# Lady Alice — Tarzan of the Apes character guide

> Lady Alice in Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Alice, the Lady Alice

**First appearance:** 0001-tarzan-of-the-apes

## Who they are

Tarzan's mother, dies of grief after being marooned.

## Relationships

### [John Clayton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/characters/john_clayton)

_family_

John Clayton and Lady Alice are husband and wife, marooned together in the jungle where they have Tarzan before dying.

### [John Clayton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/characters/john_clayton)

_family_

John Clayton and Lady Alice are husband and wife, marooned together in the jungle where they have Tarzan before dying.

### [John Clayton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/characters/john_clayton)

_family_

John Clayton and Lady Alice are husband and wife, marooned together in the jungle where they have Tarzan before dying.

## In the story

### [Tarzan of the Apes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/tarzan-of-the-apes)

Tarzan's mother, who dies soon after giving birth.

### [Out to Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/i-out-to-sea)

John Clayton's wife, advises caution and neutrality as tensions rise on the ship.

### [The Savage Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/ii-the-savage-home)

Terrified of the jungle and the mysterious figure she spots, but resolves to be brave.

### [III: Life and Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/iii-life-and-death)

Never recovers from the shock of the ape attack; lives in a delusion that she is in England, dies peacefully a year after giving birth.

### [IV: The Apes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/iv-the-apes)

Found dead on the bed in the cabin.

### [XX: Heredity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xx-heredity)

Her likeness is in the locket given to Jane.

### [The Outpost of the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_of_the_apes_se/chapters/xxv-the-outpost-of-the-world)

Mentioned in the diary as the mother of the infant; her story of sorrow is recounted.

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