1858–1929

Introduction

Born: Au­gust 9, 1858, at the fam­ily’s hol­iday home, the Pa­vil­ion, in Mel­rose, Scot­tish Bor­ders, Scot­land.

Died: Au­gust 22, 1929, Drop­more, Can­ter­bu­ry, Kent, En­gland.

Buried: Saint Ma­ry Mag­da­lene church­yard, Rus­per, West Sus­sex, Eng­land.

portrait

Biography

The young­est of elev­en child­ren, Lu­cy was the daugh­ter of pia­no mak­er Hen­ry Fowl­er Broad­wood and Ju­li­ana Ma­ria Birch, and great grand­daugh­ter of John Broad­wood, found­er of Broad­wood and Sons, pia­no ma­nu­fact­ur­ers.

She is re­mem­bered as an Eng­lish-Scot­tish folk­song col­lect­or and re­search­er in the late 19th and ea­rly 20th Cen­tu­ries.

Music

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