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Catherine Davies (other)
Catherine Davies or similar may refer to: * Catherine Davies (governess) (1773–after 1841), Governess in Naples who sold her story in a book * Catherine Glyn Davies (1926–2007), Welsh historian of philosophy and linguistics * Katharine Davies (born 1968), British writer of romance novels * Kathryn Davies, wife of Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis See also * Katherine Davis (other) * Davies {{hndis, Davies, Catherine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Davies (governess)
Catherine Davies (1773 – after 1841), was a Welsh governess and autobiographer. She served as governess to the children of the King and Queen of Naples, Joachim Murat and Caroline Bonaparte. Davies later sold her story in a book in 1841. Life Davies was born in Beaumaris, Wales, in 1773.William Roberts, ‘Davies, Catherine (b. 1773, d. in or after 1841)’, rev. J. Gilliland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200accessed 16 Dec 2014/ref> The family was poor, and she was brought up by a foster family in Liverpool until she left to live with her sister, who was married to an artist in London. After the Peace of Amiens in 1802, she left for Paris in France, employed in the household of an English woman, a Mrs Boyd. Some months later, when the hostilities between Great Britain and France was resumed, the English family with whom she was employed was kept in France as enemy citizens. They cut down on their expenses, and therefore secured new positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
