Charlotte Anne Eaton (1788–1859), Waldie, was an English

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, travel writer,

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and

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Life

Born on 28 September 1788, she was second daughter of George Waldie of Hendersyde Park,

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, by his wife Ann, eldest daughter of Jonathan Ormston of

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; her youngest sister, Jane Watts (1793–1826), was known as a writer and artist. On 22 August 1822, she married Stephen Eaton (1780–1834) of

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Hall,

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. Her husband was a partner in the Eaton, Cayley & Co. Bank in Stamford (later The Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Co.). She carried on the business as senior partner after the death of her husband until her own death. The Stamford, Spalding and Boston bank was amalgamated into

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in 1911. Eaton died at 17,

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, on 28 April 1859.

Works

In June 1815 Waldie was on a family visit to

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, coinciding with the

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. She and her sister, Jane Waldie, wrote an account of her experiences, published in 1817 under the title of ''Narrative of a Residence in Belgium, during the Campaign of 1815, and of a Visit to the Field of Waterloo.'' A second edition was published in 1853 as ''The Days of Battle, or Quatre Bras and Waterloo; by an Englishwoman resident in Brussels in June 1815''. The edition of 1888 was entitled ''Waterloo Days''. The book was heavily quoted by

Augustus Hare Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (13 March 1834 – 22 January 1903) was an English writer and raconteur. Early life He was the youngest son of Francis George Hare of Herstmonceux, East Sussex, and Gresford, Flintshire, Wales, and nephew of ...

. In 1820 she published anonymously, in three volumes, ''Rome in the Nineteenth Century: containing a complete account of the ruins of the ancient city, the remains of the Middle Ages and the monuments of modern times : with remarks on the fine arts, on the state of society, and on the religious ceremonies, manners and customs of the modern Romans : in a series of letters written during a residence at Rome in the years 1817 and 1818''; second and third editions appeared respectively in 1822 and 1823. A fifth edition, in two volumes, was published in 1852, and a sixth in 1860. As Mrs Eaton, she wrote: * ''Continental Adventures'', a story, London, 1826, 3 vols. * ''At Home and Abroad'', a novel, London, 1831, 3 vols.

Family

In 1822, Charlotte Waldie married Stephen Eaton, a banker of Ketton Hall,

; he died on 25 September 1834. They had two sons and two daughters.

Charles Ormston Eaton Charles Ormston Eaton (25 January 1827 – 14 September 1907) was an English banker and first-class cricketer. He was born at Ketton Hall and died at Tolethorpe Hall, both in Rutland. Eaton was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridg ...

(1827–1907) was a son.

Notes

Attribution * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Eaton, Charlotte Anne 1788 births 1859 deaths English bankers English travel writers British women travel writers English women novelists People from Roxburgh People from Ketton English women non-fiction writers 19th-century English women writers 19th-century English women 19th-century British businesspeople