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Life Helena Lefroy was born Helena trench on the 27th of January 1820 in Dublin. Her parents were Reverend F.S. and Lady Helena Trench. Her father died on November 23rd 1860 and is buried at st. johns graveyard in Athy. She was a student of Irish and continental plants. Her interest for botany came from her mother. She was an enthusiastic about botany from a young age. A book of memoirs is available where it shows Thomas writing to and about his son Jeffry as well as Helena and their two boys. In this book, there are letters included which discuss the good relationship they shared and how they longed to see helena, his son and their children. She had Six sons and three daughters born to them. Her two sons wrote a biography where they talk about their mother and her contributions called 'Helena lefroy some simple recollections of her life and influence'. Her husband Jeffrey was a co-author of the journal 'The Great Famine: Some Correspondence relating to Social Conditions in the Loughbrickland Area 1840-1850'. Her husband was an accomplished man as the father of the future metropolitan of India. He served as Dean of Dromore in county down where he served 50 years service before dieing in 1885. Her son, George Alfred Lefroy, was Bishop of Calcutta while he was alive and spoke fondly of his mother. Work Helena was known primarily for the discovery of the purple splurge. Purple splurge is a species of Euphorbia, it usually grows on sandy or gravelly beaches. It has traces to western Europe and northern Africa. She found this in Tramore, Waterford in 1839. Other botanists attempted to visit the area where she discovered it but they failed, which lead people to believe it was very rare and now extinct. Rob Randall mentions this plant in his annual report in 1978 where he visits Lundy. He is puzzled by the fact that this plant is found on certain beaches on the island and not others.