He was said to have proposed to her already and been refused. She must have decided to accept him fairly soon after the marriage of her erstwhile suitor Henry Dundas. She then wrote to Dundas...
Family and Intimate relationships
Mariana Starke
Her father, Richard Starke
, a reader with the East India Company
, had been deputy director of Fort St George at Madras, then of Fort St David at Cuddalore, where he was...
Occupation
Lady Anne Barnard
She acted as hostess during her South African stay to Lord Macartney
, the colonial governor, who was travelling without his wife. In this position she showed political acumen, making a point of comparative inclusiveness...
Textual Production
Lady Anne Barnard
Her South African writings are only the most striking of a huge mass of LAB
's personal narratives. At the end of her life she worked hard to burn and put my papers in order...
Timeline
21 September 1792: Lord Macartney's embassy to China departed...
National or international item
21 September 1792
Lord Macartney
's embassy to China departed from England, to arrive at its first Chinese destination on 24 May 1793.
Singer, Aubrey. The Lion and the Dragon. Barrie and Jenkins, 1992.
