Isabel Cargill (10 December 1864 – 17 April 1944) was a New Zealand businesswoman who established English-style tearooms in Rome, Italy, in the early 1890s.

Biography

Cargill was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 10 December 1864. She was the granddaughter of William Cargill, the founder of the city, and the fourth daughter of Edward Cargill and his wife, Dorothy Cargill (née Nesham). In the early 1890s she travelled to England and then, with her English friend Anna Maria Babington, to Italy. When they were unable to find a shop selling cups of tea in the city, the pair decided to open an English-style tearooms, which they called Babington's Tea Room. Cargill also wrote a column, "Letters from Rome" for the '' Otago Witness'' newspaper. In 1902, Cargill married an Italian artist, Giuseppe da Pozzo. The couple had one daughter, Dorothy, who was born in 1904. Cargill died in

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, Veneto, Italy, on 17 April 1944.

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Isabel Cargill Isabel Cargill (10 December 1864 – 17 April 1944) was a New Zealand businesswoman who established English-style tearooms in Rome, Italy, in the early 1890s. Biography Cargill was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 10 December 1864. She was the g ...

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