Dido Elizabeth Belle (L) and half-cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray (R). This picture currently resides at Scone Palace in Perth, Scotland. |
Seeing her picture for the first time, I assumed she was a servant. Lucky for us, her status at Kenwood House, London was vastly more remarkable. Her name was Dido Elizabeth Belle, the charge and great-niece of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield.
Dido’s father was British Navy officer, Sir John Lindsay |
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