isversionof1en
dc.titleDonnithorne, Eliza Emily (1826 ? - 1886)en
dc.typeEntry In Reference Worken
dc.subject.keywordsJournalism and Professional Writingen
dc.subject.keywordsCriminologyen
dc.subject.keywordsFamily and Household Studiesen
local.contributor.firstnameJohn Sen
local.subject.for2008190399 Journalism and Professional Writing not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.for2008160301 Family and Household Studiesen
local.subject.for2008160299 Criminology not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008950503 Understanding Australias Pasten
local.subject.seo2008950303 Conserving Collections and Movable Cultural Heritageen
local.subject.seo2008949999 Law, Politics and Community Services not elsewhere classifieden
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailjryan@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20121129-120234en
local.publisher.placeMelbourne, Australiaen
local.format.startpage86en
local.format.endpage86en
local.identifier.volume4, 1851-1890: D-Jen
local.contributor.lastnameRyanen
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleDonnithorne, Eliza Emily (1826 ? - 1886)en
local.output.categorydescriptionN Entry In Reference Worken
local.relation.urlhttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/9319793en
local.search.authorRyan, John Sen
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local.year.published1972en
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