Eliza de Feuillide | |
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Born | Eliza Hancock 22 December 1761 Calcutta, India |
Died | 25 April 1813 London, England | (aged 51)
Buried | Cemetery of St John-at-Hampstead |
Spouse(s) | |
Issue | Hastings Louis Eugene Capot de Feuillide |
Father | Tysoe Saul Hancock |
Mother | Philadelphia Austen |
Eliza Capot, Comtesse de Feuillide (née Hancock; 22 December 1761 – 25 April 1813) was the cousin, and later sister-in-law, of novelist Jane Austen. She is believed to have been the inspiration for a number of Austen's works, such as Love and Freindship, Henry and Eliza, and Lady Susan. She may have also been the model from whom the character of Mary Crawford from the novel Mansfield Park is derived.