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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Thomas Langlois Lefroy*

Basics:
Thomas Langlois Lefroy (1776–1869) was an Irish politician and judge. Accprding to Wikepedia, Tom Lefroy had an outstanding academic record at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1793, his great-uncle sponsored Tom's legal studies in London. Later, Tom became a prominent member of the Irish bar and published a series of Law Reports. He was promoted to Chieft Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland in 1852. He admitted to family to having loved Jane Austen as a young man, and some believe he was her muse for her literary heroes. Upon learning of Jane Austen’s death, Thomas Langlois Lefroy traveled from Ireland to England to pay his respects to the British author. In addition, at an auction of Cadell's papers, Tom bought a Cadell publisher's rejection letter—for Austen’s early version of Pride and Prejudice (originally titled First Impressions).

Looks like this in real life as Chief Justice (age 72!!!)
Pros:
Irish
Smart guy
Blue eyes and handsome (ages well too!)
Likes to have wild fun
Romantic at heart
Doesn't forget his first love
Has good taste in literature and writers
Proves women wrong that "Mr. Darcy" doesn't exist
Looks like this in the movie Becoming Jane
Cons:
Cares too much what his family thinks
Wears a girly wig
Dysfunctional family of origin
Very judgmental
Lost his heart to Jane Austen a long, long time ago
His estate is becoming a golf course
Is currently deceased

*This post is for Meems, to boost her belief in Mr. Darcy.

2 comments:

marmee said...

this man was loyal and that is an excellent quality in any person!

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