Dacre, Barbarina (1768–1854)
Dacre, Barbarina (1768–1854)
English poet, playwright and translator. Name variations: Barbarina Brand; Barbarina Ogle Wilmot; Lady Dacre, Baroness Dacre. Born Barbarina Ogle in 1768; died May 17, 1854, in London, England; dau. of Admiral Sir Chaloner Ogle and Hester Thomas; m. Valentine Henry Wilmot (Guards officer), 1789 (div.); m. Thomas Brand, Baron Dacre (Whig peer), 1819; children: (1st m.) Arabella Sullivan (c. 1796–1839), writer.
Published Dramas, Translations and Occasional Poems (1821), which included 4 verse dramas (Ina, Gonzalvo of Cordova, Pedarias and Xarifa); best known for her translations of Petrarch's sonnets; was also skilled in wax modeling.
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