Dixie, Florence (1857–1905)

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Dixie, Florence (1857–1905)

English explorer and writer. Name variations: Lady Florence Dixie. Born Florence Douglas in 1857; died 1905; dau. of Archibald William Douglas (1818–1858), 8th Marquis of Queensberry, and Caroline Margaret Clayton; m. Sir Alexander Dixie, 1875.

Explored Patagonia (1878–79), served as a war correspondent for the London Morning Post in the Boer War (1880–81), and was instrumental in securing the liberty of Cetawayo, king of Zululand; in later years, was a champion of women's rights; books include Across Patagonia, A Defense of Zululand and its King and The Child Hunters of Patagonia.

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