[1] Her mother, Florence Lavinia (née Herbert, but known as Adams) inherited the matrilineal title, Comtesse de Vilme-Hautmont, that had been conferred on a female ancestor who saved Louis XIV from a wolf's attack.

[5] De Loitte began singing with the Sydney Liedertafel, and she gained valuable experience performing at Goulburn in an amateur capacity.

Pinafore, Iolanthe, The Mikado, Patience, The Pirates of Penzance, Princess Ida, Trial by Jury, Utopia, Limited and The Yeomen of the Guard.

[11] De Loitte was later a foundation member of the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, which was established in Sydney, and performed at its first meeting in 1928.

[13] Following her husband's death in 1921, de Loitte edited his reminiscences, which were published in the Brisbane Courier in 1923 as "Howard Vernon's Life".

[21] During the Depression, she hired a hall in Sydney where she staged performances by unemployed actors and singers, with the cast changing each week.