Charlotte (1830-1896), the 1st Lady Mount Stephen George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen

the first lady mount stephen

at london, on 8 april 1853, george stephen married first wife, annie charlotte kane (1830–1896). 1 of several children born benjamin kane on adriatic island of corfu when ionian islands british protectorate. father, former officer in royal engineers assistant clerk of works in naval ordnance there, though educated in london. during royal tour, haemophiliac prince leopold, duke of albany, fell ill @ montreal , charlotte nursed him health. such, in 1887, first presented queen victoria friend georgina gascoyne-cecil, marchioness of salisbury, lived @ hatfield house neighboured stephen s home 1893, brocket hall. queen thanked lady mount stephen presenting oil portrait of herself.

at brocket hall, lady mount stephen entertained prince (the future edward vii) , princess of wales, duke , duchess of connaught , duchess of teck. introduced canoe scotland while living @ faskally, perthshire , fished husband in canada , rivers of scotland. died in london on 10 april 1896, , buried in lemsford churchyard, adjoining brocket hall. couple had no biological children, had adopted young woman in montreal, alice brooke, purportedly daughter of vermont clergyman.

alice maude stephen (d.1934) d.b.e., (born alice brooke). adopted father introduced to, , in 1873 married, henry northcote, 1st baron northcote. in 1919, appointed dame commander of order of british empire. died without children.




^ morgan, henry james (1903). types of canadian women , of women or have been connected canada. toronto. 
^ first lady of australia