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Charlotte Williams-Wynn (16 January 1807 – 26 April 1869) was a British letter-writer and diarist.
Charlotte Williams-Wynn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams-Wynn, Charlotte 1807 births 1869 deaths Women diarists English diarists English letter writers Women letter writers Writers from London 19th-century British women writers 19th-century British writers 19th-century diarists
Charlotte Williams-Wynn (16 January 1807 – 26 April 1869) was a British letter-writer and diarist.
Life and career
Williams-Wynn was the eldest daughter of the politician Charles Williams-Wynn and his wife Mary, daughter of Sir Foster Cunliffe, 3rd Baronet. She was named after paternal grandmother, Charlotte Williams-Wynn (née Grenville). She spent her childhood atDropmore Park
Dropmore Park is a private estate located along Dropmore Road, north of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, about in size. The park with its buildings, including Dropmore House, have Grade I listed building status. Dropmore House is one of the m ...
, the seat of her granduncle, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, (25 October 175912 January 1834) was a British Pittite Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of ...
. Her father's illness forced him to travel to Wiesbaden
Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...
, and Williams-Wynn accompanied him. On the way from Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"Ne ...
to Biebrich, she met and befriended the diplomat and soldier Karl August Varnhagen von Ense
Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (21 February 1785 in Düsseldorf – 10 October 1858 in Berlin) was a German biographer, diplomat and soldier.
Life and career
He was born in Düsseldorf, the younger brother of Rosa Maria Varnhagen, a noted poet, ...
. Williams-Wynn travelled extensively through what is now Italy, Switzerland and Germany. She was staying in Paris at the time of the French coup of 1851
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ...
, and recorded the events of the period in detail.
Williams-Wynn never married and lived at 43 Green Street, London
Green Street is a road in the London Borough of Newham, East London, which forms much of the boundary between East and West Ham.
Green Street is best known for the former Boleyn Ground, home to West Ham United from 1904 to 2016, and for its ...
. She formed a "close and lasting friendship" with the Prussian ambassador Christian Charles Josias von Bunsen
Christian Charles or Karl Josias von Bunsen (25 August 1791 – 28 November 1860), also known as , was a German diplomat and scholar.
Life
Early life
Bunsen was born at Korbach, an old town in the German principality of Waldeck. His fa ...
, the writer Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle (4 December 17955 February 1881) was a Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher. A leading writer of the Victorian era, he exerted a profound influence on 19th-century art, literature and philosophy.
Born in Ecclefechan, Dum ...
and the theologian Frederick Denison Maurice
John Frederick Denison Maurice (29 August 1805 – 1 April 1872), known as F. D. Maurice, was an English Anglican theologian, a prolific author, and one of the founders of Christian socialism. Since World War II, interest in Maurice has exp ...
. In 1866, her declining health compelled her to search for a milder climate and move to Arcachon
Arcachon ( ; ) is a commune in the southwestern French department of Gironde. It is a popular seaside resort on the Atlantic coast southwest of Bordeaux, in the Landes forest. It has a sandy beach and a mild climate said to be favourable for i ...
, where she died on 26 April 1869, five days after her sister Mary. She is buried in an Arcachon cemetery. Her surviving sister, Harriot Lindesay, published her memoires in 1877.
Ancestry
See also
*Charles Williams-Wynn (1822–1896)
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn (4 October 1822 – 25 April 1896) was a Welsh Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1880.
Williams-Wynn was the son of Charles Williams-Wynn, who was MP for Montgomeryshire 1796– ...
, her brother
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Charlotte Williams-Wynn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams-Wynn, Charlotte 1807 births 1869 deaths Women diarists English diarists English letter writers Women letter writers Writers from London 19th-century British women writers 19th-century British writers 19th-century diarists