2 Quotes & Sayings By Adelaide Hoodless
Adelaide Hoodless was born in London in 1847, the youngest of three daughters of Lt. Col. Thomas Hoodless of the British Army, who later became commandant of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. After he died when Adelaide was two, her mother married Lt
Col. Thomas Hoodless's commanding officer, Lt. Col.
William Hoodless. As a young teenager she accompanied her husband on several tours of duty in Canada and India, and some years later while living in India, Adelaide met Frederick Douglas, who became a close friend for life.