Even less is known of Thomas Little’s wife Eliza, but she is the one who inspired me to research the lives of this remarkable couple. Eliza (nee Lally) is my great-great-great-aunt, and I have discovered her to have been a lively and active women.
Thomas was tasked with buying land and setting up a business to breed horses for the Indian market. Very wisely, the family arrived with everything they needed to set up home and farm: a farm manager, 23 Indian servants and workers, tents
