Lena, Lady Login
Lena Login | |
|---|---|
 Lena Login from a miniature by Fisher, 1850 | |
| Born | Lena Campbell 1820 |
| Died | 17 April 1904 |
| Nationality | Scotland |
| Spouse(s) | Sir John Spencer Login |
| Children | six |
Lena Login, Lady Login (born Lena Campbell; 1820 – 17 April 1904) was a Scottish courtier and author. She was involved with educating Duleep Singh and bringing him to the UK. She was asked by Queen Victoria to look after an Indian noble and to find her an acceptable husband.
Life[]
Login was born in Perth in Scotland in 1820.
She went to India with her sister and brother-in-law, Major Hope Dick.[1] It was in Lucknow that she married John Spencer Login in 1842.[2] He was the Resident Surgeon at Lucknow, the physician to the court of Oudh and Postmaster General of Oudh.[3]
As physician to the Court of Oudh, Login was barred from directly examining women in the zenana.[4] However, here, his wife Lena was able assist in diagnosing the medical conditions.[3]
Their children were depicted in a miniature on ivory by an anonymous Indian artist in 1846. The scene shows their oldest son Edward William Spencer Login (born 1843) on a rocking horse, their daughter Lena Margaret Campbell Login (1845) in a blue dress, and the infant Louisa Marion d’Arcy Login (1846) held by the children's ayah. She and the Indian child in the picture are unidentified.[2] They had six children.[3]
In 1849 her husband was made the guardian to Duleep Singh who was a deposed teenage ruler. Lena became part of his education giving him lessons in expected (British) behaviour. Duleep Singh became a Christian in 1853 and the following year they all went to Britain where her husband was knighted.[3]
In 1858 Queen Victoria asked her to find a suitor for her god daughter, Victoria Gouramma. There was an expectation that she would be a suitable wife for Duleep Singh was an deposed member of royalty, but he announced that he intended to marry an English woman. Lady Login tried to find a suitable European noble to become Gowramma's husband, but Gowramma married Lt. Col. John Campbell, who was 30 years older than her, despite the schemes.[5]
Login died in Aylesford in 1904.[3]
References[]
- ^ Login, Lady; Malleson, Col G. B. (1978). Sir John Login and Duleep Singh. Atlantic Publishers & Distri.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Children of Sir John Spencer Login in Lucknow in 1846 - Asian and African studies blog". blogs.bl.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Login (née Campbell), Lena, Lady Login. Rosemary Cargill Raza, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Online edition. Retrieved 14 June 2018. (subscription required)
- ^ Login, Lena Campbell (1890). Sir John Login and Duleep Singh. New Delhi: Normal Publishers and Distributors. pp. 1–14.
- ^ "Login [née Campbell], Lena, Lady Login (1820–1904), courtier". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48644. Retrieved 2020-03-29. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- 1820 births
- 1904 deaths
- People from Perth, Scotland
- Scottish courtiers
- Wives of knights
- 19th-century Indian people