Strickland, Agnes
(1796–1874)
- Rosemary Mitchell
Extract
Strickland, Agnes (1796–1874), historian, was born on 19 August 1796, in north-west Kent, near London, the second eldest of the six surviving daughters and two sons of Thomas Strickland (1758–1818), a shipping agent and dock manager, and his second wife, Elizabeth Homer (1772–1864)...