For those who are saving history about Mrs. Palliser, 19th C. author of "A History of Lace", with her book: In the 2013 Oct/Nov/Dec issue of the OIDFA Bulletin, Carol McFadzean wrote about Port Augusta, South Australia. This city was named after Augusta Sophia Marryat, who was married to Sir Henry Edward Fox Young, first civilian Governor of South Australia. Lady Augusta was a niece of Captain Marryat - Royal Navy and his sister Fanny Marryat, who married Richard Bury Palliser. Carol McFadzean wrote that Mrs. Palliser published 8 books - poetry, travel, mottoes for monuments & epitaphs, china colecting, badges & war cries. She also translated books from French to English. Her 600 lace samples (used to illustrate "A History of Lace") are in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. Imagine my surprise to turn up more Fanny Palliser information in a 2012 book, "Hand Stitch Perspectives" by Alice Kettle and Jane McKeating. This is a book of chapters written by 18 contemporary embroidery experts, mostly professors. See my next memo, about the contents of the book. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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