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Constance Frederica "Eka" Gordon-Cumming (26 May 1837 – 4 September 1924) was a Scottish travel writer and painter. Born into a wealthy family, she traveled around the world. She painted and described scenes and life as she saw them. She was a friend and influence of the travel writers and artists Marianne North and Isabella Bird.
Family background
Constance came from a wealthy and socially well-connected family. Her grandfather, Sir Alexander Cumming, inherited the wealth of his wife.
In 1798 he was confirmed heir of his kinsman, Sir William Gordon and inherited the name and arms of Gordon of Gordonstoun.He also adopted the hyphenated double surname, though this was not consistently used by family members.
Her parents were Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming, 2nd Baronet, and Eliza Maria Gordon-Cumming, granddaughter of the Duke of Argyll. Eka was the aunt of Sir William Gordon-Cumming, 4th Baronet.
Her mother was interested in geology and was familiar with the works of Robert Murchison. Many of her family members were travelers, an uncle Charles Cumming-Bruce married the grand-daughter of the Nile explorer James Bruce of Kinnaird. Her brother Alexander had been Canada while another, Roualeyn had been Africa where he had been famous as a big-game hunter. Another brother John was a planter in Ceylon while William was a soldier in India. William wrote about his hunting in "Wild Men and Wild Beasts" (1871) dedicated to Col. Walter Campbell ("The Old Forest Ranger").
Early life and education
Constance Frederica Gordon-Cumming was born 26 May 1837 at Altyre, the family estate near Forres, Scotland as the 12th of 15 children. Shortly after her birth, she was sent to family in Moy to avoid a scarlet fever outbreak at Altyre. The outbreak had recently killed two of her siblings: Walter Frederick and Constance. Her name was derived from the names of these siblings.
