Letitia Higgin

She was the last of ten children born to Sarah (née Winfield) and Thomas Houseman Higgin.

Her father was the manager of the Belfast and Ballymena Railway and a part owner of Lancaster's White Cross cotton mill until 1846.

[1] In 1871, she was living with her elder sisters Martha and Sarah Anne and they began work at the Royal School of Needlework which had been founded by Victoria, Lady Welby.

[7] The new version includes an essay by the chief archivist noting the book's history and the impact of this "fascinating volume".

[8] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography published an entry on Higgin in August 2024, alongside another needlewoman Jane Gaugain (1804-1860).