See also:CHRISTIAN HENRIETTA See also:CAROLINE See also:ACLAND (1750-1815)
, usually called See also:Lady Harriet See also:Acland, was See also:born on the 3rd of See also:January 1750, the daughter of the first See also:earl of See also:Ilchester
.
In 1770 she married See also:John Dyke Acland, who as a member of See also:parliament became a vigorous supporter of See also:Lord See also:North's policy towards the See also:American colonies, and, entering the See also:British See also:army in 1774, served with See also:Burgoyne's expedition as See also:major in the 20th See also:regiment of See also:foot
.
Lady Harriet accompanied her See also:husband, and, when he was wounded at See also:Ticonderoga, nursed him in his See also:tent at the front
.
In the second See also:battle of See also:Saratoga Major Acland was again badly wounded and subsequently taken prisoner
.
Lady Harriet was determined to be with him, and underwent See also:great hardship to accomplish her See also:object, proving herself a courageous and devoted wife
.
A See also:story has been told that being provided with a See also:letter from See also:General Burgoyne to the American general See also:Gates, she went up the See also:Hudson See also:river in an open See also:boat to the enemy's lines, arjiving See also:late in the evening
.
The American out-posts threatened to See also:fire into the boat if its occupants stirred, and Lady Harriet had to wait eight " dark and See also:cold See also:hours," until the See also:sun See also:rose, when she at last received permission to join her husband
.
Major Acland died in 1778, and Lady Harriet on the 21st of See also:July 1815
.
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