29 October 1789 at Fort St George, Madras, the son of Joseph Garrow, a secretary to the Commander-in-Chief for the East India Company, and an Indian woman, Sultana. He was orphaned when he was only three and raised by his father's sister, Eleanora Garrow. His grandfather was Rev. David Garrow, rector of Hadley, Middlesex, a schoolmaster for 50 years. His uncle was William Garrow, the English barrister. Joseph Garrow attended St John's College, Cambridge, and practiced as a lawyer at Lincoln's Inn starting in 1810. They had one daughter, Theodosia Garrow (1816–1865), who married Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1810–1892) in April 1848 in Florence. Harriett and Eliza Abrams lived with their sister Theodosia at the Braddons, Torquay, while instead Jane Abrams moved from Devon to London, Park Lane. Theodosia Garrow died on 4 November 1849 in Torquay. Joseph Garrow went back to live in Florence with his daughter Theodosia Trollope, and is buried there with his daughter and stepdaughter. References 1770 births 1849 deaths Converts to Roman Catholicism from Judaism English contraltos English Jews Jewish opera singers Operatic contraltos 18th-century British women opera singers