Calderwood, Margaret (1715–1774)
Calderwood, Margaret (1715–1774)
Scottish diarist. Name variations: Margaret Stuart Calderwood. Born Margaret Stuart, 1715, in Scotland; died 1774; dau. of Sir James Stuart and Anne Dalrymple; sister of James Stuart (1713–1780, economist and Scottish nationalist); m. Thomas Calderwood, 1775.
Known chiefly for journals recounting journey through England, Holland, and Belgium en route to join her brother Sir James Stuart, who was living in exile (1745–63) after the 2nd Jacobite rising (he had backed Bonnie Prince Charlie); wrote unpublished novel, The Adventures of Fanny Roberts, and unpublished journal about management of husband's estates; journals published as Letters and Journals of Mrs. Calderwood (1884).
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