Bennett, Sarah (1797–1861), governess, was born at Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 4 March 1797, the daughter of Henry Bennett (1765–1804), an architect and builder, and his wife Elizabeth, née Bright (1764–1830), the daughter of Edward Bright, a tradesman. Her father died aged thirty-eight, leaving a family of eight children and a ruined business. ...
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Bennett, Sarah (1797–1861), governess
Jane McDermid
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Bentinck [née Temple; other married name Berkeley], Jane Martha, countess of Portland (1672–1751), royal governess
Juliet Learmouth
Bentinck [née Temple; other married name Berkeley], Jane Martha, countess of Portland (1672–1751), royal governess, was the sixth daughter of the Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician, Sir John Temple (1632–1705) and his wife, Jane, née Yarner (d. 1708). ...
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Bentinck [née Temple; other married name Berkeley], Jane Martha, countess of Portland (1672–1751)
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Burney, Frances (1776–1828), governess and poet
Emma Plaskitt
Burney, Frances (1776–1828), governess and poet, was born in London in January 1776, the fourth child and second daughter of cousins Esther (Hetty) Burney (1749–1832) and Charles Rousseau Burney (1747–1819), and niece of the novelist and diarist Frances Burney, Madame D'Arblay. Her parents were both talented musicians: ...
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Crawford [married name Buthlay], Marion Kirk [called Crawfie] (1909–1988), royal governess and author
Hugo Vickers
Crawford [married name Buthlay], Marion Kirk [called Crawfie] (1909–1988), royal governess and author, was born on 5 June 1909 at Woodside Cottage, near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, the daughter of John Inglis Crawford of Earlston, Ayrshire, and his wife, Margaret (later Mrs Robert Kirk)...
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Davies, Catherine (b. 1773, d. in or after 1841), governess and author
William Roberts
revised by J. Gilliland
Davies, Catherine (b. 1773, d. in or after 1841), governess and author, was born at Beaumaris, Anglesey, one of a family of thirty-three children of a twice-married father. At fifteen she went to Liverpool to work in a merchant's family and subsequently to ...
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Finch [née Fermor], Lady Charlotte (1725–1813), royal governess
Jill Shefrin
Finch [née Fermor], Lady Charlotte (1725–1813), royal governess, was born on 14 February 1725, the second daughter in the family of ten children of Thomas Fermor, first earl of Pomfret (1698–1753), courtier, of Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, and Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys (1698–1761), letter writer and diarist [...
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Fordyce [née Cumming; also Cuming, Cummyng], Henrietta (1734–1823), governess
Mary Catherine Moran
Fordyce [née Cumming; also Cuming, Cummyng], Henrietta (1734–1823), governess, was born in Edinburgh on 14 February 1734, daughter of James Cuming and his wife Katharine Cowan. She lost her father at an early age, and was educated at home by her mother. From the age of twelve, when the death of her mother left her orphaned (...
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La Fite, Marie Elisabeth de [née Marie Elisabeth le Boué] (1737–1794), author, translator, and governess
Clarissa Campbell Orr
La Fite, Marie Elisabeth de [née Marie Elisabeth le Boué] (1737–1794), author, translator, and governess, was born on 21 August 1737 in Hamburg (or perhaps Altona), the daughter of Alexander le Boué, merchant, and his wife, Marie Elisabeth, née Cottin. Both parents originated from the ...
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Lehzen, (Johanna Clara) Louise, Baroness Lehzen in the Hanoverian nobility (1784–1870), royal governess
K. D. Reynolds
Lehzen, (Johanna Clara) Louise, Baroness Lehzen in the Hanoverian nobility (1784–1870), royal governess, was born on 3 October 1784 in Hanover, among the younger of the seven daughters and two sons of Joachim Friedrich Lehzen, a Lutheran pastor, and his wife, Melusine Palm...
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Porter, (Ann) Agnes (c. 1752–1814), governess and diarist
Joanna Martin
Porter, (Ann) Agnes (c. 1752–1814), governess and diarist, was born in Edinburgh, the eldest of the four children of the Revd Dr Francis Porter (bap. 1718, d. 1782), Church of England clergyman, and his wife, Elizabeth (c.1724–1794). Her birthday fell on 18 June but the exact year of her birth is unknown. Her father was born in ...
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Sackville [née Curzon], Mary, countess of Dorset (bap. 1586, d. 1645), royal governess
David L. Smith
Sackville [née Curzon], Mary, countess of Dorset (bap. 1586, d. 1645), royal governess, was baptized at Trentham, Staffordshire, on 11 December 1586, the daughter and heir of Sir George Curzon of Croxhall, Derbyshire, and Mary Leveson. On 20 May 1606 her father transacted a marriage agreement with ...
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See Ternan [married name Robinson], Ellen Lawless [Nelly]
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Vaux [married names Guildford and Poyntz], Lady Jane (c. 1462–d. 1537), noblewoman and royal governess
Barbara Harris
Vaux [married names Guildford and Poyntz], Lady Jane (c. 1462–d. 1537), noblewoman and royal governess, was the daughter of Sir William Vaux (1437–1471) and Katherine Peniston (d. in or after 1509), of Provence. Jane’s family was strongly connected to both the Lancastrians and then to the Tudors. Her father, of ...
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Weeton [married name Stock], Nelly [Ellen] (1776–1849), letter writer and governess
Ruth A. Symes
Weeton [married name Stock], Nelly [Ellen] (1776–1849), letter writer and governess, was born on 25 December 1776 in Lancaster, possibly in Church Street, the second of the four children of Thomas Weeton (1744–1782), privateersman and slave-ship captain, and Mary (1746?–1797), daughter of ...
