14 Facts About Anne Halkett

When Thomas Murray died, Anne Halkett was educated by her mother.

Anne Halkett learned French, dancing, medicine, music, needlework, religion and surgery.

Rather than disobey her mother, Anne Halkett said goodbye to him while wearing a blindfold.

Anne Halkett reported in her writing that his marriage was known to be unhappy.

Anne Halkett had a relationship with the Royalist Colonel Joseph Bampfield.

Anne Halkett collaborated with him in several daring manoeuvres on behalf of the Royalist cause during the English Civil War.

Anne Halkett seems to have lived with Bampfield under the promise of marriage.

However, Bampfield had been pretending to be a widower and Anne Halkett later learned that his wife was alive.

Anne Halkett came to Scotland and met King Charles at Dunfermline Palace.

Anne Halkett practised medicine in Scotland, at Kinross and at Fyvie Castle where she stayed with Countess of Dunfermline.

Anne Halkett later became a governess in the household of Sir James Halkett, a widower with two daughters.

Anne Halkett was happily married to Sir James for 20 years.

When she died, Anne Halkett left behind 21 folio and quarto manuscript volumes that had been written between 1644 and the late 1690s.

Anne Halkett's autobiography is a candid record of personal and political events during the English Civil War.