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About Harriet Brown
Harriet Brown (1769-1787) was a great beauty and when in Paris attracted the notice of Marie Antoinette who gave her a diamond ring - now in the possession of the eldest daughter of Mrs Metcalfe (nee Kensington)
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"'Harriet Brown Daughter of Mr & Mrs Brown of
A beautiful girl who
abroad with friends of which led to the attention in the T
Gardens of Marie Antoinette who
for her and gave her a diamond ring now in the possession of --- Kensington . She died on her
of fever and cough by keeping her little brother William in his coffin. My Grandfather used to say to me Ellen your aunt Harriet was beautiful from the crown of her head to her finger nails and was as good as she was beautiful"
Harriet was a daughter of Thomas BROWN 1742-1822 Linen Draper of London who latterly was a resident of Upper Tooting. His wife, her mother, was Hannah nee HEPTINSTALL. The ring went to her married sister Sophia KENSINGTON's side of the family. Grandfather refers to Thomas Brown, (1742 to 1822), Ellen is Ellen BROWN born Bath 1808, daughter of Joseph Thomas BROWN, where Joseph was also a child of Thomas and Hannah and hence a sibling of Sophia, Harriet and William.
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 16 2016, 18:24:55 UTC
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Harriet Brown's Timeline
| 1769 |
December 23, 1769
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| 1787 |
July 3, 1787
Age 17
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