Florence Darnley Florence Darnley i(A43540 works by) (birth name: Florence Rose Morphy) (a.k.a. Florence Rose Bligh Darnley; Florence Bligh, Countess of Darnley)
Also writes as: Hildred Codrington
Born: Established: 1860-1869 Beechworth, Beechworth - Yackandandah area, North East Victoria, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 30 Aug 1944
Gender: Female
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'Florence Morphy was born in Victoria, daughter of John Stephen Morphy, sometime police magistrate at Beechworth, who died in 1861. She met Ivo Bligh at Rupertswood when he captained the English cricket team that visited Australia in 1882-83. According to one report, she was the leader of the Melbourne ladies who presented Bligh with "a tiny silver urn, containing what they termed 'the ashes of Australian cricket.'  (There is reason to believe, from that description and other records, that more than one "Ashes urn" came into being over time, the one she gave to the MCC after her husband's death in 1927 being of terracotta, not apparently silvered.)' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Bligh,_Countess_of_Darnley)

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Notes

  • Darnley also wrote the musical piece, "Southern Cross: waltz" (190-).
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