The Reverend Henry Addington Simcoe may have been Elizabeth’s only surviving son, but he did his best to carry on the family name and values. He had nine children with his first wife, then two more with his second. And indeed, the stories of their lives appear to have fulfilled many of Elizabeth Simcoe’s aspirations. Closer scrutiny, however, reveals that all was not as it seemed. Personal tragedies, unconventional choices, and a changing world combined to produce a legac

Elizabeth Simcoe left behind a large and growing family who seemed poised to carry on her campaigns. Although she had lost five of her eleven children (and her first grandson) by the time of her death, there remained six children: five daughters and son Henry, who had by now ten children of his own, with another on the way. But dramatic changes were brewing. Sophia Jemima Simcoe as a girl (from a collection at Wolford). The artist was once claimed to be J.M.W. Turner - mo