Irvine, Annabella (fl. 1854-1856), elderly asylum inmate

The papers gathered here relate to her care and to the administration of her affairs by the Committee appointed to do so on her being declared mentally incapable, the leading röle being taken by her brother Captain Charles Chamberlayne Irvine R.N.

1854-1857

22 items

Items 1-17 purchased from J.L.M. Gulley, London, January 1999; items 18-22 purchased from Richard Ford, March 2006

Annabella Irvine, described as being "of advanced years" and suffering from senile dementia, was an inmate in the asylum run at Brislington, near Bristol, by Drs. Francis Ker Fox (M.B. Cantab., 1844) and Charles Fox (M.D. Cantab., 1844).

Descriptions of items 1-17 transcribed from Richard Aspin and Christopher Hilton's typescript supplement to S.A.J Moorat's Catalogue of Western Manuscripts.