Charlotte Cameron

Charlotte Cameron (née Wales-Almy, 1869/1872 or 1873 – 9 December 1946) was an American traveller and author.[1][2]

Cameron in 1923

Biography

Cameron was the daughter of Frances (Fanny) Sisson Faulkner, a suffragette (1847-1920) and Jacob Wales-Almy, a captain in the Royal Navy (1838 - 1919).[3][4] She was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA.[3][5]

Cameron travelled extensively and wrote about her travels. She travelled to Scotland in 1893, and in 1904 travelled as a companion to a wealthy Englishwoman.[3][6] In 1918 she visited her mother in Portsmouth and gave public talks about her travels.[3] In 1921 she visited Australia.[7]

Cameron was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1913 and received the Order of the British Empire following the First World War.[5]

Cameron died on 9 December 1946 in London, England.[1]

Personal life

Cameron had two marriages: first to Major Donald Cameron (d before 1901). Her second husband was Auguste Ernest George Jacquemard de Landresse (b. 1872/3); they married on 29 May 1901 and divorced in 1905.[8][2]

Publications
  • Cameron, C. (1911). A passion in Morocco. A novel. Stanley Paul & Co: London.[9]
  • Cameron, C. (1912). A woman's winter in South America. Boston: Small, Maynard.[10]
  • Cameron, C. (1912). A Durbar bride. London: Stanley Paul.[11]
  • Cameron, C. W.-A. (1913). A woman's winter in Africa: A 26,000 mile journey. London: S. Paul & Co.[12]
  • Cameron, C. (1916). Zenia: Spy in Togoland. London: T. Werner Laurie.[13]
  • Cameron, C. (1920). A cheechako in Alaska and Yukon. London: T. FisherUnwin.[14]
  • Cameron, C. (1923). Two Years in Southern seas, by Charlotte Cameron. London: T. Fisher Unwin.[15]
  • Cameron, C. (1924). Wandering in South-Eastern seas, by Charlotte Cameron. London: T. Fisher Unwin.[16]
  • Cameron, C. (1925). Mexico in revolution, an account of an English woman's experiences & adventures in the land of revolution. London: Seeley, Service & Co.[17]

References
  1. "IN RE F. P. NEWPORT CORPO | 194 F.Supp. 757 (1961) | supp7571783 | Leagle.com". Leagle. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  2. "Forty Years On The Pacific. The Lure Of The Great Ocean. A Book Of Reference For The Traveller And Pleasure For The Stay-At-Home. Compiled By Frank Coffee. by COFFEE, Frank (1852-1929).:: (1920) | CHILTON BOOKS". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  3. "Suffragist Fanny Faulkner and her daughter Charlotte: Travel Writer". portsmouthhistorynotes. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  4. "Jacob Almy, oldest son of Levi Almy, dies in Portsmouth". Newport Mercury. 1919-11-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  5. "Cameron [née Wales-Almy], Charlotte (1872/3–1946), traveller and author". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/62112. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2020-10-23. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Charlotte Wales Almy Cameron, travel author". Newport Daily News. 1893-12-26. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  7. "MRS. CHARLOTTE CAMERON". Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). 1921-04-20. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
  8. Maddrell, A. (2004). Charlotte Cameron. New Oxford dictionary of national biography.
  9. Cameron, Charlotte (1911). A passion in Morocco. A novel. Stanley Paul & Co.: London. OCLC 557600655.
  10. Cameron, Charlotte (1912). A woman's winter in South America. Boston: Small, Maynard. OCLC 2731382.
  11. Cameron, Charlotte (1912). A Durbar bride. London: Stanley Paul. OCLC 15288902.
  12. Cameron, Charlotte Wales-Almy (1913). A woman's winter in Africa, a 26,000 mile journey. London: S. Paul & Co. OCLC 8885633.
  13. Cameron, Charlotte (1916). Zenia: spy in Togoland. London: T. Werner Laurie. OCLC 25042733.
  14. Cameron, Charlotte (1920). A cheechako in Alaska and Yukon. London: T. FisherUnwin. OCLC 911893703.
  15. Cameron, Charlotte (1923). Two Years in Southern seas, by Charlotte Cameron, ... London: T. Fisher Unwin. OCLC 459046955.
  16. Cameron, Charlotte (1924). Wandering in South-Eastern seas, by Charlotte Cameron, ... London: T. Fisher Unwin. OCLC 459046957.
  17. Cameron, Charlotte (1925). Mexico in revolution, an account of an English woman's experiences & adventures in the land of revolution, (in French). London: Seeley, Service & co. limited. OCLC 1176062333.
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