Lady anne barnard s diary download
The Cape Diaries of Lady Anne Barnard 1799-1800, vols 1 and 2 ......
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Lady Anne Barnard letters, NLSA Cape Town/Robinson
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Anne Barnard and her letters
The letters, diaries and journal of Lady Anne Barnard () are well-known.
Lady anne barnard s diary download
A member of the Scottish aristocratic Lindsay family and a socialite of influence as well as prominence, in her 40s she married the younger Andrew Barnard (), who through her social contacts and patronage circles became Colonial Secretary in the Cape when Lord Macartney was appointed as its first civilian governor, in the later s.
Unusually for a woman of her class, she travelled with her husband to the Cape and in the absence of Macartney‘s wife became his official hostess in the new colonial administration’s social circles in Cape Town. The Barnards were resident there from May until the administration changed in /3.
Macartney resigned due to ill-health and left