The Life of LIza Lehmann

I was born in London, at 139, Westbourne Terrace, on July 11th — well, several hundred years ago!

My parents, who lived in Rome, came to London so that, in case I were a boy, I might have the privilege of being a British subject. Girls were not so much considered in those days!

I was married to Herbert Bedford on October 10th, 1894, at St. Mark’s Church in Hamilton Terrace, where my mother also had been married.

My husband was a son of Deputy jet. Bedford, a well-known member of the City of London Corporation, and a constant contributor to Punch under the nom-de-plume of "Robert, the City Waiter." He devoted some fifteen years of his career as a public man to the saving of Epping Forest for the people, and the "Bedford Oak" there still commemorates his name.