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[[File:caroline-mary-burton-doyle.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Caroline Mary Burton Doyle]]

''Caroline Mary Burton Doyle'' aka ''Lottie'' (22 february 1866 - 3 may 1941) was the 5th child of [[Charles Altamont Doyle]] and [[Mary Josephine Elizabeth Foley]], and the 4th sister of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].

She was married to [[Leslie Searles Oldham|Leslie Oldham]] in 1900, and had a daughter, [[Claire Annette Oldham|Claire Oldham]].

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== Photos ==

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File:lisbon-connie-lottie-and-annette.jpg|From left to right: [[Constance Amelia Monica Doyle|Connie]], Lottie and [[Anne Mary Frances Conan Doyle|Annette]] (Lisbon).

File:1904-arthur-conan-doyle-family.jpg|Family photo. Lottie is standing 4th from right, with her husband [[Leslie Searles Oldham|Leslie Oldham]] on her left (1904).
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== Arthur Conan Doyle about Lottie ==

In his autobiography [[Memories and Adventures]] (1923), Arthur Conan Doyle mentioned his sister :

: « ''My noble sister Annette [...] went out at a very early age as a governess to Portugal and sent all her salary home. My younger sisters, Lottie and Connie, both did the same thing.'' »

: « ''My sister Lottie, free at last from the work which she had so bravely done, had now joined us. [...] In the meantime Lottie's presence and the improvement of the invalid [his wife Louisa], which was so marked that no sudden crisis was thought at all possible, gave me renewed liberty of action.'' »

: « ''I then set forth, picked up my wife and my sister Lottie at Caux and took them on by easy stages through Italy, stopping a few days at Rome, and so to Brindisi, where we picked up a boat for Egypt. Once at Cairo we took up our quarters at the Mena Hotel, in the very shadow of the Pyramids, and there we settled down for the winter.'' »

== Chronology ==

'''1866'''
* 22 february : Birth at Liberton Bank, Edinburgh.
* March : She was baptised at St. Mary's Cathedral, Broughton, Edinburgh. Her sponsors were [[James Edmund William Doyle|James Doyle]] (uncle) and [[Mary Burton]].

'''1871'''
* 2-3 april : She was living at 3 Sciennes Hill Place, Edinburgh with her parents and her sister [[Constance]].

'''1881'''
* Aged 15, she was at the Institution St. Clotilde in [[Les Andelys]], 20 km south-east of Rouen, in France, where her sister [[Anne Mary Frances Conan Doyle|Annette]] was also in 1870.

* September : She arrived in Portugal.

'''1884'''
* Spring : She visited the Isle of Wight with her brother [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur]], her sister [[Anne Mary Frances Conan Doyle|Annette]] and a friend [[Jessie Drummond]].

'''1888'''
* 17 september : She visited Southsea.
* November : She travelled to Paris with her brother [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur]] and [[Emily Hawkins]].

'''1891'''
* She and her sister [[Constance Amelia Monica Doyle|Connie]] were governess in Portugal.

'''1892'''
* 21 october : She returned to England and took up residence with her brother [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] at 12 Tennison Road, South Norwood.

'''1894'''
* Winter : She spent some time in Davos, Switzerland, with [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur]] and [[Louisa Hawkins|Louisa]].

'''1895'''
* Winter : She spent some time in Caux, Switzerland, with [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur]] and [[Louisa Hawkins|Louisa]].

* [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur]], [[Louisa Hawkins|Louisa]] and Lottie travelled to Egypt from Lucerne through Milan, Florence, Rome, Naples and Brindisi.

* 2 november : In Cairo, Lottie and Arthur climbed the Great Pyramid.

'''1896'''
* January : [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Arthur]], [[Louisa Hawkins|Louisa]] and Lottie celebrated the New Year in Cairo, then travelled down the Nile on board the ''Nitocris'' as far as Wady Halfa.

* April : They returned to England and settled at Grayswood Beeches, Haslemere, waiting for Undershaw builing to be completed.

'''1899'''
* September : She joined her brother [[John Francis Innes Hay Doyle|Innes]] India at Umballa. She met [[Leslie Searles Oldham|Leslie Oldham]], Captain in the Royal Engineers.
* 29 september : She left India for England.

'''1900'''
* 27 august : She married [[Leslie Searles Oldham|Leslie Oldham]] at Nagpur, India.

'''1904'''
* 28 may : Lottie and her husband Leslie arrived in England from India.

'''1906'''
* 5 september : She gave birth to her daughter, [[Claire Annette Oldham|Claire Oldham]].

'''1911'''
* 17 july : Lottie, [[Leslie Searles Oldham|Leslie]], [[Claire Annette Oldham|Claire]] and [[John Francis Innes Hay Doyle|Innes]] went from Chester to Taporley in the hope to see [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] on the [[The Prince Henry Tour|Prince Henry Tour]] route.

'''1915'''
* 28 july : Death of her husband Leslie, killed in action.

'''1916'''
* October : [[John Francis Innes Hay Doyle|Innes]] took [[Mary Louise Conan Doyle|Mary]], [[Arthur Alleyne Kingsley Conan Doyle|Kingsley]], [[Percy Fitzgerald Foley |Percy]], Lottie, and [[Claire Annette Oldham|Claire]] to the theatre to see ''A Little Bit of Fluff''.

'''1918'''
* 3 january : She was present at the baptism of her nephew [[Francis Kingsley Doyle]], son of her brother [[John Francis Innes Hay Doyle|Innes]] and [[Clara Schwensen|Clara]].

'''1930'''
* 11 july : She was present at the garden funeral of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].

'''1941'''
* 3 may : She died, aged 77, at The Wickham Nursing Home, Lewes, Sussex.

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TCDE-Team at 22:04, 4 January 2025