Family and Posthumous Recognition
He married in 1871 Elizabeth, baroness de Dedem, daughter of baron de Dedem, a general in the Dutch service, but had no children. She contributed articles, chiefly on historical and political subjects, to various reviews.
In 1904, money for a memorial was raised by subscription and a statue by John Goscombe was erected in Trinity College, Dublin.
A volume of Lecky's Historical and Political Essays was published posthumously (London, 1908).
The Lecky Chair of History at Trinity College, Dublin, was endowed by his widow in 1913.
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