Biography of Alexandra Orr nee Leighton 1828-1903
On 23 Nov 1828 Alexandra Orr nee Leighton was born to Dr Frederic Septimus Leighton (age 29) at St Petersburg. Her father was physician to Tsar Nicholas I
1853. [her brother] Frederick Leighton (age 22). Portrait of Alexandra Orr nee Leighton (age 24), the artist's sister.
On 07 Mar 1857 Major Sutherland George Gordon Orr (age 41) and Alexandra Orr nee Leighton (age 28) were married at Bath, Somerset [Map]. He died fifteen months later.
On 19 Jun 1858 [her husband] Major Sutherland George Gordon Orr (age 42) died. The Newspapers reported On Saturday, the 19th inst., at midnight, at the residence of his brother-in-law, Greenhill, near Barnet, Herts, Major Sutherland G. G. Orr, late commanding the 3rd Regiment of Hyderabad Cavalry, aged 42. This gallant and distinguished officer succumbed, after several months of severe suffering, to the results of anxiety, fatigue, and exposure of the last Mhow and Central India Campaign.
1889. [her brother] Frederick Leighton (age 58). Portrait of Alexandra Orr nee Leighton (age 60), the artist's sister.
1892. [her brother] Frederick Leighton (age 61). Portrait of Alexandra Orr nee Leighton (age 63), the artist's sister.
On 24 Jan 1892 [her father] Dr Frederic Septimus Leighton (age 92) died.
On 23 Aug 1903 Alexandra Orr nee Leighton (age 74) died at 11 Kensington Park Gardens.