Reference: Dictionary of Irish Biography - Elise Sandes

Sandes, Elizabeth Anne (‘Elise’) (1851–1934), founder of Sandes Soldiers' Homes in Ireland, India, and Great Britain, was born 19 February 1851 in Tralee, Co. Kerry, third daughter among seven daughters and two sons of Stephen Sandes, British army officer, of Sallow Glen, Co. Kerry, and Mary Anne Sandes (née Ponsonby), of Crotta, Co. Kerry. Due to childhood ill health, she received no formal education and lived mainly with an aunt in the countryside until ten years of age. At the age of 13, she attended Mme de Mailly's French School, Bray, Co. Wicklow.

Follow link to read more. . .