Irish man inspired Jane Austin’s classic
MORE than 700 lots will come under the hammer at what is now the annual County House Collections sale at Slane Castle, Co Meath, next Tuesday. Many of the lots are from old Irish families, including the Huguenot Lefroy family of Carrigglas Manor, Co. Longford.
Thomas Langlois Lefroy (1776-1869) is celebrated as the man who broke Jane Austen’s heart and inspired her novel Pride and Prejudice, and was ultimately Chief Justice of Ireland.
