She was the youngest child, and only daughter, of Oliver Lodge (1826–1884), a
china clay merchant, and his wife, Grace (née Heath) (1826–1879). Her siblings included
Sir Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), physicist;
Sir Richard Lodge (1855–1936), historian; and
Alfred Lodge (1854–1937), mathematician. She studied history at Lady Margaret Hall until 1894. In 1895,
Elizabeth Wordsworth asked her to come back to Lady Margaret Hall, where she became a librarian. ==Private life==