Fanny Parkes
Fanny Parkes | |
|---|---|
| Born | Frances Susanna Archer 8 December 1794 Conwy, Wales |
| Died | 1875 (aged 80–81) City of Westminster, London |
| Occupation | Author and travel writer |
| Spouse |
Charles Crawford Parks
(m. 1822; died 1856) |
Fanny Parkes or Parks (née Frances Susanna Archer) (1794–1875) was a travel writer from Wales, known for her extensive journals about colonial India, where she lived for 24 years. These are recorded in her memoirs Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque. in which she acknowledged authorship only by a signature in Urdu script. In 1970, extracts from her memoirs, Begums, Thugs and White Mughals, became available for the first time since their original appearance in 1850. The first biography, by Barbara Eaton, Fanny Parks: Intrepid Memsahib, appeared in 2018.