Lady Cecilia Feilding diary, 1885 Dec. 3 - 1886 May 3

Item Info

Title:
Lady Cecilia Feilding diary, 1885 Dec. 3 - 1886 May 3
Description:
Lady Cecilia Fielding was the wife of Viscount Feilding, 9th Earl of Denbigh. Her diary describes a voyage to India and the social and religious life of a British Army officer's wife near Poona. Lady Feilding's description of the voyage aboard the troopship CROCODILE includes the bad conditions as well as entertainment aboard the ship. Enroute to India they stopped at Malta, Port Said, Suez, and the Red Sea, and then went on to Bombay, Kirkee, and Poona. Diary includes photographs of Seymour Kitching and Max [Kraushuky?].
Date:
1885 to 1886
Location:
Subject:
Permalink:
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r3v698d73
Digital Collection:
Women's Travel Diaries
Language:
English
Identifier:
  • 388bc4d5c8063defad7eb8deda8489b7
  • feildingcecilia
  • duke:74967
  • wtddy05001
  • ark:/87924/r3v698d73
  • 1331c34c-bf55-45f0-89d3-1c798cc8558a
Source Collection:
Lady Cecilia Feilding diary
Extent:
347 pages
Provenance:
Purchase, 1990
Rights:
Free Re-Use
No Copyright - United States
Sponsor:
Adopted by Anne T’73 and Bill Newton