Lady Anne Barnard [SEP] occupation
Lady Anne Barnard
Lady Anne Barnard (née Lindsay; 12 December 17506 May 1825) was a Scottish travel writer, artist and socialite, and the author of the ballad "Auld Robin Gray". Her five-year residence in Cape Town, South Africa, although brief, had a significant impact on the cultural and social life of the time.
Early life.
Anne was born at Balcarres House in Fife, the ninth child and first daughter of Anne Lindsay (née Dalrymple) and James, Earl of
Balcarres. In 1793 she moved to London, where she met and was married to Andrew Barnard, who was twelve years her junior and the son of Thomas Barnard, Bishop of Limerick. She later obtained from Viscount Melville an appointment for him as colonial secretary at the Cape of Good Hope, which was then under British military occupation. 
Stay at the Cape.
The Barnards travelled to the Cape in March 1797, Lady Anne remaining there until January 1802.
Her letters written to Melville, then secretary for war