Katherine Wilmot made a Grand Tour from 1801 to 1803 and documented her experiences through letters, including encounters with notable figures like Napoleon Bonaparte.
19 Facts About Katherine Wilmot
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Katherine Wilmot later traveled to Russia to join her sister Martha Wilmot and lived there from 1805 to 1807.
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Katherine Wilmot later moved to France and died in Paris in 1824.
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Katherine Wilmot's works include her sister's transcript of the memoirs of Princess Dashkova.
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Catherine Wilmot was born in Drogheda, County Louth, to Edward and Martha Wilmot.
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Katherine Wilmot was the eldest daughter of six daughters and three sons.
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Katherine Wilmot's father was the port surveyor in Drogheda, having previously served as captain in the 40th Regiment of Foot.
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Katherine Wilmot was transferred to a similar post in County Cork in 1775, where Wilmot was raised.
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Katherine Wilmot was friendly with Lady Mountcashell, formerly Margaret King, an early and eager pupil of Mary Wollstonecraft.
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Katherine Wilmot was invited to accompany the party of Stephen Moore, 2nd Earl Mount Cashell, and his wife on a grand tour of the continent.
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Katherine Wilmot met the French diplomat and politician Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, and the Irish republican Robert Emmet fleetingly.
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Katherine Wilmot returned to London from Italy in October 1803, via Germany and Denmark, after England and France resumed hostilities.
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Katherine Wilmot then went to Russia to bring home her sister Martha, and spent two years there.
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Katherine Wilmot arrived on 4 August 1805, having set out from Cork on 5 June.
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Katherine Wilmot left Moscow on 4 July 1807, a combination of passport problems, wars and storms at sea, resulted in delays and in her reaching Yarmouth on 7 September 1807, and returning to Ireland in October 1807.
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Katherine Wilmot moved to France, Moulins, to live in a warmer, drier climate than Ireland.
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Katherine Wilmot's health declined when she moved to Paris, dying there 28 March 1824.
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Katherine Wilmot had taken Martha's transcript of the memoirs of the Princess Dashkova when she left Russia.
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Katherine Wilmot's letters were published a century later, and have been described as a unique portrayal of the Napoleonic period.