Christian Henrietta Caroline Fox-Strangways

  General Notes:

Diarist. In 1776 John Dyke Acland was serving as a major in the 20th foot when his regiment was sent with Burgoyne's army to North America, for which campaign he was accompanied by his wife, valet, lady's maid, and dog. On 9 October 1777, two nights after her husband had been wounded and taken prisoner at the second battle of Saratoga (Bemis Heights), Lady Harriet\emdash herself several months pregnant\emdash crossed the Hudson River in an open boat, accompanied by her maid, a military chaplain, and Acland's valet, to join him in captivity and nurse him back to health. They travelled under a white flag of truce, and Lady Harriet also carried a laissez-passer from Burgoyne to the American general Horatio Gates. Accounts of that night differ, but all agree that she was treated with great courtesy by General Gates, who described her as 'the most amiable, delicate little piece of Quality you ever beheld.'

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Resided: 1796, Pixton Park, Pixton, Devon. ¹²⁹⁷

2. Resided: 1797, Tetton House, Kingston, Somerset. ¹²⁹⁷

Christian married Colonel John Dyke Acland, son of Sir Thomas Acland, 7th Baronet and Elizabeth Dyke, on 7 January 1771 in Redlynch Park, Somerset.¹²⁹⁷ (Colonel John Dyke Acland was born on 18 February 1747 in North Petherton, Somerset ¹²⁹⁸, christened on 19 February 1747 in North Petherton, Somerset,¹⁰⁵⁶ died on 22 November 1778 in Pixton Park, Pixton, Devon ¹⁰⁵⁶ and was buried on 28 November 1778 in Broadclyst Parish Church, Devon.) The cause of his death was A chill.