A good read I wanted to share from NEHS here “Lady Blanche Forsakes Her English Manor for True Love in Bartlett, NH”
Blanche Elizabeth Mary (Noel) Murphy (1845 - 1881) died fairly young
Did her husband Thomas Peter Murphy (abt. 1847 - 1890) remarry? Did he marry her for money? Her body was returned to London which is interesting. Why didn’t the husband keep her body buried close to him? He died early also in 1890 of apparently Typhoid fever.
See also “A Romance of Real Life” in Fall River Globe Fall River, Massachusetts 15 Oct 1890, Wed • Page 2
Edit: after further research it appears Thomas never remarried and also didn’t marry her for financial reasons. A very intriguing story.
Was this the sister she wrote to back in England Constance Gainsborough (Noel) Bellingham (1847 - 1891)? It appears not all of her siblings have been added to Wikitree. Also it appears she died in 1891? The sister Lady Blanche and Father in 1881.
The sister Lady Edith Noel became a Nun and died in 1890?
There is also worth mentioning a Project: European Royals and Aristocrats which is the PM of her brother Charles
Here is a wonderful - if somewhat overdone - article from the Boston Globe, which has the Earl asking for the return of his disinherited daughter to see her face one more time:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90831340/
Here is a good older article on the house itself:
https://www.bartletthistory.org/bartletthistory/ladyblanche.html
It was apparently being restored in 2011.
