Social Victorians/People/Horos
Also Known As
[edit | edit source]- Family name: Jackson
Mrs. or Mme Horos
[edit | edit source]- E. Jackson (Küntz 193)
- Editha Salomon Jackson (9 February 1849 – ) (Küntz 195)
- Edith Lolita
- Baroness Rosenthal
- Countess of Landsfeldt
- "Swami Vive Ananda, alias Marie Louise of the Commune, alias Mrs. Horos, alias Mrs. Dutton, alias perhaps Mrs. Johnson!" (MacGregor Mathers to W. B. Yeats 12 January 1901, Howe 203).
- Her marriage certificate says she was "Edith Lolita, Baroness Rosenthal, Countess of Landsfeldt, of Florence, Italy" (King 89 80).
- She "absorbed Madame Blavatsky's spirit" (Howe 205).
Mr. Theo Horos
[edit | edit source]- Frank Jackson, real name (King 89 80).
- F. D. Jackson (Küntz 193)
- Mr. Dutton (Howe 203).
Demographics
[edit | edit source]- Nationality: Americans (Howe 203)
- She was "stout" (Howe 203).
- He was from Pont du Lac, Wisconsin ????
Residences
[edit | edit source]- 99 Gower Street; their landlady there was Mrs. Annie Lewis (King 89 91)
Family
[edit | edit source]Relations
[edit | edit source]Victims
[edit | edit source]- Daisy Pollex Adams
- Vera Croysdale
Organizations
[edit | edit source]- X Temple of the Golden Dawn
Timeline
[edit | edit source]1898, Editha Salomon and Frank Jackson married (Küntz 195).
1898, Editha and Frank Jackson "founded the Order of the Crystal Star in New Orleans" (Küntz 195).
1901, the Horos scandal.
12 January 1901, (MacGregor Mathers wrote to W. B. Yeats about the Horoses.
1901 August 30, the Horoses were thrown out of 99 Gower Street, where they had been living.
Questions and Notes
[edit | edit source]- Narrate the Horos scandal for this page.
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Howe
- King 1989
- Küntz