Charlotte Despard (née French) (15 June 1844 – 10 November 1939) was an Anglo-Irish suffragist, novelist, Sinn Féin activist, vegetarian and anti-vivisection advocate.Charlotte French was born in Ripple, Kent, the daughter of Commander John Tracy William French of the Royal Navy (who died in 1855) and Margaret French, née Eccles (who died suffering from insanity in 1867). Her father was born in Woodbridge, Suffolk. Her brother John French became both a leading military commander during World War I and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, putting them on opposing political sides in later life. Wikipedia