and more concerned about the social problems ofher time I.Life 10 Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett was bornon 6 March 1806. in Coxhoe Hall,between the villages of Coxhoe and Kelloe in County Durham,England.Her parents were Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett and Mary Graham Clarke:Elizabeth was the eldest oftheir 12 children(eight boys and four girls).All the children lived to adulthood except for one girl,who died at the age ofthree when Elizabeth was eight.The children in her family all had nicknames:Elizabeth's was"Ba".Elizabeth was baptized in 1809 at Kelloe Parish Church,though she had already been baptized by a family friend in the first week after she was born Later that year,after the fifth child,Henrietta,was born,their father bought Hope End,a500-acre(2.0 km2)estatenear the Malvern Hills in Ledbury,Herefordshire,where Elizabethspent her childhood.[2]Her time at Hope End would inspire her in later life to write Aurora Leigh At the death ofanold friend,G.B.Hunter,and then ofher father, her health faded again,centeringaround deteriorating lung function.She was moved from Florence to Siena,residingat theand more concerned about the social problems of her time. I. Life Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett was born on 6 March 1806, in Coxhoe Hall, between the villages of Coxhoe and Kelloe in County Durham, England. Her parents were Edward Barrett Moulton Barrett and Mary Graham Clarke; Elizabeth was the eldest of their 12 children (eight boys and four girls). All the children lived to adulthood except for one girl, who died at the age of three when Elizabeth was eight. The children in her family all had nicknames: Elizabeth's was "Ba". Elizabeth was baptized in 1809 at Kelloe Parish Church, though she had already been baptized by a family friend in the first week after she was born. Later that year, after the fifth child, Henrietta, was born, their father bought Hope End, a 500-acre (2.0 km2) estate near the Malvern Hills in Ledbury, Herefordshire, where Elizabeth spent her childhood.[2]Her time at Hope End would inspire her in later life to write Aurora Leigh. At the death of an old friend, G.B. Hunter, and then of her father, her health faded again, centering around deteriorating lung function. She was moved from Florence to Siena, residing at the 10’