303:, London, in June 1853, at the age of 2 1/2. She grew up unaware of her background. Lord Holland died in 1859, when she was nine. As she approached her eighteenth birthday and marriageable age, Lady Holland's legal advisor strongly recommended disclosing the information about the adoption to her. She complied, but her own lack of full knowledge about the matter continued to pose problems. All people who knew the truth about the identity of her biological parents had died by then. Marie eventually became estranged from her mother. Her paternal aunt, Lady Lilford, wrote in 1867: "Marie is much grown and improved. She is a very nice and affectionate girl, and has been thoroughly well educated."
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