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

Item Information

• 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?].

• Item ID
  wtddy05001
• Source Collection
  Lady Cecilia Feilding Diary
• Spatial Coverage
  India
  Pune (India)
  Malta
  Port Said (Egypt)
  Suez (Egypt)
  Bombay (India)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  Lady Cecilia Feilding Diary, 1885 Dec. 3 - 1886 May 3
• Provenance
  Purchase, 1990
• DCMI Type
  Text
• Creator
  Feilding, Cecilia, Lady, 1845-1919
• Extent
  347 pages
• Date
  1885-1886
• Type
  diaries
  photographs
• Subject
  Denbigh, Rudolph Feilding, Earl of, 1859-1939
  Feilding, Cecilia, Lady, 1845-1919
  Travel
  India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947
  Women travelers
  Officers' spouses
  India--Description and travel

• Copyright & Usage
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