A LUCKY GOVERNESS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 36, 5 September 1891, Page 352

A LUCKY GOVERNESS.

Alice Victoria Murphy, daughter of Captain Murphy, once secretary to the Prince of Wales and a favourite of Queen Victoria, has fallen heir to sixty thousand pounds, while following the humble occupation of a governess and seamstress in America. She is a tall, handsome brunette, about 25 years old, who has visited almost every country in the world during her romantic life. Born and reared in London, her father was an officer in the English army who achieved fame during the Crimean war. Her mother was a Spanish woman whose parents were Protestants, while hei father was a devout Catholic.

When Miss Murphy was quite young her father quarrelled with his mother, and thereafter would not allow her name to be mentioned in his presence. The Captain’s mother then went to Australia in company with a wealthy brother. Last January she died, and Miss Murphy has just received word from her attorneys in England stating that she is one of the four heirs to a fortune of about two hundred and forty thousand pounds, consisting partly of land in the city of Melbourne. She is in poor health at present, bnt will soon make a journey through the West, thence to England and probably from there to Australia.