Elizabeth Cary

Biography

Elizabeth Cary was a woman of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries who lived through a period of significant social and cultural change in England. Little is recorded of her personal life, yet her existence spans nearly a century of British history.

Cary's long life, extending from 1740 to 1830, witnessed the transformation of her nation during the Georgian era and into the early years of the nineteenth century. She remains a figure of the historical record in Sevenoaks, where she spent her years.