Florence Lacon (née Foster)

Overview

Florence Foster, an English girl Marie has known since the summer of 1874 at Ostend (where the Foster family appears often, carnets 023–028; FOSTER) and with whom she corresponds in 1877 («Voici une lettre de Foster», 072.0407). In early 1878 she married M. Lacon, «futur lord Lacon je crois» (080.0305, 27 May 1878: «Miss Foster, mariée depuis trois mois à M. Lacon»). The Mon Journal indexes: t.11 «Lacon (Mme Florence), née Foster : 259-261, 268»; t.12 «Lacon (Mme Florence), née Foster [Flo]»; t.13 «Lacon (Mme Florence, née Foster) : 18, 22, 24»; her brother «Foster (Arthur)» (t.11, t.12).

Relevance to Marie

• May–June 1878: in Paris for the Exposition with the Lacons and her brother Arthur; she takes Marie to dine at Ledoyen and to the circus (080.0321–0322), and they meet at the Châtelet (080.0360) and dine together (080.0373).
• July–October 1878: letters from London and invitations to visit (081.0491; 082.0299, 082.0379, 082.0433, 082.0514).
• May 1879: Florence and her husband dine with the Bashkirtseffs in Paris (085.0139, 085.0180, 085.0184, 085.0198).

Identity

Which Lacon she married (the family of the Lacon baronets of Great Yarmouth is the obvious candidate, given «Lady Lacon» at 080.0322) was not established (0.5). Before her marriage Marie calls her simply «Foster»; those 1874–1877 paragraphs were checked one by one on 2026-10-22 and the ones meaning her retagged here (see FOSTER), since FOSTER also covers her family.