Petticoat patrimony part eight ~ As Charles Waterton’s eyesight started to fail, he relied increasingly on the lynx eyes of sisters Helen and Eliza Edmonstone | Sarah Cobham

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https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/petticoat-patrimony-part-eight-lynx-eyes/

Charles Waterton’s wife Anne-Mary spent her life surrounded by silence, her ‘quiet’ story sanitised, whitewashed and diminished, until now | Sarah Cobham

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Continuing the story of the Edmonstone sisters and how their lives changed when Anne-Mary married Charles Waterton and their mother was poisoned | Sarah Cobham

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https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/petticoat-patrimony-part-six-1829-laudanum-letters-and-slavery/

Petticoat Patrimony seeks to redress the historical patrimony experienced by the Edmonstone sisters, as curators and enablers of Charles Waterton's life. Even being “from the Body of Helen Reid” gave the sisters little protection in the end | Sarah Cobham

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https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/petticoat-patrimony-part-five-from-the-body-of-helen-reid/

Petticoat Patrimony: the business of marriage | Sarah Cobham

The famous explorer, plantation overseer and naturalist Charles Waterton, who became best known for his work on conservation, married Ann-Mary in what was a merely transactional affair enabling him to replenish his depleted coffers.

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https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/petticoat-patrimony-the-business-of-marriage/

Petticoat Patrimony part three: Anne-Mary and Charles, myth vs reality. As a man of influence, Wakefield's Charles Waterton was able to be the architect of his own story, unlike Anne-Mary, his wife | Sarah Cobham

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https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/petticoat-patrimony-part-three-anne-mary-and-charles-myth-vs-reality/