Edward Compton Austen-Leigh ('Men of the Day. No. 811.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 June 1901
NPG D45069
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Cindy Massey
17 March 2020, 18:53
His great aunt was Jane Austen, writer of Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. His parents were Rev. James Edward Austen-Leigh and Emma Smith. His grandfather was James Austen (brother to the novelist) and Mary Lloyd.