One of Many Siblings
Young Alice was the fourth of Henry and Lorina Liddell’s ten children. When Alice was born, her father was the headmaster of Westminster School, but he moved the family to London after being appointed deanery of Christ Church at Oxford. It was there that they met Dodgson.
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Alice and her family moved into the refurbished deanery for her father’s new job. There were carved lions in the halls, which she and her siblings thought came to life to chase them. She and her two sisters, Lorina and Edith, were her constant childhood companions as they were the closest in age.