Elizabeth Dunford

Lizzie Dunford

Portrayed by Taylor Swift
Full Name	Elizabeth Clarice Dunford
Associated Noble House(s)	Dukedom of Claitonborough, Marquessate of Abingdon
Date of Birth	January 24, 1793
Father	Geoffrey Dunford
Father's Rank	Duke of Claitonborough
Mother	Jane Dunford
Mother's Rank	Daughter of the Marquess of Abingdon
Town Residence	Dunford House, 33 Brook Street
Year of Debut	1811
Dowry	£22,000

Lady Elizabeth Dunford is the daughter of the late Geoffrey Dunford, the 10th Duke of Claitonborough and his wife Jane Dunford. She is the sister to the 12th duke. She is played by Liz.

Early Life (1793-1804)

A late Christmas gift for the year of 1792, Lizzie, a nickname bestowed upon her by her brothers Anthony and Pangbourne, better known as Tony and Pang, who decided to include their baby sister in the family tradition of nicknames, was born on a snowy afternoon in the following January. Her mother was quite finished with being a mother and was relatively content to relegate her daughter to the care of a nursemaid, though she did pay a bit more attention to her only daughter than mothers of several girls might have.

Lizzie had the typical noblewoman's upbringing. Her nursemaid was followed by a governess, who taught her to read and write, introduced her to French and Italian, and the rudiments of singing (only until it was concluded that no amount of practice would result in a passable singing voice). It was eventually decided that Lizzie would do well with some female company, as her mother feared that she was become something of a hoyden with only her brothers to follow as examples, and she was thus enrolled at Miss Eamont's School for Girl in 1805.

Miss Eamont's School for Girls (1805-1807)

Lizzie truly blossomed at Miss Eamont's, garnering a reputation for daring stunts and a taste for mischief, while simultaneously excelling in the classes that interested her. She developed a real knack for the violin, though it quickly became common knowledge that the duke's daughter couldn't carry a tune in a bucket and it was rumored she once made the pianoforte instructor weep in despair, and was well known for her talent in French. Her Italian became passable (far better than it would have been had she been left in the care of her governess).

Nevertheless, with all these ladylike accomplishments, she still maintained her love of fox hunting and equestrian activities in general as well as an inability to be bored. This inability was eventually her downfall, as it lead her to a prank that the school simply could not overlook, duke's daughter or no.

After several minor pranks that resulted in extra lessons in decorum and penmanship ("I will not salt Miss Thompson's tea. I will not salt Miss Thompson's tea."), Lizzie's mischief making days at Miss Eamont's came to an end. In June 1807, Lizzie grew tired of being wrapped on the knuckles for what she deemed her inability to produce enough phlegm to speak German properly. She managed to convince two of her friends to help her "put some feathers on the German goose" and rigged an admittedly creative deployment method for the paste and pillow feathers. Unfortunately, neither her German instructor nor Miss Eamont were in a mood to admire her creativity, particularly as they cut the feathers from Fraulein Meier's formerly beautiful blonde locks. Her dismissal was swift, though its speed was matched perhaps only by the speed in which His Grace tendered a payment to both Miss Eamont and Fraulein Meier for their discretion.

Once home, Lizzie missed her friends terribly, but rather than risk another mishap, her parents elected to finish her education privately. She tolerated it well enough, and in fact, would come to cherish her years with her father.

Friends

Catherine Reed

Loves

Lizzie has a terrible crush on Marcus Fairmont, Marquess of Foxford. She has told no one and treats him largely the same as she would any gentleman, but she is more prone to blushing in his presence than anyone else's.