↑ His siblings were Henry John ("Harry"; 1848–64), Lucy Ann ("Loo") (born 1852), Susannah Mary ("Pollie"; born 1854), Frederick Joseph ("Jo"; 1859–66), Francis Thomas ("Frank"; born 1861), and Helen Agnes ("Dott" or "Dot"; born 1864).[3]
↑ Alfred Henry Littleton was chairman of the publishers Novello. At the time that he wrote the song, Elgar and his wife were staying at the villa of his friend Julia Worthington at Careggi near Florence when they were visited by Littleton, whose wife had just died.[6]
