Background
Her parents were Frederick, a solicitor and a Roman Catholic, and Isabella Julia Burton, a Protestant. They were married in St. George's, a Church of Ireland church on the north side of the city. Grace was the second youngest in a family of 12 children and grew up in the fashionable suburb of Rathmines in Dublin. The children were raised as Protestants - the girls attended Alexandra College in Earlsfort Terrace, and the boys attended the High School in Harcourt St.
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