Barnard, Anne Lindsay, Lady, 1750-1825

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Dates:

Birth 1750

Death 1825

Nationality: Britons,

Language: English,

Biographical notes:

Lady Anne Barnard, née Lindsay, Scottish-born diarist and balladeer. Before she was married, she and her sisters were involved in Edinburgh literary and political circles that hosted the likes of Pitt, Burke, Sheridan, and William Windham. Years later, during her husband's colonial secretaryship of the Cape of Good Hope, she kept a diary recording her first-hand account of South African colonial social life.

From the description of Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard manuscript material : 2 items, 1823 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 75395945

Epithet: née Lindsay, Scottish author

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000191

Lady Anne Barnard, née Lindsay, Scottish-born diarist and balladeer. Before she was married, she and her sisters were involved in Edinburgh literary and political circles that hosted the likes of Pitt, Burke, Sheridan, and William Windham. Years later, during her husband's colonial secretaryship of the Cape of Good Hope, she kept a diary recording her first-hand account of South African colonial social life.

From the guide to the Lady Anne Lindsay Barnard manuscript material : 2 items, 1823, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)