LUCY TODD (nee DEAKIN)

Lucy Todd was born in June 1901, just after the death of Queen Victoria, She was therefore a very early member of the Edwardian era when the British Empire was at its peak. The short reign of Edward VIII turned out to be possibly the most tranquil of any of the Kingdom's long line of Monarchs neatly between the end of the Boer War and the beginning of the Great War.

Lucy's life was one of extraordinary variety and achievement. She travelled to and worked in many different parts of the then British Empire. She was a teacher, an author, a missionary,  a devoted wife, and a most courageous and generous woman who faced and overcame many viscissitudes and moments of worry, loneliness and sadness.

She wrote her memoires towards the end of her long life  and they make fascinating reading. It is over 150 pages  too long to be shown entirely  on this web site. However we have made some extracts for   which we hope will give you a taste of the life she lived, the times she lived through  and what she had to face. The extracts can be accessed  through the links below.  

Her complete memoires are available through the contact details shown on this web site.

This page last modified on Wednesday, April 29, 2020