https://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Alice_AskewAlice Askew - Revision history2026-04-15T00:05:07ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.41.0https://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=Alice_Askew&diff=47000&oldid=prevRobinca at 19:08, 24 October 20112011-10-24T19:08:03Z<p></p>
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</table>Robincahttps://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=Alice_Askew&diff=46993&oldid=prevRobinca at 14:35, 22 October 20112011-10-22T14:35:16Z<p></p>
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</table>Robincahttps://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=Alice_Askew&diff=46991&oldid=prevRobinca at 21:54, 21 October 20112011-10-21T21:54:27Z<p></p>
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</table>Robincahttps://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=Alice_Askew&diff=46990&oldid=prevRobinca at 21:53, 21 October 20112011-10-21T21:53:09Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Alice was born on June 18th, 1874 at her parents' home, No. 3 Westbourne Street, Kensington, London. She was baptised 'Alice Jane de Courcy' at St. Michael and all Angels, Paddington on August 5th, 1874. Her father was - at the time of her birth - Captain Henry Leake, on half pay, late of the 70th Regiment of Foot. Captain Leake had married Jane Dashwood on July <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">16</del>, 1873 at the the same St. Michael and All Angels Church in Paddington. Jane was the only child and daughter of Charles James Augustus Dashwood, who had served with the East India Company in its Bengal Cavalry, from which he retired with the rank of Captain in 1822. Henry Leake, whose father John Leake was a merchant from Liverpool, would subsequently serve with the East Yorkshire Regiment and retire in 1882 with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Alice was the eldest child of three. Her brother was Henry Dashwood Stucley Leake, who was known by his niece Jill Askew, as "Uncle Stucley". And her sister was Francis Beatrice Levine Leake, who sadly died when only six years old in 1884. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Alice was born on June 18th, 1874 at her parents' home, No. 3 Westbourne Street, Kensington, London. She was baptised 'Alice Jane de Courcy' at St. Michael and all Angels, Paddington on August 5th, 1874. Her father was - at the time of her birth - Captain Henry Leake, on half pay, late of the 70th Regiment of Foot. Captain Leake had married Jane Dashwood on July <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">16th</ins>, 1873 at the the same St. Michael and All Angels Church in Paddington. Jane was the only child and daughter of Charles James Augustus Dashwood, who had served with the East India Company in its Bengal Cavalry, from which he retired with the rank of Captain in 1822. Henry Leake, whose father John Leake was a merchant from Liverpool, would subsequently serve with the East Yorkshire Regiment and retire in 1882 with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Alice was the eldest child of three. Her brother was Henry Dashwood Stucley Leake, who was known by his niece Jill Askew, as "Uncle Stucley". And her sister was Francis Beatrice Levine Leake, who sadly died when only six years old in 1884. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a few 'sources' online and elsewhere which suggest that her names 'Jane de Courcy' were some kind of pseudonym or ''nom-de-plume''. This is not the case. They are her middle Christian names. 'Jane' she got from her mother, Jane née Dashwood; and 'de Courcy' presumably from the same Dashwood family through her great uncle Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Dashwood, K.C.B., G.C.T.S., who had married the Hon. Elizabeth de Courcy, daughter of John de Courcy, the 26th Baron Kingsale. They named their second son: 'John de Courcy', who in turn named his two sons: 'De Courcy Pitcairn' and 'Francis Dundas de Courcy'. Francis Dundas de Courcy Dashwood continued the use of this now 'family name' with his son: 'Francis (''Frank'') John de Courcy'; and two daughters: 'Coventry de Courcy' and 'Maud de Courcy'. These last were contemporaries of their cousin Alice Jane de Courcy Leake. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a few 'sources' online and elsewhere which suggest that her names 'Jane de Courcy' were some kind of pseudonym or ''nom-de-plume''. This is not the case. They are her middle Christian names. 'Jane' she got from her mother, Jane née Dashwood; and 'de Courcy' presumably from the same Dashwood family through her great uncle Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Dashwood, K.C.B., G.C.T.S., who had married the Hon. Elizabeth de Courcy, daughter of John de Courcy, the 26th Baron Kingsale. They named their second son: 'John de Courcy', who in turn named his two sons: 'De Courcy Pitcairn' and 'Francis Dundas de Courcy'. Francis Dundas de Courcy Dashwood continued the use of this now 'family name' with his son: 'Francis (''Frank'') John de Courcy'; and two daughters: 'Coventry de Courcy' and 'Maud de Courcy'. These last were contemporaries of their cousin Alice Jane de Courcy Leake. </div></td></tr>
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</table>Robincahttps://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=Alice_Askew&diff=46989&oldid=prevRobinca at 21:47, 21 October 20112011-10-21T21:47:43Z<p></p>
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</table>Robincahttps://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=Alice_Askew&diff=46988&oldid=prevRobinca at 15:50, 21 October 20112011-10-21T15:50:39Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Alice was born on June 18th, 1874 at her parents' home, No. 3 Westbourne Street, Kensington, London. She was baptised 'Alice Jane de Courcy' at St. Michael and all Angels, Paddington on August 5th, 1874. Her father was - at the time of her birth - Captain Henry Leake, on half pay, late of the 70th Regiment of Foot. Captain Leake had married Jane Dashwood on July 16, 1873 at the the same St. Michael and All Angels Church in Paddington. Jane was the only child and daughter of Charles James Augustus Dashwood, who had served with the East India Company in its Bengal Cavalry, from which he retired with the rank of Captain in 1822. Henry Leake, whose father John Leake was a merchant from Liverpool, would subsequently serve with the East Yorkshire Regiment and retire in 1882 with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Alice was the eldest child of three. Her brother was Henry Dashwood Stucley Leake, who was known by his niece Jill Askew, as "Uncle Stucley". And her sister was Francis Beatrice Levine Leake, who sadly died when only six years old in 1884. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Alice was born on June 18th, 1874 at her parents' home, No. 3 Westbourne Street, Kensington, London. She was baptised 'Alice Jane de Courcy' at St. Michael and all Angels, Paddington on August 5th, 1874. Her father was - at the time of her birth - Captain Henry Leake, on half pay, late of the 70th Regiment of Foot. Captain Leake had married Jane Dashwood on July 16, 1873 at the the same St. Michael and All Angels Church in Paddington. Jane was the only child and daughter of Charles James Augustus Dashwood, who had served with the East India Company in its Bengal Cavalry, from which he retired with the rank of Captain in 1822. Henry Leake, whose father John Leake was a merchant from Liverpool, would subsequently serve with the East Yorkshire Regiment and retire in 1882 with the honorary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Alice was the eldest child of three. Her brother was Henry Dashwood Stucley Leake, who was known by his niece Jill Askew, as "Uncle Stucley". And her sister was Francis Beatrice Levine Leake, who sadly died when only six years old in 1884. </div></td></tr>
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