Florentia Sale | |
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![]() Sale by Richard Thomas Bott, 1844 | |
Born | Florentia Wynch 13 August 1790 |
Died | 6 July 1853 Cape Town, South Africa | (aged 62)
Nationality | British |
Notable work | A Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan, 1841–2 |
Spouse | Sir Robert Henry Sale (1809–1845) |
Florentia Sale, Lady Sale (née Wynch; 13 August 1790 – 6 July 1853)[1][2] was an Englishwoman who travelled the world while married to her husband, Sir Robert Henry Sale, a British army officer. She was dubbed "the Grenadier in Petticoats"[3] for her travels with the army, which took her to regions such as Mauritius, Burma, Afghanistan, India, and various other areas under the control of the British Empire.