Anna Brassey

Anna Brassey

Anna Brassey (nee Allnut) (1839-1887)"Dictionary of National Biography" (Oxford: Oxford University, 2004)] was an English traveller and writer. Her bestselling book: "A Voyage in the Sunbeam, our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months" was published in 1878.

The daughter of John Allnut, she married the English member of parliament Sir Thomas Brassey (later Earl Brassey), with whom she lived near his Hastings constituency. The couple had five children together before they travelled aboard their their luxury yacht "Sunbeam". Her book describing their journey around the world in 1876-7 ran through many English editions and was translated into at least five other languages. At home in England she performed charitable work, largely for the St John Ambulance Association. Her collection of ethnographic and natural history material were shown in a museum at her husband's London house until they moved to Hastings Museum in 1919. She died of malaria and was buried at sea while on a voyage started in 1886 to improve her health. [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?search=ss&sText=Anna+Brassey&LinkID=mp54095 'Lady Anna Brassey', "National Portrait Gallery"] . Retrieved 22 February 2008.]

External links

* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=ss&sText=Anna+Brassey&LinkID=mp54095&rNo=2&role=sit Portrait of Lady Anna Brassey]
* [http://public-domain.zorger.com Illustrations from A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam', by Annie Allnut Brassey]

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