Elizabeth Anne Finn

Elizabeth Anne Finn
Born
Elizabeth Anne McCaul

(1825-03-14)14 March 1825
Warsaw, Poland
Died18 January 1921(1921-01-18) (aged 95)
Brook Green, Hammersmith, London
Resting placeWimbledon, London
NationalityBritish
EducationNo formal schooling
OccupationWife
Years active1846 – 1920
Board member ofDistressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association
SpouseJames Finn
ChildrenAlexander 'Guy Fawkes' Finn, 1847
Constance Finn, 1851
Arthur Henry Finn, 1854
ParentReverend Alexander McCaul

Elizabeth Anne Finn (1825–1921) was a British writer and the wife of James Finn, British Consul in Jerusalem, in Ottoman Palestine between 1846 and 1863.[1] She and her daughter co-founded the Distressed Gentlefolk's Aid Association, the predecessor of Elizabeth Finn Care.

  1. ^ Arnold Blumberg (1980): A View from Jerusalem, 1849–1858. The Consular Diary of James and Elisabeth Anne Finn, Associated University Presses, ISBN 0-8386-2271-2, p. 28