Sale, Florentia (c. 1790–1853)

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Sale, Florentia (c. 1790–1853)

British diarist. Name variations: Lady Sale. Born Florentia Wynch, c. 1790; died in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1853; married Sir Robert Henry Sale, in 1809.

In the Anglo-Afghan Wars, was taken captive during the British retreat from Kabul (1842); was ultimately rescued, and her journal was published (1843).

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